Will Edward become the Duke of Edinburgh?

[MoonlightWanderer]

It has long been speculated that Edward would inherit the Duke of Edinburgh title, but now sources are saying that Charles may not pass it on to him after all.

Has else anyone read these news reports? Apparently Charles was asking if he could use the DoE title instead.

I suspect that many titles will be handed out if/when Charles ascends to the throne. I don't know if Edward will get the DoE title or not, but I suspect he will be given a dukedom.

I also wish I had these kinds of first-world problems, but I think it is interesting from a historical perspective.

I think Charles is the Duke of Edinburgh at the moment, so for the Queen to give it to Edward, she would have to strip Charles of the title first, which probably wouldn't go down well.

It would require an Act of Parliament to strip Charles of the Edinburgh Dukedom.

These are just rumours and I don't believe Prince Charles has any intentions of not passing on the title in due course.

Yes. I wonder if the rumours started when PE said in his interview that it was up to the PoW to decide if he had the title, and people put 2 and 2 together and made 5 (or as my MiL said of my son, put 2 and 2 together and made 4 😂)

Apparently, a source close to Charles was quoted as saying it won’t go to Edward. The problem is no one knows what Charles will do until he becomes king, at which point the Queen will already be gone. So, the Queen’s hands are tied in this. I’m sure it’s been discussed behind closed doors.