Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

Prince Edward
Earl of Wessex (more)
The Earl in Belfast, February 2015
Born	(1964-03-10) 10 March 1964 (age 52) Buckingham Palace, London, UK
Spouse	Sophie Rhys-Jones (m. 1999)
Issue	Lady Louise Windsor James, Viscount Severn
Full name Edward Antony Richard Louis
House	Windsor
Father	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Mother	Elizabeth II

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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, KG, GCVO, CD, ADC(P) (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is the youngest of four children and the third son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was third in line to succeed his mother; as of 2017, he is ninth in line.

Prince Edward was born on 10 March 1964, at Buckingham Palace, as the third son and fourth and youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was baptised on 2 May 1964 in the private chapel at Windsor Castle by the then-Dean of Windsor, Robin Woods.

As with his older siblings, a governess was appointed to look after Edward and was responsible for his early education at Buckingham Palace. At the age of seven, Edward was then sent to Gibbs School before attending, in September 1972, Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire. He then, as his father and elder brothers had done before him, moved to Gordonstoun, in northern Scotland, and was appointed Head Boy in his last term. Edward obtained a C-grade and two D-grades at A-level, and after leaving school spent a gap year abroad, working as a house tutor and junior master for two terms in September 1982 at the Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand.