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==1947 creation== The title was created for a third time on 19 November 1947 by King [[George VI]],<ref name="third">{{London Gazette |issue=38128 |date=21 November 1947 |page=5495}}</ref> who bestowed it on his future son-in-law [[Philip Mountbatten]], shortly before he married [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]]. Subsequently, Elizabeth was styled "HRH The Princess Elizabeth, [[Duchess of Edinburgh]]" until her accession in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate to become Duchess of Cambridge |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/kate-to-become-duchess-of-cambridge-20110429-1e0di.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 April 2011 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> The subsidiary titles of the dukedom were [[Earl of Merioneth]] and [[Baron Greenwich]], of Greenwich in the County of London; all these titles were in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38128 |date=21 November 1947 |page=5496 }}</ref> Earlier that year, Philip had renounced his Greek and Danish royal titles (he was born a prince of Greece and Denmark, being a male-line grandson of King [[George I of Greece]] and male-line great-grandson of King [[Christian IX of Denmark]]) along with his rights to the Greek throne. In 1957, Philip became a [[prince of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41009 |date=22 February 1957 |page=1209 }}</ref> Upon Philip's death on 9 April 2021, his eldest son, [[Charles III|Charles, Prince of Wales]], succeeded to all of his hereditary titles.<ref name=COA>{{cite web|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|title=HRH The Duke of Edinburgh|work=College of Arms|date=9 April 2021|accessdate=9 April 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005304/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|url-status=live}}</ref> Upon Charles's accession to the throne on 8 September 2022, the peerages [[merged in the Crown]] and ceased to exist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who is the Duke of Edinburgh now? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/who-is-duke-of-edinburgh-king-charles-philip-b1025854.html |access-date=12 March 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
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