Prince Philip leaves hospital after treatment for infection

Prince Philip has been discharged from hospital after spending two nights being treated for an infection.

The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted as a “precautionary measure” on Tuesday night and missed the Queen’s Speech in Parliament the following day.

He was discharged from the private King Edward VII's Hospital at just before 10am on Thursday.

Prince Philip, 96, had been admitted on the advice of a doctor, after falling ill with an infection arising from a pre-existing condition.

News of the Duke's hospitalisation came shortly after he announced he would stand down from official public duties from the autumn.

In June 2013, he had an operation on his abdomen which was said to have gone “as planned”.

He also suffered a serious health scare over Christmas 2011, which he spent in hospital for treatment for a blocked coronary artery.

He underwent a “minimally invasive procedure’’ of coronary stenting to unblock it, which was declared a success and was discharged four days later.

The heart operation caused courtiers to carry out a radical rethink of the couple’s working partnership from the beginning of 2012 with the Duke carrying out just one public engagement in January and one in February, the anniversary of his wife’s accession.

Later the same year, during the Diamond Jubilee he was admitted to hospital with a bladder infection, spending five days on a ward and missing the final part of the festivities.

In 2016, however, he carried out official meetings and visits on 110 days of the year, remaining patron or president of around 800 organisations and taking an active interest in his Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.