The Countess of Wessex will receive a special tribute later
this month when a building at the new premises for the Central School of Ballet
is named in her honour.
Sophie, who has been patron of the Central School of Ballet
and its appeal to move to Paris Garden in Southwark, will visit on 27 February
to view the newly-designed ‘The Countess of Wessex Studios’ and meet students,
staff and…
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.
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 Sophie undertaking engagements in Sierra Leone’s capital
city of Freetown.
The Royal Family website announced Sophie’s…
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…
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.
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Sophie has been the patron of England Hockey since 2006 and…
The Countess of Wessex paid a visit to the St John Moore Barracks in Winchester on Tuesday to watch the annual competition for the cup named in her honour.
The Countess of Wessex Cup tests military regiments in various challenges for the chance to win the prize. All of the regiments or organisations that competed are ones that Sophie holds honorary military appointments with.
The four…
The Countess of Wessex supports survivors of sexual violence in Kosovo
18th October 2019
The Countess of Wessex has been in Kosovo to learn more
about how survivors of sexual violence have been supported following the
conflict in 1998-1999.
With the support of the Foreign Office and the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative from the UK government…
The Countess of Wessex was announced as the new patron of
the Love Musgrove charity following a visit to the Musgrove Park Hospital on
Tuesday.
Sophie was in Taunton to celebrate the opening of a new MRI suite after the hospital’s charities and the local community…
The Countess of Wessex in Kenya: "Gender equality is a fundamental right, but it is not yet the reality for many"
20th September 2019
The Countess of Wessex began a two-day visit to Kenya on Thursday
to attend the Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting in Nairobi.
Per the Commonwealth’s official website, the purpose of the meeting is to “turn the words and aspirations expressed by leaders at last year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting into more leadership positions for women in private and public…
