‘The King has been pleased to confer the Dukedom upon the Prince Edward’
He was promised it on his wedding day, more than two decades ago, and now Prince Edward has been given the title the Duke of Edinburgh by his eldest brother the King, honouring the wishes of their parents.
The new Duke takes on the title most recently used by his father Prince Philip, while his wife Sophie becomes the Duchess.
Their son James, Viscount Severn, 15, inherits his father’s former title of Earl of Wessex, while their 19-year-old
