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William almost wasn't Duke of Cambridge as older royal rejected title 'due to film'

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Prince William almost never became the Duke of Cambridge after an older royal rejected the title before him. Typically, royals are given new titles by the Queen on their wedding day and it was no different for William and Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011, when they became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

However, this wasn't the original plan as it turns out Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, turned down the title because of his favourite film, reports the Express.

The sons of the monarch traditionally receive dukedoms ‒ Prince Charles is the Duke of Cornwall and Prince Andrew the Duke of York.Edward was reportedly going to be the Duke of Cambridge, but he liked the sound of the name Wessex due to a character in the film Shakespeare in Love..

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