伦敦 菲利普亲王, 伊丽莎白女王二世的丈夫, is being treated for an infection and is not expected to leave the hospital for several days, according to an update from Buckingham Palace 星期二.
“The Duke of Edinburgh remains at King Edward VII’s Hospital where he is receiving medical attention for an infection. He is comfortable and responding to treatment but is not expected to leave hospital for several days,” the palace said in a statement.
Prince Philip was taken to the hospital last Tuesday after “feeling unwell,” Buckingham Palace said.
在星期一, his grandson Prince William said the 99-year-old was doing “好” and hospital staff were “keeping an eye on him.”
Prince William made the remarks during a visit to a vaccination center in Norfolk, 英国, 在星期一.
菲利普亲王, who turns 100 在六月, stepped back from public life in 2017 and has been taken to the hospital several times in recent years. 在十二月 2019, he received hospital treatment for a pre-existing condition.
His latest admission was not an emergency, according to a royal source, who said he traveled to King Edward VII Hospital by car and walked in unaided. The source added that the illness was not Covid-19 related.
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth have both received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The couple spent most of the past year at Windsor Castle, having moved away from Buckingham Palace during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
