Duchess Sophie’s biggest royal challenge as she gives rare interview | Royal | News
The Duchess of Edinburgh has spoken openly about how determined she is to support the monarchy and King Charles. Sophie, who is married to Prince Edward, joins Alaina MacGregor, CEO of British Blind Sport, at the Golden Legacy Series podcast.
The Duchess explained to her host: “Like all members of the family, my duty is first and foremost to support the King and the monarchy. This is one side of our focus. But we are also lucky enough to be able to pursue our passions and interests, and these have developed over my time as a member of the Royal Family.”
She added: “One of the things I do now is women’s peace and safety in the world.”
Duchess Sophie continued: “We have the most incredible women working within communities at all levels of society, and they are often at the forefront of securing peace, looking after their communities, and we also try to bring them around peacekeeping tables as much as possible. Then there’s also the issue of conflict-related sexual violence, which is the very sad problem that the world is dealing with.”
The Duchess of Edinburgh traveled to countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and visited Kenya and Somalia last week at the request of the Foreign Office to continue her advocacy for women.
The late Queen Elizabeth II Even Elizabeth is said to have “trusted” and “trusted” Sophie more than many in her inner circle. Some royal experts claimed he saw Sophie as more “girly” than a bride. Tatler Magazine branding him the Firm’s “secret weapon”.
Duchess Sophie spoke about the transition in 2002 when she decided to leave her business interests to focus on activities and official commitments on behalf of the Firm.
He claimed it took him a while to “find his feet” and spoke about the transition. Times. He said: “Of course it took me a while to find my feet. The disappointment was that I had to lower my expectations of what I could actually do.
“I couldn’t just come and go to a charity, could I, I think you should do that because that’s what I’m used to doing in my working life.”
