Prince Philip had a successful heart procedure: Buckingham Palace

It said he is expected to remain in the hospital for "treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days.”

London: Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure in a London hospital.

The palace says the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, “underwent a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.”

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It said he is expected to remain in the hospital for “treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days.”

Philip, 99, has been hospitalised since being admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital in London on February 16, where he was treated for an infection.

On Monday he was transferred to a specialised cardiac care hospital, St. Bartholomew’s.