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The operation is expected to take place on Friday, as the BBC's Nicholas Witchell reports
The Duke of Edinburgh is due to have an exploratory operation on his abdomen after spending the night in hospital.
Prince Philip, who will be 92 on Monday, was admitted to the London Clinic on Thursday and is expected to stay in hospital for about two weeks.
Buckingham Palace said it was a planned and not an emergency visit to hospital.
The Queen is continuing with her engagements, which include officially opening the BBC's New Broadcasting House in central London on Friday.
The duke went to hospital straight after a Buckingham Palace garden party on Thursday afternoon. Guests said he gave no signs of being unwell. Philip will undergo surgery under general anaesthetic.
Publicly, the talk is of Prince Philip being "in good spirits".
Privately, officials will know this is a potentially serious moment as the Queen's husband, who'll be 92 in three days time, undergoes surgery under general anaesthetic.
In the past week, the prince has been slipping in and out of the London Clinic for what the Palace has called "abdominal investigations".
These were prompted by routine tests which showed that something was amiss. The precise nature of the problem has not been made public.
But whatever it is that has been discovered will now be tackled by what's being described as an "exploratory operation" at the private hospital in central London.
Unfortunately for the Queen, during an anxious time in her life, she'll be on public display in a building full of journalists when she officially opens the BBC's London headquarters, Broadcasting House.
The Palace said in a statement that further updates would be issued "when appropriate".
In the past week, the duke has been having unannounced "abdominal investigations" at the hospital in central London, where police officers have been standing guard outside.
Prince Philip pulled out of an engagement for the Royal National Institute of Blind People on Monday, after becoming unwell ahead of attending a service at Westminster Abbey marking the 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation.
The Queen was due visit the BBC's £1bn headquarters with the duke, but she will now carry out this engagement alone.
The monarch is expected to meet personalities such as Sir Bruce Forsyth and David Dimbleby, and witness The Voice star Danny O'Donoghue in Radio 1's Live Lounge.
The Queen will be shown around the state-of the-art broadcasting centre - home to BBC News and World Service among others - by BBC director general Tony Hall and BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, as well as meeting journalists in the newsroom.
The last time the Queen visited Broadcasting House was seven years ago to mark the 80th anniversary of the corporation's Royal Charter.
Prince Philip's health
- August 2012 - spends night in hospital after recurrence of bladder infection
- June 2012 - taken to King Edward VII Hospital, London, with bladder infection
- December 2011 - taken to Papworth Hospital, Cambs, with chest pains - coronary stent fitted
- October 2011 - pulled out of trip to Italy due to a cold
- June 2010 - had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome as a day patient at an undisclosed hospital
- January 2009 - pulled out of engagements due to back injury while carriage driving on his Norfolk estate
In April, Buckingham Palace played down fears about the Duke of Edinburgh's health after he was pictured in Canada with purplish skin around his eye.
It said he did not fall and simply woke up with the discoloration.
Prince Philip has been admitted to hospital three other times in the past two years after suffering health scares.
After attending events to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee a year ago, he went to hospital for five nights after sustaining a bladder infection.
He spent four days in hospital over Christmas 2011 following an operation to clear a blocked heart artery.
In August 2012, he was treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for a bladder infection.
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