Ed ‧ ward, Prince /ˈedwəd $ -wərd/ BrE AmE
(1964–) the youngest son of the British queen Elizabeth II. After a short time in the ↑ armed forces , Prince Edward went to work in the theatre and television. He married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999 and became the Earl of Wessex. His daughter, Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor, was born in 2003, and his son James, Viscount Severn, was born in 2007.