{"id":221121,"date":"2025-06-28T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221121\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:47:10","slug":"duchess-sophies-royal-role-set-for-major-change-thanks-to-prince-william-and-princess-kate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221121\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess Sophie\u2019s royal role set for major change thanks to Prince William and Princess Kate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duchess Sophie<\/a> is already one of the most active working royals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/a> and the Princess Royal, Prince Edward\u2019s wife is the member of the Royal Family who has the most duties and responsibilities \u2013 without counting the King and Queen, of course.<\/p>\n

This week, she left royal watchers stunned<\/a> when she paid a visit to the Central School of Ballet. She wore the ‘Everley’ dress style from Zimmermann in an emerald green hue covered in white flowers, accessorised with a simple beige clutch and ‘High Catalina Cotton Espadrille in Ivory’, which have become a staple<\/a> in her summer wardrobe since she wore them for the first time earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The sisterly bond with Princess Kate
\n \"Sophie\u00a9 Getty ImagesSophie and Kate share a close bond<\/p>\n

The Duchess of Edinburgh is often seen alongside the Princess of Wales, whether at solemn events like Remembrance Sunday and Garter Day, or at more relaxed gatherings, such as the Together at Christmas concert at Westminster Abbey, which is hosted every year by the future Queen.<\/p>\n

“They have a sisterly bond and Sophie is like the older sister Kate never had,” royal author Ingrid Seward tells Hello!<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“They are both incredibly kind girls and have a caring side to them. They are both protective of their children. Sophie has had a young family, so she knows what it’s like trying to protect them while being in the royal world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Sophie also has experience of life-threatening illness – she nearly died when her daughter Louise was born. She has been there in the background, as part of a private support network.\u201d<\/p>\n

A supportive aunt for Prince William
\n \"Prince\u00a9 Getty ImagesPrince William and Duchess Sophie trying cider in Cornwall <\/p>\n

Duchess Sophie, 60, has always been a present and supportive aunt to King Charles III<\/a>\u2019s eldest son, just as she was a close friend to his late mother, Princess Diana.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the pair solidified their special bond when they stepped out together in Cornwall<\/a> for a joint engagement at the Royal Cornwall Show, William as the patron of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association, and Sophie as vice president and also patron of the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations.<\/p>\n

The two royals joked together while sampling local chutneys and sipping shots of gin and cider, and seemed to work in perfect harmony. William even made a joke about his passion for whisky: “I’ve been caught out with whisky a few too many times. I think I can do that and then oh no I couldn’t.”<\/p>\n

With Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex<\/a>, out of the picture and a streamlined monarchy that only counts a handful of working royals, it\u2019s not hard to imagine that The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will have an even more prominent position once Prince William<\/a> succeeds his father and becomes King.<\/p>\n

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