Person Open DS/UK/8933 Countess of Wessex; Sophie (1965-); British royal family member Countess of Wessex Sophie 1965- British royal family member Female Born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, GCVO DStJ (Sophie Helen; née Rhys-Jones; born 20 January 1965, Oxford, England) is the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Married in 1999, she worked in public relations until 2002 and now assists her husband in his royal duties. The Earl and Countess have two children, James, Viscount Severn, and Lady Louise Windsor, who are respectively ninth and tenth in the line of succession. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 11/13/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 bd858fcf-e477-4117-9156-d3a6a20fef09