The Earl and Countess of Wessex kicked
off Black History Month on Thursday during a visit to Vauxhall City
Farm. Their Royal Highnesses met schoolchildren who were
participating in the farm’s programme of educational activities for
Black History Month. Black History Month, which runs through until
the end of October, provides the opportunity to recognise the
outstanding contributions…
The Earl of Wessex made an unexpected
visit to the Isle of Wight on Tuesday to learn about the
community’s handling of the global health emergency first hand.
Prince Edward’s trip to the island came as something of a surprise,
with those involved not knowing…
The Wessex Family spend their morning picking up litter from the beach
20th September 2020
The Earl and Countess of Wessex were
joined by their two children, Lady Louise and James, to pick up
litter on a Portsmouth beach on Sunday. Despite it being a
difficult time for The Royal Family with a lack of engagements,
Edward and Sophie were in high spirits as they…
The Countess of Wessex sat for a sculptor
on Wednesday while the process was streamed online in a bid to
raise awareness for the blind and partially sighted. Sitting for
Frances Segelman, Sophie adhered to social distancing guidelines to
pose for the sculpture. The process was livestreamed on the
internet from Segelman’s London studio. The event was broadcast for
the Vision Foundation, of…
The Countess of Wessex puts summer behind her with visit to air ambulance
5th September 2020
The Countess of Wessex stepped out
Thursday for her first public engagement after the Royal Family’s
summer break. Sophie visited her patronage, Thames Valley Air
Ambulance (TVAA), to help launch its 21st-anniversary celebrations.
The visit to White Waltham…
In any Royal commentator’s books, the
announcement in 1999 that Prince Edward would be made an Earl and
not a Duke on his wedding day gave quite a shock. By tradition,
male children of the sovereign receive a Dukedom on their wedding
day, therefore making their new wife…
The Countess of Wessex has given an
interview to Good Housekeeping magazine discussing social media,
her patronages, and raising her two teenage children. In a rare
interview, Sophie discussed her work with Childline and the
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The
magazine had followed along as Sophie did a volunteer shift at the
Childline offices in June. “When…
The Countess of Wessex helped launch a
new award with the International Agency for the Prevention of
Blindness last week, recognising the role that ‘eye health heroes’
play in continuing eye health. The Eye Health Heroes Programme will
become an “annual development…
The Countess of Wessex headed to a royal
local to meet up with old friends to show her support for
businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Sophie spent an
afternoon with fellow members of the Women’s Institute at a pub to
hear about the impact of lockdown on…
The Countess of Wessex has written a
letter of support for the Royal Norfolk Show, which had to be
cancelled this year due to the pandemic. Sophie wrote of her
memories attending last year’s show in her role as Patron of the
Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations. The association
works to promote agricultural, horticultural and countryside shows
throughout the United…
