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The Earl of Wessex assumed many duties from his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as Prince Philip reduced his commitments before retiring from royal duties. Prince Edward opened the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia and became vice-patron of Commonwealth Games Federation in 2006, picking ...
The current Earl of Wessex is also Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Forfar, and Viscount Severn. [1] This Earl of Wessex title is currently used as a courtesy title by the Duke's son and heir apparent to the earldoms of Wessex and Forfar, James Mountbatten-Windsor. In 1999, Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, Prince Edward, married Sophie Rhys-Jones.
19 June 1999 – 10 March 2019: His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex [1] [2] 10 March 2019 – 10 March 2023: His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex and Forfar [3] 10 March 2023 – present: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh [4] Until his marriage, Edward was known as "His Royal Highness The Prince Edward".
14. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Born in 1964, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, is Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest child. ... This official wedding photograph released by the Duke and Duchess of ...
Prince Edward. TATAN SYUFLANA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Prince Edward is the latest royal to take a break from their royal duties. The Telegraph reported on Wednesday, January 31, that the Duke of ...
But it placed junior "Dukes of the Blood Royal" above the most senior non-royal duke, junior "Earls of the Blood Royal" above the most senior non-royal earl (cf. Earldom of Wessex), etc. It did not matter how distantly related to the monarch the peers might be (presumably they ranked among each other in order of succession to the Crown).
When Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, his son, James, inherited father's more senior subsidiary title, and is now styled as James, Earl of Wessex, instead of James, Viscount Severn ...
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...