![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/sophie-wessex-could-have-become-queen-after-odd-request-was-sent-to-prince-edward/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Prince-Edward-Given-Duke-of-Edinburgh-Title.jpg&description=It has always been highly unlikely that Prince Edward would ever take the throne alongside his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, but he was reportedly sent an odd request to take a top job in Eastern Europe almost 30 years ago As the late Queen's fourth child, it has always been near impossible that Prince Edward would become King and his wife Sophie as Queen. In fact, he has now slipped to 14th in the line of succession behind a host of siblings, nieces, nephews and their children. However, it appears he could have taken the top job more than 30 years ago, which would have eventually made Sophie Queen - but it wouldn't have been in Britain, it would have been in a different country altogether. That's because he was reportedly once bizarrely offered the chance to become king of a newly formed country back in the 1990s. It came in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union when a whole host of new countries were created in Eastern Europe. One of them was Estonia, and in the country's first elections after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a political party called the Independent Royalist Party of Estonia gained eight seats in parliament. The Sunday Telegraph revealed at the time that the leader of the party had written to the Royal Family to ask if Prince Edward would become their king as they thought he was "perfect" for the role. It was further said that the country would be honoured if he would accept as the party admired him "enormously". Following the unusual request, Buckingham Palace is said to have written back, saying that it was "a charming idea but a rather unlikely one". But despite apparently missing out on this, both Edward and Sophie both received brand new titles earlier this year - upholding a promise made to them by the late Queen. It was announced on Edward's 59th birthday this year that his brother King Charles was gifting him the title Duke OF Edinburgh - making Sophie the Duchess of Edinburgh. It had long been known that Edward would one d){kind=link}
It has always been highly unlikely that Prince Edward would ever take the throne alongside his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, but he was reportedly sent an odd request to take a top job in Eastern Europe almost 30 years ago
As the late Queen’s fourth child, it has always been near impossible that Prince Edward would become King and his wife Sophie as Queen.
In fact, he has now slipped to 14th in the line of succession behind a host of siblings, nieces, nephews and their children. However, it appears he could have taken the top job more than 30 years ago, which would have eventually made Sophie Queen – but it wouldn’t have been in Britain, it would have been in a different country altogether.
That’s because he was reportedly once bizarrely offered the chance to become king of a newly formed country back in the 1990s. It came in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union when a whole host of new countries were created in Eastern Europe.
One of them was Estonia, and in the country’s first elections after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a political party called the Independent Royalist Party of Estonia gained eight seats in parliament. The Sunday Telegraph revealed at the time that the leader of the party had written to the Royal Family to ask if Prince Edward would become their king as they thought he was “perfect” for the role.