Born on March 10, 1964 at Buckingham Palace
Christening: May 3, 1964
He is 6 ft. tall
He is right-handed
Educated at Heatherdown Preparatory School, then at Gordonstoun
Spent a very brief time in the Royal Marines
Was created The Earl of Wessex in 1999; prefers to be called Edward Windsor
Was married to long-term girlfriend Sophie Rhys-Jones on 19 June 1999
Is owner/director of productions of Ardent Productions Limited, a TV company he started in 1993
Used to work for the Really Useful Company, for Andrew Lloyd-Webber
FAVORITE SINGER: Peter Gabriel, last I heard (hence the song on this page)
FAVORITE PLACE: London
FAVORITE FOOD: seafood, chicken, mars bars (just like me...I love mars bars!)
FAVORITE DRINK: white wine, gin and tonic, tea
HOBBIES: Real tennis, the theater, travel, sailing, skiing
FAVORITE PEOPLE: Sophie Rhys-Jones, his parents, the Queen Mother
DISLIKES: the Press, smoking, being Royal (wants to be "An ordinary bloke known as Edward Windsor")
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Finding Sophie Rhys-Jones
BIGGEST MISTAKE: Joining the Royal Marines
LITTLE KNOWN FACT #1: Learned to shoot at age seven
LITTLE KNOWN FACT #2: Is his father's favorite son (everyone knows Philip's favorite child is Anne)
LITTLE KNOWN FACT #3: Older sister Anne had a nickname for him when he was a child: "Nig Nog"
LITTLE KNOWN FACT #4: Edward, along with cousins James, Helen and Sarah, were known as the "Queenyboppers" when they were little