:00:11. > :00:14.Buckingham Palace says the Duke of Edinburgh is in good spirits in
:00:14. > :00:18.hospital, after a procedure to treat a heart problem. Prince
:00:18. > :00:22.Phillip was flown to happen worth hospital in Cambridgeshire last
:00:22. > :00:25.night, after complaining of chest pains. This morning, the Queen went
:00:25. > :00:30.to visit the Duke, along with their children, at the hospital where
:00:30. > :00:37.he'll remain under observation. A challenge to the Kremlin - tens
:00:37. > :00:43.of thousands demonstrate on the streets of Moscow, over alleged
:00:43. > :00:53.electoral fraud. Rangers suffer a setback in the SPL against St
:00:53. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:00.Good afternoon. The Queen has been to visit her husband, the Duke of
:01:00. > :01:05.Edinburgh, in hospital, where he's recovering after being treated for
:01:05. > :01:09.a heart problem. The Duke, who is 90, is said to be in good spirits.
:01:09. > :01:12.He also had visits this morning from his four children. The Duke
:01:12. > :01:19.was flown to hospital from Sandringham last night, after
:01:19. > :01:23.complaining of chest pains. Our Royal correspondent reports. It's
:01:23. > :01:30.certainly not the Christmas Eve she could have expected. The Queen en
:01:30. > :01:32.route from sand ring happen to Papworth to visit her husband. She
:01:32. > :01:36.was accompanied by three of her children. The fact that the
:01:36. > :01:40.immediate family went so promptly to the Duke's bedside indicates
:01:40. > :01:46.this was a moment of real anxiety, albeit, one that now appears to
:01:46. > :01:50.have past. A short time after the Queen's visit, the Prince of Wales
:01:50. > :01:53.and The Duchess of Cornwall also arrived from their home in
:01:53. > :01:57.Gloucestershire. According to Buckingham Palace, the Duke, who
:01:57. > :02:02.was 90 last June, spent a good night, after surgeons performed the
:02:02. > :02:07.operation to relieve a blocked artery in his heart. He had been
:02:07. > :02:13.taken to hospital by RAF helicopter, after experiencing chest pains at
:02:13. > :02:17.Sandringham. After tests, doctors decided that what is described as a
:02:17. > :02:20.minimally invasive procedure should be carried out. Up to now, he's
:02:20. > :02:25.been continuing with an active programme of engagements. There
:02:25. > :02:29.were 300 last year alone. Two months ago he was with the Queen in
:02:29. > :02:33.Australia, doing what he's done for very nearly 60 years now -
:02:33. > :02:38.supporting the Queen in every way he can. Sometimes it's small things,
:02:38. > :02:44.like guiding a child through the crowds to meet her. Within the
:02:44. > :02:49.sometimes gruff exterior is a surprisingly sensitive man. Earlier
:02:49. > :02:54.this year, at the time of a 90th birthday, which he tried to play
:02:54. > :03:02.down, he did admit it might be time to ease up. I reckon I've done my
:03:03. > :03:08.bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now. With less responsibility, less
:03:08. > :03:13.frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think
:03:13. > :03:18.of something to say. On top of that, the memory is going and I can't
:03:18. > :03:21.remember names and things. I'm just sort of winding down. For the Queen
:03:21. > :03:26.and her family, back at Sandringham, the Christmas programme will
:03:26. > :03:30.continue as normal. By coincidence, one of the themes of her Christmas
:03:30. > :03:36.broadcast this year is that of families and wider communities,
:03:36. > :03:39.rallying around to help each other. Family does not necessarily mean
:03:39. > :03:43.blood relatives, but often a description of a community,
:03:43. > :03:47.organisation or nation. On every Christmas morning, the Queen is
:03:47. > :03:56.used to go to church with her husband. He will be absent tomorrow,
:03:56. > :03:58.but very much in the thoughts of his family and others. The
:03:58. > :04:01.procedure the Duke of Edinburgh underwent was to ease a blocked
:04:01. > :04:09.artery. It's a fairly common treatment carried out regularly in
:04:09. > :04:13.Britain. Though, the Duke's age does make it more risky. It's a
:04:13. > :04:19.treatment carried out tens of thousands of times a year across
:04:19. > :04:24.the UK. It's usually done for local anaesthetic. The surgeon being
:04:24. > :04:28.guided by x-ray while inserting a flexible tube. The aim is to get
:04:28. > :04:32.blood flowing to the heart as quickly as possible. Problems
:04:32. > :04:37.arrive when an artery gets narrower or blocked because fatty deposits
:04:37. > :04:42.gradually build up. That reduced blood supply to the heart. Surgeons
:04:42. > :04:48.unblock it by inserting a narrow tuba long the artery to guide in a
:04:48. > :04:52.metal structure called a stent. Once it's in place a balloon
:04:52. > :04:56.extends forcing out the mesh walls and widening artery. The balloon is
:04:56. > :05:02.removed, but the stent stays in place. In a lot of cases it
:05:02. > :05:05.releases drugs to help reduce the risk of the artery narrowing again.
:05:05. > :05:09.Papworth Hospital, where the Duke of Edinburgh's been treated, is
:05:09. > :05:16.very used to carrying out the operation. It's the biggest
:05:17. > :05:24.specialist heart and lung hospital in the ueng king, fitting sepbts --
:05:24. > :05:27.ueng king, fitting 2,000 stents a year. -- the United Kingdom,
:05:27. > :05:31.fitting 2,000 stents a year. More than 80,000 a year have treatment
:05:31. > :05:41.to unblock an artery or fit a stent. The treatment has a success rate of
:05:41. > :05:46.more than 95%. The chances of a complication are very small, just a
:05:46. > :05:49.few percent and whilst they must be higher in someone in their 90s, but
:05:49. > :05:53.if that somebody is motivated and fit and well and looked after
:05:53. > :05:58.themselves, the chance of a quick and complete recovery is very, very
:05:58. > :06:01.high. The Duke of Edinburgh may be anxious to resume his normal
:06:01. > :06:06.activity, but doctors are keeping him under observation for now.
:06:06. > :06:11.There's no reason, though, say experts, why he shouldn't make a
:06:11. > :06:16.speedy recovery. Luisa Baldini is at Papworth Hospital in
:06:16. > :06:19.Cambridgeshire now. What is the latest from the hospital? The Duke
:06:20. > :06:25.of Edinburgh is in good spirits, we have been told, following that
:06:25. > :06:28.visit by the Queen and all four of his children this morning. In fact,
:06:28. > :06:33.the Buckingham Palace spokesperson said he'll be eager to leave now,
:06:33. > :06:38.but he is going to have to stay in here overnight, beyond that, but
:06:38. > :06:41.they don't know exactly, but it was indicated to me he may have to stay
:06:41. > :06:46.here for as long as four to five days, but the Duke of Edinburgh is
:06:46. > :06:51.in very good hands here, as we have been hearing. The Queen's chief
:06:51. > :06:57.physician has also been here today and as we were hearing from Jane,
:06:57. > :07:02.the hospital here is the UK's largest specialised cardiothoracic
:07:02. > :07:05.hospital and carry out over 2,000 stent operations each year. It's
:07:05. > :07:08.routine and patients are often discharged the very next day, but
:07:08. > :07:12.given this special case and the age of Prince Phillip, doctors want to
:07:12. > :07:18.keep him here, so it does seem he will be spending Christmas here in
:07:18. > :07:21.hospital. Thank you. Nicholas Witchell is with me now. A
:07:21. > :07:25.pretty routine procedure, as we were hearing, but what is your
:07:25. > :07:29.thinking on how seer crust this was? I think the family's reaction
:07:29. > :07:33.speaks for itself. This is a family which prides itself on being
:07:33. > :07:37.stowical and not making a fuss and rushing to bed sides, but the Queen
:07:37. > :07:43.and all of their children went to Papworth Hospital very quickly this
:07:43. > :07:46.morning. The Duke has come through it well. He is remarkably fit. He
:07:46. > :07:51.doesn't smoke. He doesn't drink very much. He doesn't have a weight
:07:51. > :07:54.problem. I think the question will now arise, will he need to
:07:54. > :07:58.substantially reduce his workload and we are very close to the die
:07:58. > :08:04.pond Jubilee year. That is not something that he will want to do,
:08:04. > :08:07.but I think that plans for the Jubilee will have to be looked at
:08:07. > :08:14.with very much a consideration of the health not just of the Duke,
:08:14. > :08:18.but also of the Queen. Thank you. Tens of thousands of protesters
:08:18. > :08:24.have been out on the streets of Moscow demonstrating against
:08:24. > :08:27.alleged electoral fraud. They are demanding a re-run of the
:08:27. > :08:30.Parliamentary elections which Vladimir Putin's party won earlier
:08:30. > :08:36.this month. It's the latest in a series of protests across the
:08:36. > :08:40.country. The temperature never got above zero, but it became clear
:08:40. > :08:44.today that Moscow's newly militant voters won't give up easily. They
:08:44. > :08:48.feel that they were cheated in the elections, and they sense that the
:08:48. > :08:58.freedoms that they won at the end of the Communist era are slipping
:08:58. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:06.away. We believe that we can change something. We changed it 20 years
:09:06. > :09:10.ago. I'm sure that we can change today. It was the biggest protest
:09:10. > :09:13.of the Vladimir Putin era. Bigger than the one two weeks ago and
:09:13. > :09:20.another challenge to a political establishment that had become too
:09:20. > :09:26.comfortable. The mape complaint was still about cheating at the polls.
:09:26. > :09:30.New elections, they cry. It's the second time in a fortnight that the
:09:30. > :09:34.people of Moscow have braved bitter winter temperatures to come out in
:09:34. > :09:41.their tens of thousands and send a simple message to the Government -
:09:41. > :09:45.we have had enough. It would be a mistake to think the crowd
:09:45. > :09:50.represents all the Russian people. Nobody can be sure how widespread
:09:50. > :09:54.the dissent is, but Moscow hasn't seen defiance like this for decades
:09:54. > :10:00.and now it's happening again and again. The protesters are in a
:10:00. > :10:06.determined frame of mind. We are waiting for transparency. We are
:10:06. > :10:09.waiting for the honesty. Russia is already a democracy of a kind and
:10:09. > :10:13.the Government made concessions to help opposition parties earlier
:10:13. > :10:18.this week, but without overturning the whole political system the
:10:18. > :10:24.protesters want more than just cosmetic changes. Nobody wants a
:10:24. > :10:29.revolution. We just want a fair election and a government that
:10:29. > :10:32.actually represents our interests. The once all powerful Vladimir
:10:32. > :10:41.Putin runs for President again in March. He'll probably still win,
:10:41. > :10:44.but it's not going to be an easy campaign. A member of the Royal Air
:10:44. > :10:48.Force, who was seriously injured in an explosion in Afghanistan on
:10:48. > :10:53.Thursday has died. A Royal marine was also killed in the attack. The
:10:53. > :10:58.blast went off to the south of Kabul, and the sesman was flown
:10:58. > :11:03.back to the UK but -- serviceman was flown back to the UK, but died
:11:03. > :11:07.here and his family has been informed. In the SPL, Rangers
:11:07. > :11:13.suffered their only second defeat of the season losing 2-1 to St
:11:13. > :11:17.Mirren. They were reduced to nine men in a feisty match. The SPL
:11:17. > :11:21.makes no allowances for last-minute shopping plans. Christmas Eve is
:11:21. > :11:26.just another working day. Rangers weren't clocking off early. They
:11:26. > :11:32.were straight in among St Mirren and Lee Wallace took the chance for
:11:32. > :11:36.the first Rangers' goal. St Mirren were squeezed out, but a swing of
:11:36. > :11:41.the elbow swung it back. Rangers were left with ten men for hor more
:11:41. > :11:48.than an hour. They made it not even 20 minutes about Aaron Mooy smashed
:11:48. > :11:56.the resistance apart. The hosts were expertly finding holes in the
:11:56. > :12:00.defence and Paul mac gown dug Rangers into the mire. They fought
:12:00. > :12:04.to climb out but Nikica Jelavic blew the big moment. Their