UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Prince Philip attends church in Norfolk

|
 
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 at 10:34 AM

NORFOLK, England, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's Prince Philip was out of the hospital in time to spend New Year's Day with the rest of the royal family, Buckingham Palace announced.

The 90-year-old Duke of Edinburgh made his first public appearance since his Dec. 23 heart operation by attending church under his own power to the applause of onlookers outside the royal estate in Norfolk, England.

The BBC said Philip was accompanied on the 400-meter stroll by Prince Andrew but otherwise appeared well.

Queen Elizabeth gave a reading at Sunday's services and accepted a bouquet of flowers from children in the crowd.

Philip had a stent implanted after a blocked artery caused a bout of chest pain. He was hospitalized for four days and missed the royal Christmas celebration and the traditional Boxing Day shooting trip the following day, the BBC said.

Topics: Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Christmas
Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 17
Tornado recover efforts underway in Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
Tesla pays back half a billion dollar federal loan a decade before it's due
FDA objects to new sleep drug because it "impairs driving", presumably by making you sleepy
Teen wins contest by producing blandest, most sterile cursive writing imaginable
Theme of Farktography Contest No. 420: "Monochromatic Masterpieces". Details and rules in first...
Photographer snaps a really great picture of a guy proposing to his lady on a cliff, decides to...
New thinga-ma-hooey keeps people from being abusive and neglecting their beer