The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip, 90, had been taken to the King Edward VII Hospital in London from Windsor Castle as a "precautionary measure".
A spokesman said the Queen would still go to the Jubilee concert at the palace - being attended by 12,000 people.
The prince will remain in hospital under observation for a few days.
The prince had appeared to be in good health when he accompanied the Queen on Sunday on the royal barge the Spirit of Chartwell, which formed part of the rain-drenched Jubilee river pageant.
He and the Queen stood for most of the 80-minute journey, as they were accompanied by 1,000 boats travelling seven miles down the river to Tower Bridge.
Here we see Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh) receiving the keys of Stirling Castle on 6 July 2011.
Let us pray:
Dear God our Father,
we thank you for the blessings of our country and for the freedom which we enjoy.
We pray for our Queen and her family,
and for those who govern in her name.
Give them health and strength, wisdom and courage,
so that they may carry out their many duties in the best interests of all our people.
Let all who have power remember that they are your servants,
and that your Son came to serve rather than to be served.
We ask this in his name, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Let us now listen to the glorious words of the Te Deum. Her Majesty has personally requested that these words be sung to the magnificent setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams as she processes down the aisle of St Paul's Cathedral, London during the Diamond Jubilee Service which will be held there tomorrow.
We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting.
To thee all angels cry aloud:
the heavens, and all the powers therein.
To thee cherubin and seraphin: continually do cry, Holy, holy, holy: Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty: of thy glory.
The glorious company of the apostles: praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets: praise thee.
The noble army of martyrs: praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; The Father: of an infinite majesty;
Thine honourable, true: and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter.
Thou art the King of glory: O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man:
thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death:
thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come: to be our judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants:
whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints: in glory everlasting.
LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE QUEEN!
LONG LIVE PRINCE PHILIP!
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