SHE’S a calm, uncomplicated presence in a family fraught with tension and dogged by scandal and drama.
In the decades she’s been married to the late Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son, Sophie has rarely put a foot wrong. Instead, she’s kept her head down, worked tirelessly and offered support when it was desperately needed.
That’s why, when it was recently announced Sophie and her husband, Prince Edward, were given symbolically significant new titles, it was well received. They deserve it, royal experts said. The queen – who was hugely fond of her daughter-in-law – would approve.
Edward and Sophie are no longer the Earl and Countess of Wessex, but the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. King Charles made the announcement
