I fully understand why it was to be given after the title had reverted to the Crown - because in that way - there would only be 1 Dukedom of Edinburgh when a new Dukedom was created for Prince Edward.
But given that Prince Charles would never use the Edinburgh title... would not it have been a sweeter gesture that Queen Elizabeth would have created a Dukedom of Edinburg for her son? knowing that the dukedom created for Prince Philip would "cease to exist"/revert to the Crown within a limited amount of years?
I am sure Prince Edward would rather have been given it by his beloved mother - that from his brother?
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