Queen Elizabeth to Visit Prince Philip in Hospital

10 June 2013

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will visit Prince Philip in hospital today (10.06.13) to wish him a happy 92nd birthday.

The 87-year-old monarch will be the Duke of Edinburgh's first visitor since he was admitted to the London Clinic last Thursday evening (06.06.13) for an exploratory operation on his abdomen, but he is unlikely to have enough energy to receive any other well-wishers to celebrate the milestone.

A royal source said: "Nothing has been decided yet about visitors but it may be that the queen will visit in the afternoon after she returns from Windsor.

"The golden rule where the queen is concerned is that she doesn't want to disrupt the work of the hospital at all, so she will be guided by the doctors looking after the Duke.

"It all depends on the hospital and it depends on whether he is up to it."

The duke is in a "comfortable" condition after going under the knife under last week for treatment which was carried out under general anaesthetic, and doctors are now waiting on results of the surgery, which are expected in the early part of this week, before deciding if any further treatment is required.

The source added to the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "As far as his condition goes, nothing has changed at all, he is still comfortable and he is still recovering from his operation."

Last August, the duke spent five nights at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, where he received treatment following the recurrence of a bladder infection.

But following his release from hospital he refused to cut back his schedule and returned to work shortly afterwards.