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 Ambulance was announced by Buckingham Palace this morning.
The Countess of Wessex had to be flown to hospital in December 2001 when…
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…
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 restored chapel in Hampshire.
The building is at the Royal Victoria Park in Netley near Southampton, and it’s been brought…
The Countess of Wessex remembers police officers killed in World War One
7th November 2018
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…
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 other’s shoulders, and “is a testament to the thousands of blind veterans we have supported in rebuilding their lives after…
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…
The Duke of York, Princess Anne and the Earl and Countess of Wessex will be moving out of Buckingham Palace shortly.
The East Wing, which houses the apartments of Prince Andrew and Prince Edward and his wife, will be undergoing renovations under the Buckingham Place repairs.
The three, as well as Princess Anne, also have private offices in the wing that is most visible to the public when watching…
