<p>Britain's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/king-charles-iii" target="_blank">King Charles III </a>on Friday awarded his younger brother Edward the title Duke of Edinburgh, in line with the wishes of the late <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/queen-elizabeth-ii" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II</a> and her husband Prince Philip.</p>.<p>Philip, who was the last holder of the title, had always wanted it to be inherited by Edward.</p>.<p>Charles conferred the title on Edward, currently known as the Earl of Wessex, on his 59th birthday.</p>.<p>"His Majesty The King has been pleased to confer the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon the Prince Edward," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.</p>.<p>The title will not however be inherited by Edward's teenage son James. The 15-year-old will instead become the new Earl of Wessex.</p>.<p>Edward's wife Sophie who was particularly close to Elizabeth, who died last September, will now be known as the Duchess of Edinburgh.</p>.<p>The new duke and duchess will be in Edinburgh later on Friday at a reception to mark the first year of the conflict in Ukraine.</p>.<p>The dukedom was created for Prince Philip in 1947 after his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth.</p>.<p>Philip, who died in April 2021, had favoured Edward inheriting his title, but the decision ultimately had to be made by Charles as King.</p>.<p>Earlier this week Buckingham Palace also updated its website's list of succession in relation to the two children of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.</p>.<p>The children are now listed as Prince Archie Mountbatten-Windsor and Princess Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.</p>.<p>Although they automatically became a prince and princess when Harry's father King Charles acceded to the throne last year, they had remained listed as plain "master" and "miss" on the website.</p>.<p>The titles had emerged as a contentious issue after Harry and Meghan quit royal life and moved to California in 2020.</p>
<p>Britain's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/king-charles-iii" target="_blank">King Charles III </a>on Friday awarded his younger brother Edward the title Duke of Edinburgh, in line with the wishes of the late <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/queen-elizabeth-ii" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II</a> and her husband Prince Philip.</p>.<p>Philip, who was the last holder of the title, had always wanted it to be inherited by Edward.</p>.<p>Charles conferred the title on Edward, currently known as the Earl of Wessex, on his 59th birthday.</p>.<p>"His Majesty The King has been pleased to confer the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon the Prince Edward," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.</p>.<p>The title will not however be inherited by Edward's teenage son James. The 15-year-old will instead become the new Earl of Wessex.</p>.<p>Edward's wife Sophie who was particularly close to Elizabeth, who died last September, will now be known as the Duchess of Edinburgh.</p>.<p>The new duke and duchess will be in Edinburgh later on Friday at a reception to mark the first year of the conflict in Ukraine.</p>.<p>The dukedom was created for Prince Philip in 1947 after his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth.</p>.<p>Philip, who died in April 2021, had favoured Edward inheriting his title, but the decision ultimately had to be made by Charles as King.</p>.<p>Earlier this week Buckingham Palace also updated its website's list of succession in relation to the two children of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.</p>.<p>The children are now listed as Prince Archie Mountbatten-Windsor and Princess Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.</p>.<p>Although they automatically became a prince and princess when Harry's father King Charles acceded to the throne last year, they had remained listed as plain "master" and "miss" on the website.</p>.<p>The titles had emerged as a contentious issue after Harry and Meghan quit royal life and moved to California in 2020.</p>