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- PEOPLE, Page 63Backing Out
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- By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- The athletic antics of bonny Prince Charles seem to be
- catching up with him. He's been suffering acute back pain for
- the past five weeks, though playing polo the entire time, but
- last week it became so intense he was forced to cancel all his
- public duties for the rest of the month. The pain, caused by a
- degenerative disk, now has the prince so disabled he can barely
- get out of a chair. "If he does not rest his back now, he could
- well end up needing surgery," says orthopedic surgeon John Webb
- of Queen's Medical Center. His condition is attributed to a
- lifetime of sports -- skiing, windsurfing and parachuting, as
- well as polo. Charles will recuperate at his home at Highgrove
- in Gloucestershire, and has been prescribed anti-inflammatory
- drugs.
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