Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, are now the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh — an announcement made on Edward's 59th birthday Prince Edward has a new royal title: the Duke of Edinburgh.

On his marriage to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, the Duke of Edinburgh became a part of the British Royal Family and, as the Queen's consort, was recognised as one of Britain's hardest-working royals.

A few hours after Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had given his younger brother a 59th birthday present by conferring the title of Duke of Edinburgh on him, Prince Edward and Sophie ...