Prince Philip admitted to hospital with infection

The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening with an infection arising from a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace said as it announced the Queen will attend the State Opening of Parliament and Royal Ascot without him.

"Prince Philip is in good spirits and is disappointed to be missing the State Opening of Parliament and Royal Ascot," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

The Prince, was being treated at London's King Edward VII Hospital and is understood to have been taken to hospital by car as a precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. 

He has been out of bed today, and is said to be in good spirits.