Zoom Image

Prince Edward at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May

Photo: Steve Parsons / dpa

Britain's Prince Edward is scheduled to visit Berlin on Monday. In the afternoon, the youngest brother of King Charles III will honour young people who have taken part in the youth programme "Duke of Edinburgh's International Award". The youth program, which bears the title of Duke in its name, was originally founded by his father, Prince Philip, in the fifties.

The "Duke Award" is "a framework for non-formal education that motivates adolescents and young adults to challenge themselves outside the classroom in the areas of volunteering, sports, talents and expeditions in a self-determined manner and to develop themselves in the best possible way," according to the non-profit association's website.

To meet young people, the 59-year-old is to visit a school in the Wedding district with Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) and her Berlin colleague Katharina Günther-Wünsch (CDU). Afterwards, the award ceremony for pupils is planned in the James-Simon-Galerie on Museum Island. On Tuesday, Edward is scheduled to visit the Alexander House in Groß Glienicke in Potsdam, whose residents once fled to England to escape the Nazis.

Prince Edward is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. At 59 years of age, the Duke of Edinburgh, as his official title has recently been, is one of the younger representatives of the nuclear family. A good 15 years younger than Charles and 18 years older than heir to the throne Prince William, Edward is an important link between the royal generations in the current upheaval.

He has now slipped to 13th place in the line of succession to the throne.

SWE/DPA