RUTHLESS CHARLES CRUSHES BROTHER!

Defies queen & snatches title dad promised to Edward, 57

AS PART of his ruthless grab for power, Prince Charles refuses to grant his kid brother Edward their late father’s title, Duke of Edinburgh, to prop up his claim to Britain’s throne and score some extra cash!

Faced with his son William’s growing popularity and public pressure to step out of the royal line of succession, Charles, 72, is desperate to cling to the crown — even at the cost of defying his 95-year-old mother, Queen Elizabeth, palace insiders say.

“His refusal to pass on his late father Philip’s dukedom to Edward is a slap in the face to both their parents,” declares a royal courtier. “More than two decades ago, the queen and Philip decreed Edinburgh should go to Edward.”