Queen Mother recovering

London - Britain's Queen Mother was making good progress in hospital yesterday after undergoing her second major operation in…

London - Britain's Queen Mother was making good progress in hospital yesterday after undergoing her second major operation in two years.

Buckingham Palace said the 97-year-old mother of Queen Elizabeth II was very tired after an emergency hip replacement operation on Sunday but hoped to be taking her first steps in the next few days. She broke her hip in a fall while inspecting her racehorses at Sandringham on Sunday.

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