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Dear Quorans,This question seems to be everyone’s mind these days as His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex is supposed to be the next Duke of Edinburgh.Unfortunately, there is a big obstacle in the way, namely, the Letters Patent that created His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten on this wedding day, the 20th day of November 1947:“Issue:Friday, November 21st, 1947Type:Letters PatentDate:November 20th, 1947Notice:November 20th, 1947For granting unto Lieutenant H.R.H. Sir Philip Mountbatten, K.G., R.N. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten the dignities of Baron Greenwich in the County of London, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh.”(Bold represents added emphasis)The above I was able to find on The Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society’s webpage on Proclamations, Letters Patent and Warrants: Proclamations, Letters Patent and WarrantsIn addition, the Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage made the following Editorial Comment on their listing of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh:“The heir to the Dukedom of Edinburgh is the Duke of Edinburgh's eldest son, HRH the Prince of Wales. If the Duke of Edinburgh dies before Her Majesty The Queen, then the Dukedom of Edinburgh will be inherited by the Prince of Wales, and will be the third dukedom he holds after Cornwall and Rothesay. If, on the other hand, the Duke of Edinburgh dies after Her Majesty, then the Prince of Wales will have already succeeded his mother on the Throne and the Dukedom of Edinburgh will become merged in the Crown and automatically cease to exist.At the time of the marriage of Prince Edward and his creation as Earl of Wessex there was some comment to the effect that the Royal Family would like him inherit the Dukedom of Edinburgh after his father's death. This is not possible as matters stand. The succession to the Dukedom of Edinburgh is determined solely by the wording of the Letters Patent creating the dukedom in 1947. The grant was to Sir Philip Mountbatten KG (which was Prince Philip's style immediately before being created Duke of Edinburgh) and the "heirs male of his body lawfully begotten" - the standard remainder clause when an hereditary peerage is created. Once the Letters Patent creating a peerage have passed the Great Seal the only way this wording can be changed is by an Act of Parliament - not even the Sovereign has the power to change this.If it is wished that the Earl of Wessex should eventually become Duke of Edinburgh then either Prince Philip could be granted a second Dukedom of Edinburgh with a special remainder to his third son (similar to the situation with the Dukedom of Fife at the end of the nineteenth century), or the parties involved could wait until the present Dukedom of Edinburgh is merged into the Crown following the deaths of both the Her Majesty The Queen and the present Duke of Edinburgh, and then a new Dukedom of Edinburgh could be granted to the Earl of Wessex. It is felt more likely that this latter course will be followed.”Source: Edinburgh, Duke of (UK, 1947)In summary, His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester (created 28 July 1958, Invested 1 July 1969), the Duke of Cornwall (acceded 6 February 1952) in the peerage of the ancient Kingdom of England, the Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland (acceded 6 February 1952) in the ancient Kingdom of Scotland will be the next Duke of Edinburgh, otherwise the title will be inherited by his son William if Charles predeceases his father.Ronald A. McCallumPOSTSCRIPT:Her Majesty The Queen’s Household has announced that HRH The Prince of Wales had acceded to the titles belonging to the late Duke of Edinburgh:“The Titles of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghThe Duke of Edinburgh was granted the style and title of Royal Highness on 19 November 1947; on the next day, 20 November, he was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich in the County of London. These peerages are hereditary and on the death of His Royal Highness have passed to his eldest son, HRH The Prince of Wales. In the event of the Prince of Wales or any subsequent holder of these titles succeeding to the Crown, these titles and all others held will merge with the Crown.His Royal Highness was made a Prince of the United Kingdom by Letters Patent of the present Queen dated 22 February 1957. A declaration of the same date communicated Her Majesty’s will and pleasure that her husband be known as His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh.His Royal Highness’s style and titles will be declared at his funeral by Garter Principal King of Arms, in accordance with custom.”Source:HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - College of Arms His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GCVO GBE 10 June 1921 - 9 April 2021    Funeral Arrangements It has been announced by Buckingham Palace that the funeral of His Royal Highness will take place in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, at 15:00 on Saturday...https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburghBTW, I have discovered this week that the links to the London Gazette on the original answer are broken, while the one to The Cambridge Heraldic and Genealogical Society still works.

Between 1905 and 1908 my grandmother was nanny to Princesses Margarita and Theodora of Greece and Denmark. After her death I eventually inherited several documents and photos of this period from my grandmother which put me in something of a quandary, as having no descendants to whom I could pass this stuff, (which may have been of some minor historical interest) nor did I want it to end up in some anonymous auction, I eventually wrote to Buckingham Palace, listing the contents, to enquire if they would be of any interest to add to their collection. After all, the subject of this stuff was mainly confined to the Greek royal family and not about my granny. To my delight, I received a reply from Prince Philip’s private secretary, Sir Brian McGrath, inviting me to bring it down the following week. I duly attended, was escorted to a waiting room, where a liveried factotum eventually arrived to usher me along a corridor to the office of the Dukes secretary. On arrival, I was amazed to find, greeting me, not only the aforesaid secretary, but also the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip himself. He looked through my stuff, pronouncing it all as ‘very neat and tidy’ (which I now have to repeat to my wife quite regularly, as having come from almost the highest authority in the land) and made it all feel much appreciated. His kindness shone through. That day is forever memorialised as one of the most special in my life – after all he didn’t have to invite me down, he could have just asked me to send it by post – but he did – on what I later found out was a very busy day – the Queen was entertaining royalty from some Asian country. It was not necessary to meet me personally – he could have just delegated the reception to his private secretary (which would have been honour enough). But he did – and for me this was a measure of the man – he not only made time for me, he was genuinely grateful and I was treated like visiting royalty.The following wonderful anecdote is worth adding here (with thanks to the original contributor):If you want the measure of the man, look at this photograph. It's from the opening of the Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede the year after JFK's assasination.The little boy standing between Philip & Jackie Kennedy js John Junior, Kennedy's son.Philip attended JFK's funeral representing the Queen, and stayed at the White House. During the stay, Jackie was looking for John Junior. She found him in the nursery, with Philip sitting on the floor playing with him. The boy had been looking for his father, come across Philip who took it on himself to distract the boy. When Jackie and John Junior came to the UK to open the memorial the following year, John Junior remembered Philip and insisted on holding hands with him. Philip did so through the whole ceremony.Sometimes it's the simplest acts of humanity that show the worth of a person's character.

Damn straight. The BBC has postponed tonight’s reruns of Top of the Pops from 1990. That’s been my weekly event TV for the entire lockdown! How am I supposed to know what day it is?Joking aside, I couldn’t comment on exactly how prevalent they are, but there is certainly a percentage of Britons who couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the Royal Family and, as such, are no more bothered by Prince Phillip’s death than they would be by the death of any other celebrity they don’t really care about.Do I think it’s sad? Of course, in a general sense any death is a sad event.Am I personally sad? Don’t be ridiculous, I’ve no connection to the man.Do I think it even matters? Not really. For all the fact he was a “Senior Royal,” Prince Phillip simply wasn’t that important a person in the functioning of the nation. The Queen dying will be an entirely different kettle of fish because she’s the actual Head of State and the untimely death of someone actually in the line of succession would be a big deal, but otherwise the death of a Royal family member doesn’t really matter any more than the death of any other type of celebrity.