LONDON-- King Charles III has made his youthful family the Duke of Edinburgh, passing on a title held by their late father, Prince Philip. Buckingham Palace said the title was conferred on Prince Edward on Friday, his 59th birthday.
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Edward is the youthful of the four children of Philip and the late Queen Elizabeth II. His woman Sophie will now be known as the Duchess of Edinburgh, and their 15- time-old son James becomes Earl of Wessex, the title Edward preliminarily held.
Prince Philip was made Duke of Edinburgh when he married the also Princess Elizabeth in 1947, and he held the title until his death in 2021 at the age of 99. It had been Philip’s want that Edward should get the dukedom after he and the queen had both failed. Elizabeth failed in September at age 96.
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One of Philip’s patrimonies is the Duke of Edinburgh awards, a popular youth conditioning program set up in 1956. The palace said that “ the new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are proud to continue Prince Philip’s heritage of promoting openings for youthful people of all backgrounds to reach their full eventuality. ”