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Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Hospital
Aired January 13, 2003 - 07:38 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: We want to get to London right now. Britain's Queen Elizabeth in a hospital today recovering after undergoing minor surgery on her right knee. But even minor surgery is a major deal, especially when it deals with the crown.
In London, Matthew Chance now live with an update -- Matthew, what do we know?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Bill, and there's always a degree of anxiety amongst fans of the queen and royal watchers, not just here in Britain, but also around the world, when illness or injury is spoken in the same breath as the royal family. That's, I think, the main reason why such a lot of attention and concern is focused around this statement which has been released from Buckingham Palace within the past few minutes saying that the queen has, indeed, undergone minor surgery on her right knee to remove a small piece of torn ligament from that knee.
It was a 45 minute operation that went very successfully, according to the queen's orthopedic surgeon. The statement said that the queen is expected to be fully active again within a few weeks. Her Majesty, it says, will rest at Sandringham, which is one of her residences in the English county of Norfolk, over the next two weeks and will then resume a limited program of engagements until she's made a full recovery.
Now, of course, Queen Elizabeth is 76 years old this year and is not, of course, the first woman of that age group to sustain this type of injury. But, again, a great deal of concern given that she is the, of course, the queen of this country. Buckingham Palace officials, though, saying at this state there is absolutely no reason for great concern.
HEMMER: We'll follow it.
Thank you, Matthew, with the update there from London.
Matthew Chance reporting.
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Aired January 13, 2003 - 07:38 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: We want to get to London right now. Britain's Queen Elizabeth in a hospital today recovering after undergoing minor surgery on her right knee. But even minor surgery is a major deal, especially when it deals with the crown.
In London, Matthew Chance now live with an update -- Matthew, what do we know?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Bill, and there's always a degree of anxiety amongst fans of the queen and royal watchers, not just here in Britain, but also around the world, when illness or injury is spoken in the same breath as the royal family. That's, I think, the main reason why such a lot of attention and concern is focused around this statement which has been released from Buckingham Palace within the past few minutes saying that the queen has, indeed, undergone minor surgery on her right knee to remove a small piece of torn ligament from that knee.
It was a 45 minute operation that went very successfully, according to the queen's orthopedic surgeon. The statement said that the queen is expected to be fully active again within a few weeks. Her Majesty, it says, will rest at Sandringham, which is one of her residences in the English county of Norfolk, over the next two weeks and will then resume a limited program of engagements until she's made a full recovery.
Now, of course, Queen Elizabeth is 76 years old this year and is not, of course, the first woman of that age group to sustain this type of injury. But, again, a great deal of concern given that she is the, of course, the queen of this country. Buckingham Palace officials, though, saying at this state there is absolutely no reason for great concern.
HEMMER: We'll follow it.
Thank you, Matthew, with the update there from London.
Matthew Chance reporting.
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