Queen Leaves Hospital After Visiting Duke

Royal Family Visits Philip In Hospital
The Queen has left a hospital in Cambridgeshire after visiting the Duke of Edinburgh, where he is recovering from a minor heart procedure.
The monarch arrived by helicopter near Papworth Hospital shortly before 11am and was then ferried by vehicle to the cardiothoracic unit.
She arrived with the Earl of Wessex, the Princess Royal and the Duke of York.
Sky's Tom Parmenter, reporting from the hospital, said Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall arrived by car to visit the Duke.
After a visit lasting 45 minutes the Queen left the facility and returned by helicopter to Sandringham House in Norfolk, where the Royal Family gather to celebrate Christmas.
Speaking outside the hospital, Buckingham Palace spokeswoman Ailsa Anderson said: "The Duke of Edinburgh had a good night and is in good spirits but he is eager to leave.
"Tomorrow's church service is going ahead as planned and we don't anticipate
changes to the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations."
The palace said there will be no further statements from the family on Christmas Eve, and Philip will remain under observation for a "short period".
It is not thought he will be discharged today.
The Queen's husband was taken to hospital last night after suffering chest pains, and following tests the blocked artery was discovered by doctors.
He underwent an "invasive procedure of coronary stenting", which was declared a success.
The palace said the prince would remain in hospital under observation for "a short period".
Consultant cardiologist Dr Iqbal Malik said that it appeared the Duke probably suffered a heart attack, which the specialist hospital "successfully aborted".
Dr David Lloyd told Sky News patients can be released quite quickly following the procedure, which only requires a local anaesthetic.
He said: "It all depends on complications, but yes, if it's a straightforward thing you can be out the next day."
Dr Lloyd said of the procedure: "It looks simple, but in fact it's incredibly clever... it is able to expand the artery and then stay expanded, and then the tissue grows over the top of it once it's sitting in there, it's a really magnificent thing.
"It's the culmination of years and years and years of research to produce these remarkable stems."
Sky News royal correspondent Paul Harrison said: "There will be a lot of relief, especially as his very closest and more extended family gather at Sandringham."
The 90-year-old's most recent illness was a cold in October that forced him to pull out of an overnight stay in Italy for the launch of the ARC Green Pilgrimage Network.
He had just completed a busy 11-day official tour to Australia with the Queen - who is 85 - that saw them visit Perth, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane.
The Queen and Prince Philip have a busy year ahead of them with events to mark the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
They are planning to mark the event with a series of tours throughout the country to culminate with a celebration in London in early June that will include a pageant on the River Thames with up to 1,000 boats taking part.
In recognition of his advancing age, it was announced the Duke would step down as president or patron of more than a dozen organisations before he turned 90 in June.