Edward, the favorite son of Queen Elizabeth II

He is the least mediatic son of Isabel II, but, at the same time, the most attached to his mother. Of the queen’s sons, EduardoEarl of Wessex, is the only one not divorced, he has been married for 22 years to Sophie Rhys-Jones and, they say, he is his mother’s confidant and “confessor”.

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The sovereign, whose health is pending the whole world, sees in Eduardo the example of a son that his brothers, Carlos y Andréswho have not known how to be because of the scandals that have marked their lives.

For this reason, Elizabeth II has delegated the Earl of Wessex to represent her in numerous institutional events. In the case of her daughter-in-law, Sophie, she also has the full approval of her mother-in-law. Eduardo’s wife is a woman closely linked to solidarity and charity issues, curiously, at the beginning of her relationship with her then-boyfriend, information was leaked that linked 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 channel with the passage of time and today her relationship with the queen is unbeatable.

At the time his mother dies and his brother Carlos takes the throne, Eduardo will receive one of the most significant titles of his family, that of Duke of Edinburgh, which belonged to his father. This was decided by the latter and his royal wife Isabel in 1999, when his youngest son married Sophie.