Just in: Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has had a coronary stent put in after he experienced chest pains and was rushed to a hospital on Friday.
The Associated Press quoted a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace who said the procedure was minimally invasive but Philip, who turned 90 in June, will remain in the hospital for a short time for observation.
Philip was taken by ambulance from Sandringham, the queen's estate in rural Norfolk where the royal family traditionally gathers for Christmas, to the cardiac unit at a hospital in Cambridge for "precautionary tests" after suffering chest pains.
Philip has has managed a heart condition for some time, and has had episodes like this before, but mostly he has enjoyed robust health and a full schedule for decades.
The British are getting ready to celebrate the queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, marking her 60 years on the throne.
