Duke of Edinburgh
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English
Noun
Duke of Edinburgh (plural Dukes of Edinburgh)
- A title given to a member of the British royal family, most recently to Prince Philip, the consort to Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1866 June 8, Journals of the House of Lords Beginning Anno Vicesimo Nono Victoriæ, 1866, volume XCVIII, London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, , →OCLC, page 383, column 1:
- And further We Will, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant unto the said Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, and his Heirs Male aforesaid, that he and his Heirs Male aforesaid, and every of them successively, may bear and have the Name, Style, Title, State, Degree, Dignity, and Honor of Duke of Edinburgh, and that they and ever of them successively may be called and styled by the Name of Duke of Edinburgh, and that he the said Prince Alfred Ernest Albert and his Heirs Male aforesaid, and every of them successively, may be held and deemed Dukes of Edinburgh, […]