- Philip retired from public life last year but has since appeared several times at royal engagements alongside Elizabeth.
"His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London this afternoon, for planned surgery on his hip which will take place tomorrow," it said.
Philip retired from public life last year but has since appeared several times at royal engagements alongside Elizabeth.
He was forced to miss a pre-Easter religious service last week, however, because he was having trouble with his hip.
At a ceremony commemorating Britain's war dead last November, he appeared to be having trouble standing and leaned against a wall.
Philip has been a constant and mischievous presence at royal functions for decades and is perhaps better known for punctuating royal pomp with a taste for off-colour jokes.
"You managed not to get eaten, then?" was one typical remark to a British student who had trekked in Papua New Guinea in 1998.
The prince has been largely blessed with good health, but he has been admitted to hospital with various complaints in recent years. He accompanied the queen on overseas visits as late as 2015.
Never one to talk about his own feelings, the queen has been more forthcoming about his worth.
"He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years" the queen said in a golden wedding anniversary speech in 1997.
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