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LONDON — Britain's 99-year-old
Prince Philip has been admitted to a London hospital after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.The palace said the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to the private King Edward VII Hospital on Tuesday evening.It called the admission “a precautionary measure” taken on the advice of Philip's doctor. The palace said Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, is expected to remain for a few days of “observation and rest.”His illness is not believed to be related to COVID-19. The queen and Philip received a first dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus in early January.Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said he “sends his best wishes to the Duke of Edinburgh as he undergoes a few days of rest in hospital.”Philip retired from public duties in 2017 and rarely appears in public. His most recent public event was a military ceremony at Buckingham Palace in July.———
LOS ANGELES — <b>Demi Lovato's</b> drug overdose in 2018 resulted in the singer having three strokes and a heart attack, leaving her with physical limitations that still affect her.Lovato reveals publicly for the first time details about the near-fatal incident in “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” a four-part docuseries debuting March 23 on YouTube Originals.In the trailer, Lovato says doctors told her family she had five to 10 minutes to live.“I was left with brain damage, and I still deal with the effects of that today,” she said in a video call on Wednesday. “I don't drive a car because I have blind spots in my vision. For a long time, I had a really hard time reading. It was a big deal when I was able to read a book, which was like two months later, because my vision was so blurry.”Lovato said the lasting repercussions “are still there to remind me of what could happen if I ever get into a dark place again.”The 28-year-old singer, who sported pink hair on the call, has been working since age 10, when she appeared on the TV series “Barney & Friends.” She went to rehab for the first time at 18, after struggling with bipolar disorder, anorexia and bullying.———
LONDON — The house of Harington and Leslie has an heir.“Game of Thrones” stars <b>Rose Leslie</b> and <b>Kit Harington</b> have welcomed a baby boy, their first child together.Harington's publicist Marianna Shafran confirmed the birth Tuesday, saying Harington and Leslie are “very very happy!”No further details were given.It's the first child for both the 34-year-old Scottish actor Leslie and the 34-year-old English actor Harington, who married in 2018.They announced in September that they were expecting the child.The New York Post's Page Six first reported the news of the birth after publishing a photo of the couple running errands with the baby in London.
