The 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Prince Philip,was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland Wednesday after the recurrence of a bladder infection that he first suffered the problem in June, Buckingham Palace said. He has been admitted for “investigation and treatment” and is likely to remain in hospital for […]
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British cruise ship in ‘pirate attack’ scare
More than 1,000 British tourists on a round-the-world cruise were ushered to safety amid fears their ship was being followed by pirates, a travel company said Thursday. A spokeswoman for Fred Olsen Cruise Lines told CNN that the Balmoral made emergency calls Wednesday after two small craft were picked up on radar in the notorious waters off Somalia closing at high speed