As the youngest child of the Queen, Prince Edward is now 14th in line to the throne meaning his chances of becoming monarch are almost non-existent.
Edward, who turns 58 today, has probably known for his whole life that the top job in the Firm was always going to be out of reach.
However, he was reportedly once was bizarrely offered the chance to become King - but of a newly formed country back in the 1990s.
