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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 ...
On the day of their marriage, Prince Edward was created a hereditary peer as Earl of Wessex with the subsidiary title of Viscount Severn (derived from the Welsh roots of his wife's family). The couple spent their honeymoon at Balmoral Castle. Following their union, the Earl and Countess of Wessex moved to Bagshot Park, their home in Surrey.
Prince Edward has been announced as the Duke of Edinburgh, a title that previously belonged to his late father, Prince Philip.. King Charles III conferred the title on the former Earl of Wessex in ...
Until his marriage, Edward was known as "His Royal Highness The Prince Edward". Royal commentators conjectured that former royal dukedoms such as Cambridge or Sussex might be granted to him. Instead, on 19 June 1999, he became "His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex".
After the queen’s death at age 96 in September 2022, the Earl of Wessex joined his three older siblings — King Charles III, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew — in […]
Queen Elizabeth's youngest grandson James, Earl of Wessex, is growing up fast! On Christmas day at Sandringham in 2023, the royal looked to be just as tall as his father, Prince Edward. When ...
The current Earl of Wessex is also Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Forfar, and Viscount Severn. 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.
Prince Edward, also known as the Earl of Wessex, writes of what it means to share your parents with the nation, and says "it has been lovely to have spent time saying our own farewell privately at ...