Prince Charles may not give his brother Edward their late father's title when he becomes king, report says - even though that was Prince Philip's wish

• Prince Charles may not allow Prince Edward to inherit a title promised to him by Prince Philip, The Times reports.
• The Times reports that Charles has decided against giving up the Duke of Edinburgh title.
• A Clarence House spokesperson told Insider that no final decisions have been made.

Prince Charles inherited the Duke of Edinburgh title after his late father, Prince Philip, died in April at the age of 99.

This title will revert back to the crown and will be available for another royal to inherit when Charles eventually takes the throne (or when Prince William ascends to the throne in the event that Charles dies before the Queen).

His younger brother, Prince Edward, was promised the title by Prince Philip himself, according to a report in The Times. But Charles may not allow him to take it, The Times' royal editor Roya Nikkhah reports.

"The prince is the Duke of Edinburgh as it stands, and it is up to him what happens to the title. It will not go to Edward," an anonymous source, who The Times said knows Charles, told the publication.

Another anonymous source who The Times report describes as close to the prince told the publication: "Edinburgh won't go to them [the Wessexes] as far as the prince is concerned."

Charles' representatives at Clarence House told Insider that no decisions will be made until Charles becomes king.

"All stories of this nature are speculation and no final decisions have been taken," the spokesperson told Insider. "It would be inappropriate and disrespectful to the Queen to comment on matters of accession, and we will be maintaining our long standing policies of not doing so."

It has been widely reported that Edward would become the next Duke of Edinburgh.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Edward and the Countess of Wessex's wedding day in 1999 that he would be granted the dukedom.

"The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales have also agreed that the Prince Edward should be given the Dukedom of Edinburgh in due course, when the present title held now by Prince Philip eventually reverts to the Crown," the statement read, according to The Times.

However, even Edward doesn't seem sure that he'll receive the title.

As The Times reported, when asked whether he would receive the title during a BBC interview in June, Edward responded: "It was fine in theory, ages ago when it was sort of a pipe dream of my father's [...] and of course it will depend on whether or not the Prince of Wales, when he becomes king, whether he'll do that, so we'll wait and see. So yes, it will be quite a challenge taking that on."

As Insider's Armani Syed previously reported, it's unlikely that Charles will use the title in an official capacity.

The prince already has a long list of titles, including the Prince of Wales, as well as the Duke of Rothesay when he is in Scotland and the Duke of Cornwall when he is visiting southwestern England.

Meanwhile, Edwards' only official title is the Earl of Wessex.