On Wednesday, the Countess of Wessex
visited children and carers at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in
Hampton. The Countess received a tour of the recently refurbished
and new facilities. Shooting Star is the leading children’s hospice
charity. Throughout Surrey and London, over 700 children and their
families are supported. The Countess is the patron and officially
opened…
The Countess of Wessex wrapped up a
two-day official visit to Sierra Leone on Thursday, visiting a
school in Freetown to see how girls and women are empowered through
education in the West African country. Sophie’s trip, as recounted
on the Royal Family website, notes…
The Countess of Wessex is in Sierra Leone
this week, focusing on “addressing sexual and gender-based
violence, supporting survivors, and championing women’s roles in
peacebuilding.” The visit, which came at the request of the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, sees…
The first month of every New Year brings
many inevitabilities with it – cold nights, lower than hoped for
bank balances and guilt trips when dry January turns out, like the
weather, to be slightly wetter than anticipated. But in recent
years it’s also brought a brighter sight as the month passes its
midway point. For January 20th is the birthday of the Countess of
Wessex and…
The Countess was born Sophie Helen
Rhys-Jones in Oxford on 20 January 1965; she was given the name
Helen after her paternal aunt who had sadly died five years earlier
following a riding accident. She has an elder brother, David. One
of her godfathers, Thane Bettany is the…
Princess Anne and Prince Edward wade into the Sussex drama calling for Queen's Private Secretary to resign
12th January 2020
Senior members of The Royal Family are
calling for The Queen’s Private Secretary to resign in the
aftermath of the Duke of York’s disastrous Newsnight interview and
the drama surrounding the Duke & Duchess of Sussex. The royals –
thought to be…
The Countess of Wessex and her daughter,
Lady Louise Windsor, visited the National Sports Centre training
grounds at Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire to meet members of
England Hockey. [getty src=”1198124088″ width=”372″ height=”594″
tld=”ca”] Sophie has been the patron of England Hockey since 2006
and has visited the various teams – and…
It’s been a busy year for the Wessexes,
with overseas tours, charity visits back home, and of course, some
enthusiastic plaque unveiling and ribbon cutting from Prince
Edward. We’re taking a look back at their 2019 activities and some
of the stories we…
James, Viscount Severn was born on 17
December 2007, at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, to Prince
Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. He has one
older sister, Lady Louise (b. 2003). James Alexander Philip Theo
Mountbatten-Windsor was born by a…
The Queen and the Countess of Wessex
celebrated the lifechanging work of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond
Jubilee Trust ahead of its planned closure during a reception at
Buckingham Palace Tuesday evening. The charitable foundation, which
was created by the Commonwealth Heads of Government in 2012 to mark
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, had a five-year mission to help
prevent avoidable blindness…
