The Duke of Edinburgh has been named patron of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and International Award, following in his late father’s footsteps with the royal youth awards scheme.
Edward, who was named Duke of Edinburgh on his 59th birthday last week, has been involved with the Awards since 1988. He joined the Trustees of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in 2006.
The late…
The Dukes of Kent and Gloucester at the forefront of The King’s mind when making decision about the new Duke of Edinburgh
11th March 2023
Almost 24 years ago in 1999, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the then Prince Charles agreed that one day, Prince Edward and Sophie would become the Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh.
The announcement was made on the couple’s wedding day in June 1999, with Prince…
The new Duke of Edinburgh is emotional as he speaks of his Duchess on special visit to city
10th March 2023
The new Duke of Edinburgh seemed almost overcome with emotion as he visited the city.
Prince Edward arrived in the Scottish capital just hours after it was announced that King Charles III had given him the title born for over seven decades by their father, Prince…
The one member of Prince Edward's family who doesn't get a new title - his daughter, Lady Louise
10th March 2023
There is a new Duke of Edinburgh – King Charles has created the title for his youngest brother, Prince Edward. It means that, as of March 10th 2023, three of the four members of Edward’s family now have brand new titles. However, one doesn’t. The new Duke’s eldest child, his daughter, remains The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and that won’t change at any point in…
On March 10th, to mark Prince Edward’s 59th birthday, The King conferred the Dukedom of Edinburgh on his younger brother.
As such, he is now the Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie is the Duchess.
Upon their elevation to a Dukedom, their son, James, became the new Earl…
Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Edward has become the Duke of Edinburgh to mark the occasion of his 59th birthday.
The King conferred the title on his younger brother, as was the wish of his father, Prince Philip, who had previously held the title for 74…
All of Edinburgh’s duchesses – from a forgotten princess to a truly historic Monarch
10th March 2023
The title of Duke of Edinburgh is one of the best known in the modern Monarchy. It was held for almost 74 years by Prince Philip. He is the best known of all the men to be Duke of Edinburgh but the five women who have been the city’s duchess, including the newly created Duchess of Edinburgh, are all famous names in royal history.
The Hanover’s missing queen
The first Duchess of Edinburgh…
There is a brand new Duke of Edinburgh. King Charles III has created the Dukedom again for his younger brother, Prince Edward, fulfilling the wish of the most famous holder of the title, their father, Prince Philip. It’s another chapter in the long and varied history…
Sophie cuddles rabbits in the New Forest in her final engagement as Countess of Wessex
10th March 2023
The Duchess of Edinburgh made some furry friends in the New Forest after opening a new climate centre at Beaulieu.
In what was her final ever engagement as the Countess of Wessex before The King conferred Prince Edward the Dukedom of Edinburgh, Her Royal Highness met some…
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh’s son, James, has become the Earl of Wessex following The King’s decision to confer the Dukedom of Edinburgh on his father.
Despite having an elder sister, it is James as the male heir to inherits the title of Earl of Wessex, a name Prince Edward used for over two decades.
Formerly known as Viscount Severn, the Earl of Wessex was born on 17…
