Prince Philip Leaves Hospital After Heart Surgery
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Paul Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — After missing the traditional Boxing Day shooting party on Monday, Britain’s Prince Philip has finally been given the green light to join the royal family at Sandringham.
Queen Elizabeth II’s husband was released from the hospital on Tuesday after being held under observation for four nights following a successful coronary stent procedure. He was brought to Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridgeshire, after suffering chest pains last Friday.
This health setback is believed to be the most serious of Philip’s life and doctors wanted to make sure that his stent, which unblocks a coronary artery, was working properly before they released him.
Due to the hospitalization, the prince was also forced to miss the traditional Christmas morning service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham for the first time.
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