Sophie Wessex was offered Kate Middleton's title - but Prince Edward stepped in. It's well-known that Prince Edward and his wife Sophie were very close to the late Queen before she passed away at 96 in 2022.Prince Edward met Sophie Rhys-Jones at a charity event at the Queen's Tennis Club in London, and they announced their engagement six years later on January 6, 1999.
Before their wedding, it was announced that they would be known as The Earl and Countess of Wessex.This surprised everyone because people thought the Queen's youngest son would get a traditional Dukedom like his older brothers.When King Charles became king after his mother died, he gave his brother Edward their late father Prince Philip's title: the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex then became known as the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. But you might wonder why Prince Edward was an Earl for so long while his brothers and nephews were all Dukes, reports the Mirror.
Actually, Prince Edward was supposed to get a Dukedom and he was the first person in his position to become an Earl since Tudor times.And the unusual title wasn't a snub from the Queen at all: it was actually his request to be titled the Earl of Wessex.
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