Prince William and wife Kate Middleton officially received their titles of Prince and Princess of Wales. They retain their titles of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The titles were announced by King Charles III, one day after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, but they had not been made official until now.
The announcement in The Gazette, the country’s official public record, said,"In accordance with the direction of HIS MAJESTY THE KING Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the Realm, dated the 13th February 2023 for creating His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cornwall Rothesay and Cambridge, Earl of Carrick and Strathearn, Baron of Renfrew, Baron Carrickfergus, K.G., K.T.
The Letters of Patent are, according to the Royal Collection Trust,"an open document from the Sovereign, which can be used to express the Sovereign’s will, for example to confer an office or create a new peerage."
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