{"id":172201,"date":"2023-03-10T11:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T11:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172201"},"modified":"2023-03-10T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T11:02:53","slug":"inside-uks-most-normal-royal-family-with-garden-centre-job-and-no-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/inside-uks-most-normal-royal-family-with-garden-centre-job-and-no-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside UK’s ‘most normal’ Royal Family \u2013 with garden centre job and no titles"},"content":{"rendered":"
King Charles has given his brother Prince Edward a new Royal title for his 59th birthday.<\/p>\n
The Royal is celebrating the joyous day as the new Duke of Edinburgh \u2013 the former title of his late father Prince Philip which was left vacant following his death in April, 2021 at the age of 99.<\/p>\n
And it was announced today that Prince Edward will take up the title.<\/p>\n
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A tweet from the Royal Family's official Twitter account said: \u201cWishing the new Duke of Edinburgh a very Happy Birthday today!<\/p>\n
\u201cThe King has conferred the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon his brother, Prince Edward, on his 59th birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n
And an official spokesman added: \u201cThe Dukedom was last created for Prince Philip in 1947, upon his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, who held the title of Duchess of Edinburgh before acceding to the throne in 1952.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are proud to continue Prince Philip\u2019s legacy of promoting opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to reach their full potential.\u201d <\/p>\n
The new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh \u2013 as his wife Sophie gets a new title by default \u2013 are known as the \u201cmost normal\u201d of all the Royals. <\/p>\n
Sophie, 57, and Prince Edward, 58, have been married since 1999, and share two children, Lady Louise Windsor, 18, and James, Viscount Severn, 14.<\/p>\n
Living near Windsor Castle, in a picture of domestic family bliss, Edward is the only one of the late Queen\u2019s children not to have got divorced.<\/p>\n
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It was only recently that the children made a rare public appearance as they stood guard around their great-grandmother's coffin for a vigil in Westminster Hall.<\/p>\n
The Wessex children, James and Louise, do not use the HRH titles they received upon birth, in line with their parents wishes for them to grow up out of the public eye.<\/p>\n
In a rare interview with The Sunday Times, Sophie explained: "We try to bring them up with the understanding they are very likely to have to work for a living.<\/p>\n
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"Hence we made the decision not to use HRH titles."<\/p>\n
The countess said she and Prince Edward tried to give their children, a "normal" life, adding: "They go to a regular school and they go to friends' for sleepovers and parties.<\/p>\n
"At weekends, we do lots of dog-walking and stay with friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess not everyone's grandparents live in a castle, but where you are going is not the important part, or who they are."<\/p>\n
Recently, Lady Louise had been spotted working at a garden centre for \u00a36.83 an hour, working on the tills, greeting and assisting customers and pruning and potting plants.<\/p>\n
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One customer said: "I couldn\u2019t believe it was Lady Louise \u2014 I had to look twice.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d never imagine the Queen\u2019s granddaughter would take on a role working behind a till."<\/p>\n
At the time Ingrid Stewart, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said: "Isn\u2019t it wonderful the Queen\u2019s granddaughter rolled her sleeves up and got her hands dirty with a summer job before going to university \u2014 just like any other normal teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple's desire for their children to have a 'normal' life is possibly spurred on by Sophie's non-royal background – as the daughter of a tyre salesman and a secretary, she was working in PR at Capital Radio when the couple met in 1987.<\/p>\n
Sophie carried on working before finally becoming a full-time royal in 2002<\/p>\n
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