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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Charles promoted William to PoW the second the Queen passed. It’s petty of him to hold out on the Edinburgh title for his brother who by all accounts has served loyally.[/quote]

I think the decision to promote William to PoW was largely a practical one. He would get the title upon his investiture no matter what, whereas the king's brother is not entitled to the Edinburgh title -- it would just be a nice thing to do for him.

I think Charles made William PoW now because it's an acknowledgement that unlike Charles, William has essentially been performing this role for several years as the queen's health declined and both Charles and William stepped up in their roles. It's very different from Charles' own experience, because Charles grandfather the king died when he was a child. So Charles had his investiture and received the PoW title at the same time, which was when the family felt he had come of age and sufficiently completed his education and military service in order to fill that role. But William is in his 40s and passed that milestone a long time ago. He is already married and settled into family life and plays a major role in the family's business. Postponing the title until his investiture (which will have to wait until after Charles' coronation) would just be logistically tedious. Easier to simply grant it now and the investiture will be a formality, which is what the family wants because they do not want to convey any sense that the line of succession is in any doubt right now.

Giving the king's brother a desired title in appreciation of his service is a totally different thing and does not really stand to benefit the family in any way. Petty or not, it's really not comparable to giving William PoW status now.[/quote]

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