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Prince Philip Gets Hospital Visitors on 92nd Birthday

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Getty 061013 PrincePhilipHospital?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1370891617886Simon James/FilmMagic(LONDON) — Britain’s Prince Philip spent his 92nd birthday in a London hospital recovering from abdominal surgery, but he had company.

The Duke of Edinburgh was visited at The London Clinic on Monday by his son, Prince Edward, and his wife, Queen Elizabeth.

Prince Edward told reporters that his father was doing “well, thank you,” as he left the hospital where his father has been since Thursday for what the palace described as an exploratory operation “following abdominal investigations.”

On Monday, the palace released a statement saying the prince is “progressing according to plans.”

“He is comfortable and in good spirits,” read the statement from Buckingham Palace.

News of Philip’s medical woes first broke last Monday when the duke pulled out of a scheduled reception to mark the 60th anniversary of the queen’s coronation because he felt unwell.  He reportedly felt fine Tuesday and attended the queen’s coronation anniversary service at Westminster Abbey along with the rest of the royal family.

Philip was taken to the hospital by car on Thursday after attending a garden party.  He walked inside the facility on his own and was joking with staff there, sources told ABC News.

Buckingham Palace has said the prince will remain in the hospital for as long as two weeks.  He is then expected to take an approximately two-month-long “period of convalescence.”

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