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18 unusual facts about Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex


2010 Winter Paralympics

On June 7, 2006, Prince Edward, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family and patron of the British Paralympic Association, raised the flag of the Paralympic Games outside Vancouver City Hall.

Bagshot

Bagshot has had a Royal hunting lodge certainly through Stuart and Tudor times, now called Bagshot Park and is now the residence of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

Belgrade Theatre

Prince Edward officially opened the refurbishment of the Belgrade's B2 studio on 5 February 2008, this also marked the 50th anniversary of the Belgrade's opening performed by Princess Alexandra.

Canadian heraldry

Two years later, on 4 June 1988, then-Governor General Jeanne Sauvé authorised the creation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, made possible by letters patent signed by Queen Elizabeth II, on the advice of her Canadian Privy Council, and presented by her son, Prince Edward.

CHNU-DT

Following an initial three-year run that included feature interviews with the likes of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, author Salman Rushdie, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi, and HRH Prince Edward, the program was replaced in June 2008 with The Daily when S-VOX took over ownership of the station from Rogers.

Eden, High Wycombe

The entertainment complex and library were both officially opened on 9 July 2008 by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, who unveiled a plaque in the library.

Edward of Wessex

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (born 1964), youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II

Independent Royalist Party of Estonia

The members of the party wrote to British Royal family member, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, declaring that, if elected, they would ask him to become King of Estonia.

John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair

Lord Stair's mother, Davina, therefore, is a first cousin of The Queen and he is a second cousin of The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York, and The Earl of Wessex.

London Mozart Players

This performance was attended by The Princess of Wales and The Prince Edward, who had become the orchestra's Patron in 1990 and who has since actively supported the orchestra at concerts in the UK and on tours abroad, as well as assisting with the orchestra's fundraising activities.

M on the Bund

Notable guests that have dined at M on the Bund include Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, supermodel Tyra Banks, the Ferragamo family, the United Kingdom's Prince Edward, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, the queen of Thailand and prince of Holland.

Oast Theatre, Tonbridge

The extension was opened by Prince Edward, who attended a performance of Children of a Lesser God.

Prince Edward Building

For a time referred to as the Old City Hall Mall, it was officially renamed The Prince Edward Building in 2003 when Prince Edward visited the Globe Theatre.

Robin Bextor

He directed Edward on Edward, a documentary in which Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, told about King Edward VIII.

Royal Wessex Yeomanry

HRH The Earl of Wessex is the Royal Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.

Savea Sano Malifa

Savea, an outspoken critic of former Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana and his government, lost a civil claim over a story alleging the use of public funds to upgrade a hotel owned by Tofilau's children for a visit by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

Suncor Energy Fluvarium

In June 1988, Prince Edward “turned the sod” at the site where the centre would be constructed.

Toronto-Dominion Centre

The original three buildings and the plazas of Toronto-Dominion Centre were together recognized as a part of Ontario's built heritage in 2005, when an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque was unveiled by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, along with former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Lincoln Alexander.


Balmoral Castle

The mountain was the setting for a children's story, The Old Man of Lochnagar, told originally by Prince Charles to his younger brothers, Andrew and Edward, and published in 1980 with royalties accruing to The Prince's Trust.

Crown in Saskatoon

Other members of the Royal Family who have visited include Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in 1980, the Prince of Wales (Charles) in 2001, the Princess Anne in 1982 and (as Princess Royal) in 2004, the Duke and Duchess of York (Andrew and Sarah) in 1989, and the Prince Edward in 1978.

Earl of Wessex

In the newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph reported that he was drawn to the historic title Earl of Wessex after watching the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, in which a character with that title is played by Colin Firth.

Instead, the Palace announced that Prince Edward would eventually succeed to the title Duke of Edinburgh, currently held by his father.

East Budleigh

In 2006 a life-size bronze statue of Raleigh by sculptor Vivien Mallock was unveiled by the Duke of Kent and is positioned at the top of the village close to the church.

Ernie Parsons

His victory in the 1999 provincial election was unexpected, as he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Gary Fox by 56 votes in Prince Edward—Hastings, which most considered to be a safe Tory seat.

George Dawe

He enjoyed the patronage of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and also that of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold.

History of the Halifax Regional Municipality

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was ordered to live in at the headquarters of the Royal Navy's, North American Station in Halifax (1794- 1800).

Hugo Vickers

In September 2001, Vickers wrote a Victorian Evening where he performed alongside Prunella Scales, in presence of the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Jackson of Exeter

In 1767 Jackson wrote the music for an adaptation of Milton's Lycidas, which was produced at Covent Garden on 4 November of the same year, on the occasion of the death of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, brother to George III.

Kent County, New Brunswick

Established in 1826 from Northumberland County: named for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820) and the father of Queen Victoria.

Line 2, Wuhan Metro

The configuration for the two stations is similar to that of Mong Kok and Prince Edward stations in Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway.

Magnadata Group

On 7 December 2000, Magnadata was visited by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, in his capacity as Vice-Chairman of British Trade International, being accompanied by Bridget Cracroft-Eley.

Mountbatten Medal

The Mountbatten Medal Advisory Panel, comprising the Presidents of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the British Computer Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering, meets in June, each year, to consider nominations for the Mountbatten Medal and to agree two names to be put before HRH The Duke of Kent, who then makes the final decision.

Niles Searls

When the family moved to Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, Searls attended school in Wellington for five years before returning to New York to study at Rensselaerville Academy for the next three years.

Prince Edward's Gate

Prince Edward had orders from his brother Prince Frederick, the Duke of York, to restore a sense of military discipline at the garrison.

Pringlea antiscorbutica

The species grows on the Heard Island and McDonald, Crozet, Prince Edward and Kerguelen Islands.

Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan, 1st Baronet

Laffan treated troops in the Peninsular War, he was the personal physician (Physician-in-Ordinary) to Queen Victoria's father the Duke of Kent and also the Duke of York (an elder son of King George III).

South Salem, Ohio

According to legend, Mary A. Harriett was born on March 12, 1818 in London, England, the daughter of Queen Victoria's father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

Stephen Demainbray

In 1753, he was invited to London by the Prince of Wales, later George III, and the Duke of York, on his return to England he married his second wife, Sarah Horne who was a sister of John Horne Tooke.

Urs Schwarzenbach

His wife, Francesca, is a former Miss Australia and is a godmother of Lady Louise Windsor, the daughter of the Earl of Wessex.

Vigil of the Princes

The Prince of Wales, The Duke of York, The Earl of Wessex and Viscount Linley took guard at 16:40 UTC on 8 April 2002 at the lying-in-state of their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (widow of King George VI; daughter-in-law of King George V).

Wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones

The wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones refers to the bridal gown worn by Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones at her wedding to Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 19 June 1999 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.