The Countess of Wessex looked radiant in white today as she continued her Africa trip with a visit to Botswana, which will be followed by Malawi later this week.
Sophie, 57, is visiting the countries in her capacity as global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
Ending avoidable blindness is a cause the royal, who is married to King Charles’ brother Prince Edward, has long lent her name to, and she has worked with the
Sophie Wessex comforted future king Prince George during the Queen’s funeral today.
The nine-year-old went to the funeral of Her Majesty The Queen alongside his family and walked in front of his sister Charlotte, seven, during the procession to Westminster Abbey.
The Countess of Wessex, 57, was spotted putting a hand on George’s shoulder as the youngster watched over proceedings today.
Prince Edward’s wife, who had an exceptionally close relationship with her mother-in-law, opted for traditional mourning dress as she
Princes William and Harry will take part in a special vigil in honour of the Queen on Saturday, it has tonight been reported.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex are set to join the Queen’s six other grandchildren in a special 15 minute vigil at Westminster Hall.
The eight grandchildren will reportedly stand in silence beside Her Majesty’s coffin, in a scene which will mirror the Vigil of the Princes.
The special vigil saw King Charles, Princess
The Queen today began her last public duty – to lie in state for the nation until Monday – after she completed her final and saddest journey to Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace accompanied by the bereft Royal Family.
King Charles, his three siblings and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry, reunited to mourn, marched behind her coffin in the September sunshine to Parliament before they handed Her Majesty over to her subjects.
From 5pm Britons began to file
Princess Anne donned a ceremonial Navy uniform as she marched behind the coffin of her mother as it left Buckingham Palace for the final time today.
She joined King Charles, and Princes William and Harry – along with the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex – following the coffin on foot as it left Buckingham Palace to make its 38-minute journey in front of thousands of mourners lining the streets in central London.
Her Majesty spent her final
The Princess Royal, the Queen’s only daughter, took on perhaps the hardest role this weekend, escorting her beloved mother from Balmoral – where the family had enjoyed so many treasured memories – on her final journey home.
Princess Anne, 72, who has always been considered a stoic member of the royal family, was visibly moved as she escorted the Queen’s hearse to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday – with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence by her
Lady Louise Windsor was snapped today looking sombre as she joined other members of the royal family to attend a memorial church service in Balmoral.
Her Majesty died at the Scottish estate on Thursday, aged 96, with a Bucking Palace statement saying the monarch passed away ‘peacefully’.
Today, 18-year-old Louise, who has previously been described as Her Majesty’s ‘favourite’ grandchild and a ‘secret weapon’ for the Firm, was just one of royals making a public appearance in tribute to the
Prince William has driven Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to Balmoral as they raced to be at the Queen’s bedside to join a vigil led by Prince Charles and Princess Anne today.
The Duke of Cambridge took to the wheel of his Range Rover with his uncles and aunt on board after they were flown to Aberdeen from London by RAF jet this afternoon amid deep concerns about Her Majesty’s health.
Hours earlier the
The love story of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip is an epic one, with the pair spending more than seven decades of their lives together.
When the Duke of Edinburgh passed away in April 2021 at the age of 99, he had been by Her Majesty’s side for 73 years, sharing four children, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – as well as eight grandchildren.
With a relationship spanning the best part of three-quarters of a
The Countess of Wessex showed her support for Dame Deborah James by wearing one of the bowel cancer campaigner’s ‘Rebellious Hope’ slogan t-shirts on an outing in Gibraltar.
Sophie, 57, donned the t-shirt – which raises money for Dame Deborah’s Bowelbabe fund – as she joined Edward on a visit to the beach on Wednesday.
Dame Deborah, who is receiving end-of-life care for bowel cancer at her parents’ home in Surrey, launched the t-shirt last week in collaboration with e-tailer
