Buckingham Palace announced at 8am on Friday that the Queen had bestowed the title of Duke of Cambridge on her grandson.
His bride, Miss Middleton, will be known as the Duchess of Cambridge after the royal wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
A dukedom is the highest rank in the British peerage.
They have also been given the Scottish titles of Earl and Countess of Strathearn, which may reflect the fact that they met at St Andrews University.
The couple's third title is a Northern Irish one, Baron and Baroness Carrickfergus.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement: "The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince William of Wales.
"His titles will be Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.
"Prince William thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge and Miss Catherine Middleton on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge."
Fittingly, the last Duke of Cambridge married a commoner for love just like Prince William.
Prince George, known as the 2nd Duke of Cambridge, was born in 1819. He was a grandson of George III and the only son of Prince Adolphus Frederick, the 1st Duke of Cambridge.
He refused to have an arranged marriage and declared such unions were "doomed to failure".
He became captivated by the actress Sarah Louisa Fairbrother, who was said to be a classic beauty and a graceful dancer. They wed in 1847 when she was already the mother of two of his children and pregnant with his third.
It is customary for members of the Royal family to be offered at least one title by the monarch when they are married.
When the royal wedding was announced last year, it was expected that the second-in-line to the throne would be offered a Dukedom, making his wife a Duchess, and Cambridge was the favourite title.
Other possibilities were said to have included the Duke of Clarence and the Duke of Sussex.
If the Prince had turned down the titles, he would have remained HRH Prince William of Wales.
His wife would likely have been known as HRH Princess William of Wales, rather than HRH Princess Catherine, as she is not a princess in her own right.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
His bride, Miss Middleton, will be known as the Duchess of Cambridge after the royal wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
A dukedom is the highest rank in the British peerage.
They have also been given the Scottish titles of Earl and Countess of Strathearn, which may reflect the fact that they met at St Andrews University.
The couple's third title is a Northern Irish one, Baron and Baroness Carrickfergus.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement: "The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince William of Wales.
"His titles will be Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.
"Prince William thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge and Miss Catherine Middleton on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge."
Fittingly, the last Duke of Cambridge married a commoner for love just like Prince William.
Prince George, known as the 2nd Duke of Cambridge, was born in 1819. He was a grandson of George III and the only son of Prince Adolphus Frederick, the 1st Duke of Cambridge.
He refused to have an arranged marriage and declared such unions were "doomed to failure".
He became captivated by the actress Sarah Louisa Fairbrother, who was said to be a classic beauty and a graceful dancer. They wed in 1847 when she was already the mother of two of his children and pregnant with his third.
It is customary for members of the Royal family to be offered at least one title by the monarch when they are married.
When the royal wedding was announced last year, it was expected that the second-in-line to the throne would be offered a Dukedom, making his wife a Duchess, and Cambridge was the favourite title.
Other possibilities were said to have included the Duke of Clarence and the Duke of Sussex.
If the Prince had turned down the titles, he would have remained HRH Prince William of Wales.
His wife would likely have been known as HRH Princess William of Wales, rather than HRH Princess Catherine, as she is not a princess in her own right.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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