The Duchess, who celebrated her 60th birthday last week, has opened up on her early struggles in the Royal Family after marrying Prince Edward ...

Upon their wedding day, the now-Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were instead made the Earl and Countess of Wessex - a title that ... we made the decision not to use HRH titles.

Prince Edward. They have two children together, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn. The Duchess of Edinburgh - ...

Louise and her younger brother James, Earl of Wessex, 17, both had the opportunity to use the HRH style from birth, but their parents refused it, hoping that their children would instead have a ...

This meant that instead of him and wife Sophie becoming the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a title later bestowed on Prince William and Princess Kate, they were the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

After her wedding, she was known as the Countess of Wessex. In March 2023, Edward and Sophie were given the title of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. The pair share two children - Lady Louise ...