The support given to people across the UK
by care homes has been highlighted this week by two royal visits.
The Countess of Wessex toured a new facility in Hampshire while
Princess Alexandra popped into a long established facility in
Surrey with very old royal links to celebrate its volunteers.
Sophie spent Tuesday in Winchester where she officially opened the
new home and dementia service, Shared…
The Countess of Wessex has a new
patronage, reflecting her support for the air ambulance services
which rushed her to hospital when she suffered a potentially life
threatening ectopic pregnancy in 2001. Sophie’s new role as Royal
Patron of the Thames Valley Air…
With a wedding, royal tour, and
engagement photos, it is no surprise that the Duchess of Sussex
comes in at the top of UFO No More’s annual tally. The team at UFO
No More has calculated the retail cost for new clothing items worn
by royal ladies. Now, this…
The Countess of Wessex holds reception for 10th anniversary of London College of Fashion
30th November 2018
In her capacity as Patron, the Countess
of Wessex held a reception at Buckingham Palace this week to mark
the 10th anniversary of the London College of Fashion’s ‘Better
Lives’ programme. Artists, designers, models, entrepreneurs and
fashion journalists joined the Countess as she recognised the
accomplishments of the programme, which works with brands to make
fashion more sustainable…
The Countess of Wessex was anything but
‘not amused’ this week when she was welcomed to a royal engagement
by a Queen Victoria impersonator. The brush with her husband’s
great, great, great, great grandmother came as Sophie officially
opened a newly…
The Countess of Wessex has paid tribute
to the hundreds of members of the Metropolitan Police who were
killed in the First World War at a special commemoration in London.
Sophie joined officers of all ranks at the memorial service held at
St. Martin in the Fields at…
The second and final day of The
Netherlands State Visit began with a breakfast at Mansion
House with the Earl and Countess of Wessex. Shortly before the
breakfast, Their Majesties and the Earl and Countess of Wessex
signed the guestbook. The breakfast was given by the Lord Mayor and
was attended by business leaders from both the United Kingdom and
the Netherlands. After breakfast, they viewed an…
The Countess of Wessex unveiled a statue
on Tuesday, entitled Victory over Blindness, outside the Manchester
Piccadilly Station, to mark the centenary of the end of the First
World War. The statue features seven blind soldiers leading each
other with their hands on each…
The Countess of Wessex hopped across the
water this week for a day of engagements in the Isle of Wight.
Sophie met charity workers and saw how firms on the island are
aiming to protect the environment during a series of visits which
culminated in a right royal tradition…
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born on 20
January 1965 as the youngest child and only daughter
of Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and the late Mary O’Sullivan
at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. She has an elder brother,
David. One of her godparents was the late actor Thane Bettany,
who was her father’s stepbrother. Sophie grew up in Kent, to where
her family moved while she was still…
