{"id":1312,"date":"2023-06-30T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/uncategorized\/prince-edward-through-the-years-childhood-with-his-siblings-marriage-children-and-more\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:59:14","slug":"prince-edward-through-the-years-childhood-with-his-siblings-marriage-children-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/royals\/prince-edward-through-the-years-childhood-with-his-siblings-marriage-children-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward Through the Years: Childhood With His Siblings, Marriage, Children and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A royal life story. Prince Edward<\/strong><\/a>, Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> and Prince Philip<\/a>\u2018s youngest son, is 13th in the line of succession<\/a> for the British throne.<\/p>\n

After the queen\u2019s death at age 96<\/a> in September 2022, the Earl of Wessex joined his three older siblings \u2014 King Charles III<\/strong><\/a>, Princess Anne<\/strong><\/a> and Prince Andrew<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 in following their late mother\u2019s hearse during the funeral procession<\/a> from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles\u2019 Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. The eldest of the siblings, Charles, became king immediately upon their mother\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

Edward, who is nearly 16 years younger than Charles, was born at Buckingham Palace<\/a> in March 1964. According to Ingrid Seward\u2019s book My Husband and I: The Inside Story of 70 Years of Royal Marriage<\/em>, the queen and her husband Prince Philip \u2014 who died in April 2021<\/a> at the age of 99 \u2014 broke royal tradition by allowing the Duke of Edinburgh to witness the birth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Duke of Edinburgh<\/a> was actually holding his wife\u2019s hand<\/a> as their youngest was born,\u201d Seward wrote. \u201cThe Queen, by then aged 37, had asked him to be there. She\u2019d been keenly reading women\u2019s magazines that stressed the importance of involving fathers in childbirth and had become fascinated by the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edward\u2019s wife, Sophie Rhys-Jones<\/strong><\/a>, told Sky News<\/em> in 2016 that she and her husband enjoyed a close relationship with Her Majesty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do see quite a lot of her,\u201d the Countess of Wessex said at the time. \u201cWe\u2019re over there most weekends riding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prince and countess<\/a> wed in June 1999 after several years of dating. They share two children: Lady Louise Windsor, born in 2003, and James, Viscount Severn, born in 2007. Louise and James are directly behind their father in the royal line of succession in 14th and 15th place, respectively.<\/p>\n

Edward graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1986 and served briefly in the Royal Marines. After working as a theatre production assistant and forming his own television production company, Ardent Productions, he began full-time duties as a working member of the royal family in 2002. His royal charity work<\/a> focuses on the arts, athletics and the development of the Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award, a youth program founded by his father.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters after Philip\u2019s death<\/a>, the Cambridge alum called his father\u2019s passing \u201ca bit of a shock.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever much one tries to prepare oneself for something like this it\u2019s still a dreadful shock,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cAnd we are still trying to come to terms with that and it\u2019s very, very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scroll through for a look at Prince Edward\u2019s life over the years:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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