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

Sophie looks happy and relaxed in the Palace-released image, captured by London-based portrait, fashion and commercial photographer Christina Ebenezer at Bagshot Park this month ...

Before her engagement to Prince Edward, Sophie Rhys-Jones embraced the quintessential ... might have raised a few eyebrows, even those of Queen Elizabeth II. Leather also became a standout ...

Courtiers pointed to the irony that the former Sophie Rhys-Jones was originally welcomed into the Royal Family as a 'sensible antidote' to the wayward Princesses of the past. Now the Queen is ...

Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, marked the occasion on 20th January, and is celebrating with a black tie bash ...

Born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones in Oxford, England ... the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Edward was in a relationship at the time, but when he reconnected with Sophie in 1993, they were ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales have led tributes to celebrate the Duchess of Edinburgh’s milestone 60th birthday. Sophie, who joined the royal family more than 25 years ago upon her marriage to ...

PR executive Sophie Rhys-Jones married Edward ... Edward is the only one of the Queen’s four children not to have got divorced. In March, Sophie surprised Edward with a tearful tribute ahead ...

Queen Elizabeth ... Some argue Sophie was not the typical girlfriend that princes brought home, as she had a career in public relations, her father Christopher Rhys-Jones, was a tyre company ...

On the cusp of turning 60, the Duchess opens up about the Queen’s legacy, her evolving public persona, and moments of normalcy she cherishes ...

As a PR professional, known as Sophie Rhys-Jones, the Duchess, who celebrates her 60th birthday next week, was used to expressing her opinions freely while managing corporate communications.

Prince Edward is the youngest child of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip. He wed Sophie Rhys-Jones six years after the pair met at a tennis match in 1993. After their wedding ...