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List of titles and honours of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

List of titles and honours of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

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Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as a member of the British royal family and the brother of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Prince Edward being given as from his birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.

Edward in 2022

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  • 10 March 1964 – 19 June 1999: His Royal Highness The Prince Edward
  • 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". 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". He was the first prince since the Tudors to be created an earl (thus reserving future advancement to a dukedom).[5] The Sunday Telegraph reported that he was drawn to the earldom of Wessex after watching the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, in which a minor character with that title was played by Colin Firth.[6] Edward was also granted the subsidiary title of Viscount Severn.[1] Buckingham Palace announced the intention that Edward would eventually be created Duke of Edinburgh, a title then held by his father, Prince Philip, once it had merged in the Crown upon the death of both his parents.[7]

On 10 March 2019, his 55th birthday, Edward was granted the additional title of Earl of Forfar for use in Scotland.[3][8][9] He was at times referred to as the "Earl of Wessex and Forfar", such as at the funeral of his father and the state funeral of his mother.[10][11][12][13]

On his 59th birthday, 10 March 2023, Edward was created Duke of Edinburgh, thus becoming "His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh".[4][14] His ducal title is not hereditary, so it will revert to the crown on his death.[15]

Military ranks

 United Kingdom

Commonwealth honours

Edward in the robes of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
See also: List of honours of the British royal family by country

Commonwealth realms

Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

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Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

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Other Commonwealth countries

Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

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Foreign honours

Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

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Honorary military and police appointments

Edward, as colonel of the London Guards, riding in the 2023 Trooping the Colour
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United Kingdom United Kingdom

Non-national titles and honours

Civic

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Religious

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Academic

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Honorary academic degrees

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Honorific eponyms

See also: Royal eponyms in Canada

Buildings

Geographical locations

  •  Canada: Prince Edward Park, Melfort, Saskatchewan

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References

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