Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The duke of edinburgh has returned to sandringham in time for christmas after leaving hospital in london. Prince phillip, whos 98, spent four nights in the king edward vii hospital on the advice of his doctor. In her Christmas Day message the queen will describe 2019 as a bumpy year. Heres our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell. Afterfour nights in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked slowly but without assistance to the waiting vehicle. There has been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. In the past he has been treated there for bladder and chest infections. Whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke has satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. The helicopter from Buckingham Palace to the sandringham estate where the royal family are gathering for christmas. In her christmas broadcast, the queen will talk about a past year which has felt quite bumpy. She
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The duke of edinburgh has returned to sandringham in time for christmas, after leaving hospital in london. Prince phillip, whos 98, spent four nights in the king edward vii hospital on the advice of his doctor. In her Christmas Day message, the queen will describe 2019 as a bumpy year. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. Afterfour nights in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked slowly but without assistance to the waiting vehicle. Theres been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. In the past hes been treated there for bladder and chest infections. Whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke, who is 98 now, has clearly satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. A helicopter took him from Buckingham Palace to the queens sandringham estate, where the royal family is gathering for christmas. In her christmas broadcast tomorrow, the queen will talk about a
It, but then you do get the odd little bargain, so you think, 0h, its worth doing, rather than just buying online. Probably still be here on Christmas Eve next year but, again, ill probably do quite a lot of it online. Perhaps not exactly the three wise men, but their last minute present dash is no longer the daft idea it once was. Colletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. The weather looking much quieter for Christmas Day tomorrow. The showers we have had today fading away as we get into the night. Still some coming along the breeze across western scotland and north west england. By the end of the night just western scotland this showers still with us. When the easing about, clearing skies, dropping temperature close to freezing. Ground frost in some places going into the morning, one or two icy patches. A few early showers north and western scotland, even these will fade, sunshine around on a dry Christmas Day. Patchy cloud in n
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