Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh had a very close bond with the late Queen, having lost her own mother Mary Rhys-Jones in 2005.

Duchess Sophie has one sibling - David Rhys-Jones. They are the only offspring of parents Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and the late Mary Rhys-Jones. Sophie's brother used to own a pub ...

Rhys Jones was mistakenly shot by a gang member in Croxteth on his way home from football practice, in 2007. Det Ch Supt Chris Green, of Merseyside Police, said: "It should have been a watershed ...