Edward and Sofia of Wessex remember the “happy days” with Elizabeth II in their Christmas greeting

The Queen’s youngest son and daughter-in-law Isabel II They have chosen two moving photos for their 2022 Christmas card, dedicated to the historic monarch at the first festivities since her death on September 8.

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The main photograph shows Sofia Already Eduardo with Her Majesty at the Keys ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, last June.

Another snapshot, taken by the Countess of Wessex in 2003, shows the prince philip and his wife sitting on the grass of the Scottish Highlands. The photo was made public after the death of the Prince of Edinburgh in April 2021. “In memory of happy days,” the Earls of Wessex write alongside the images.

the king’s brother Charles III and his wife were very close to the queen. He is the least mediatic son of Elizabeth II and the only one, of the boys, who has not been divorced, he has been married for 22 years to Sophie Rhys-Jones. They met on Radio Capital Uk in 1987, when he was 23 and she was 22. They married on June 19, 1999 at Windsor Castle.

Eduardo’s wife is a woman closely linked to solidarity and charitable issues, curiously, at the beginning of her relationship with her then-boyfriend, information was leaked linking her to very unpleasant comments about the British Monarchy, which brought her serious criticism and a serious reprimand from his in-laws. But the waters returned to her course with the passage of time and today her relationship with the Windsors is unbeatable.

Now that Charles is king, the title of Duke of Edinburgh could go to Edward, just as his father wanted before he died. According to a 1999 palace note, “The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales have agreed that Prince Edward should be awarded the Duchy of Edinburgh in due course, when the current title held by Philip returns to the Crown. “.