Poor old Duke of Ed.

I don't mean those who have posted with a tongue in cheek attitude by the way. I'm sure he has a good sense of humour about it. I guess I have been surprised at the dislike the Royals have generated, each to his own as the saying goes.

glammanan. She was.

I do wish people who take the rise don't get it themselves, or do I ???

Lets hope he is out of hospital soon and back to his normal self as he is a one off in my opinion,having to wait all that time without using the loo will have infected his bladder and caused the problem but protocol stopped him from going downstairs to use the facilities he could have only left the front deck if HM had also left in the first place,which is a stupid state of affairs given his age.pogs your poor M.I.L must have been in agony the poor lady.

6 days is nothing for a water infection in someone of his age.

My M.I.L. went totally ga ga and caught C.Diff poor soul. It took almost 6 weeks to start to recover.

A six day hospital stay is some bladder infection!

Nobody as speculating about his health, the palace put out a statement!

A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said: "His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was taken to King Edward VII Hospital in London this afternoon from Windsor Castle as a precautionary measure after developing a bladder infection, which is being assessed and treated."

I see the Duke has been discharged from hospital , he looked happy and sprightly as he got in the car to go home....
I bet the Family will be glad he is home for his 91st birthday tomorrow... I wish him well .

Somehow I can't imagine HRH talking about his waterworks personally - or any other aspect of his health - but if the reports bring the matter into the public domain and people become more aware of possible preventative methods etc then it is not just prurient chatter. Having a public figure going through a health issue can be publicly useful albeit personally intrusive.

goldengirl I think there is a difference between someone choosing to talk about a particular condition of which they have first-hand experience and out-of-thin-air speculation about someone's else's putative condition by non-health professionals (i.e. journalists).

I think we learn something from such discussions absentgrana. Princess Eugenie was on the news this morning talking about her scoliosis [not sure about the spelling!] and the fact she has rods in her back and that she is doing a bike ride to raise awareness of the condition.

I have no intention of going there [yuk emoticon] JessM but apparently there was speculation and general chat from urologists in newspapers. You'd think they'd have something more important to print.

jess

At his age he would be doing well to have a "normal" prostate! The prostate glands of 90 year old men are mainly in the "best not to go there" category.

Speculation about the size of the Duke's prostate is a step to far, I think.

I suppose they think it's better to give out the information straight away, rather than speculation to be rife all over the media!

I expect any health statement from the 'palace' is agreed.. don't think Phil will care about what we know!

Yes golden it would we all have a right to confidentiality and privacy regarding our health matters.

Merlotgran. Just been reading your posts. They have made me laugh out loud. Thanks for cheering me up on this wet and very windy morning.

There we go again! If it had been an eye infection would it be classed as 'too much information'?

Agree susiecb ...but didn't they do the same with Camilla a few months ago ...too much information

The BBC even got that wrong the other night, the presenter said he had 'a bowel infection' then quickly corrected herself.....

bloke yes poor no! but sorry he s not feeling well.

That's what I thought susie.

Poor bloke.

Is it me or are we privvy to too much detail Is the man not entitled to some privacy about his nether regions. Why couldnt the news just say an infection we dont need to know the detail.

He probably already had a bit of a low level infection and his waterworks happen to be where his weakness is.

I doubt if it was anything to do with not going to the loo. They would have had one available downstairs in the boat.