Possible Clues:

• All the same as an all-seater?
• Yet this is how all-seater stadiums are
• Despite having to sit, presumably?
• Unaccompanied by deputy head of government at all events
• No fool, Henry has status still
• Be that as it may
• However like an all-seater stadium
• ... in spite of having no status!
• A wise man evidently rising, protecting hospital yet
• So sage and things getting cooked, nevertheless