This is possibly the only place where I can get an answer to something I keep pondering on, about the lifetime Dukedom of Edinburgh - and any future royal lifetime dukedoms.
I would like to know what the title would be for the widow if the Duke of Edinburgh were to predecease his wife and children. Would she become Sophie, Countess of Wessex (or Wessex and Forfar)?
What Louise and James would be known as seems straitforward.
The Earl of Wessex (or Wessex and Forfar) for James.
No change for Lady Louise.
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