The King has visited the Royal Mews to
meet Noble – a seven-year-old horse – gifted to His Majesty by the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Noble, who stands at 16.2 hands, is
a black mare, and is settling well into life at Windsor. Photo:
Buckingham Palace / PA Handout The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
have a long association with The Royal Family. Having taken part in
The…
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…
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…
