Queen Elizabeth’s husband hospitalized

LONDON— Queen Elizabeth II’s husband has been taken to the hospital after experiencing chest pains, British royal officials said Friday.
Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was taken from Sandringham, the queen’s sprawling estate in rural Norfolk, to the cardiac unit at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge for “precautionary tests.”
A hospital spokeswoman referred all calls to the palace.
The BBC reported that it was not  clear whether Philip, who is 90 years old, would stay in the hospital overnight. The BBC said that there had been no suggestion that Philip was in ill health.
The Press Association said Papworth describes itself as the UK’s largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital, treating more than 22,800 inpatient and day cases and 53,400 outpatients each year.
It had been expected to be a traditional Christmas weekend for the queen’s extended family, which now includes the former Kate Middleton, followed by a year’s worth of festivities to mark the queen’s 60th year on the throne.