--- title: Prince Philip Just Came Out of Hip Replacement Surgery description: The Buckingham Palace shared that Prince Philip is "comfortable and in good spirits" after undergoing a hip replacement operation. canonical: https://time.com/5227897/prince-philip-hip-replacement-update/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-04T17:20:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:52.275Z og:title: Prince Philip Just Came Out of Hip Replacement Surgery and Is 'In Good Spirits' og:description: The Duke of Edinburgh was first admitted to the hospital on Tuesday og:url: https://time.com/5227897/prince-philip-hip-replacement-update/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8427650cfb964185/69892cc8bc6cfcdaed3e5901/prince-philip-church.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Prince Philip attends church og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Philip Just Came Out of Hip Replacement Surgery and Is 'In Good Spirits' twitter:description: The Duke of Edinburgh was first admitted to the hospital on Tuesday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8427650cfb964185/69892cc8bc6cfcdaed3e5901/prince-philip-church.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Philip Just Came Out of Hip Replacement Surgery and Is 'In Good Spirits' > Sponsored content. 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The Palace contends that he is “progressing satisfactorily at this early stage,” although he will be expected to remain in the hospital for several days as he recovers. “He is comfortable and in good spirits,” Royal Communications noted in a statement. The [Duke of Edinburgh](http://time.com/5032046/elizabeth-philip-wedding-70th-anniversary/) was first admitted to the King Edward VII hospital in London on Tuesday, with the Palace sharing that he would undergo a scheduled hip operation. He announced his retirement from the bulk of his public duties last May, attending his [final official events](http://time.com/4883748/prince-philip-queen-elizabeth-watch-online/) over the summer, and has recently missed a few other expected appearances, ostensibly due to his health. During his decades of official royal service — he has been married to Queen Elizabeth II for 70 years — he has attended over 22,000 solo royal engagements, according to reports. This is a busy spring for British royal family: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is [expected to give birth](http://time.com/5156818/kate-middleton-royal-baby-due-date/) to her third child any time now in April, and [Prince Harry will wed actress Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/) on May 19 at Windsor Castle. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5227897/prince-philip-hip-replacement-update/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5227897/prince-philip-hip-replacement-update/"},"headline":"Prince Philip Just Came Out of Hip Replacement Surgery and Is 'In Good Spirits'","datePublished":"2018-04-04T17:20:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:52.275Z","description":"The Duke of Edinburgh was first admitted to the hospital on Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/5227897/prince-philip-hip-replacement-update/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8427650cfb964185/69892cc8bc6cfcdaed3e5901/prince-philip-church.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8427650cfb964185/69892cc8bc6cfcdaed3e5901/prince-philip-church.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Philip attends church","caption":"Prince Philip attends church","creditText":"Joe Giddens - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5227897/prince-philip-hip-replacement-update/","name":"Prince Philip Just Came Out of Hip Replacement Surgery and Is 'In Good Spirits'"}}]}] ```