Time for another royal round up! This time there’s Queen Letizia, Crown Princess Victoria, Sophie Countess of Wessex, and Princess Charlene. With cameos by King Felipe, Prince Daniel and Princess Estelle, and Prince Albert. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was going to be in this post, but she gave so many great quotes that she got […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex turns 50, visits two of her charities
Royal fashion highs from 2014
Duchess Kate doubles her engagements in 2014, but is still the least active senior royal
The annual tabulation of the British Royal Family’s engagement numbers by Tim O’Donovan has been released… and I’m super confused. There is no one way of how to count Royal engagements, and it seems everyone’s tabulations differ (and apparently I’m the most generous of the lot). Going off of the O’Donovan numbers, almost every royal […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex talks what she learned from the Queen to Harper’s Bazaar UK
Sophie, Countess of Wessex has given an interview to Harper’s Bazaar UK not only in celebration of her upcoming 50th birthday on January 20 but to promote her patronage of the London College of Fashion and their “Better Lives” campaign. Sophie became patron in 2013, marking the first time a royal has been patron of […]
Royals at Remembrance Sunday
The second Sunday in November is Remembrance Sunday in the UK and commemorates the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and servicewomen in the two World Wars and later conflicts. The Queen led the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall remembering those who died during conflicts. A two-minute silence […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex, wears teal pants to Tall Ships Regatta
While we wait for Kate, the MIA Duchess, to make an appearance (she visits Oxford on Sept. 8; and just added, she’ll be at the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games on Sept 10, and the Drumhead Service at Lee Valley Athletics Center on Sept. 11), let’s take a look at Sophie, Countess of Wessex, […]
Kate and Sophie watch Order of the Garter ceremony; Prince George attends first polo match
Garter Day was yesterday, and the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge and Sophie, Countess of Wessex all came out for the Order of the Garter ceremony/procession at Windsor Castle. Kate and Sophie were spectators. The others are actually in the Order. […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex gets emotional during visit to hospital that saved her life during birth of Lady Louise
The Countess of Wessex has been getting a lot of coverage lately—which is awesome. Yesterday, Sophie visited Frimley Park Hospital where she nearly died giving birth to Lady Louise in 2003. Sophie suffered a placental abruption at 36 weeks which caused her to lose a lot of blood. Marcus Setchell delivered her via an emergency […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex, shows off her hockey prowess
The Countess of Wessex was out and about yesterday (March 11), visiting the England hockey team at Bisham Abbey National Sports Center in her role as Patron of England Hockey—she’s been patron since January 2007. Sophie talked to the staff and players and got in on the action by playing a bit with player Shona […]