Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

[Auroranorth]

I feel tired just reading all that. More power to Sophie.

[Ladybug]

More pics of Sophie in NYC. The entire black leather ensemble feels very NYC!

[canuckcutie]

I love that leather dress on her, she looks fantastic!

[lordofthefries]

That dress is a lot for me, but I like her coat and boots. Sophie might be the low-key most fashionable royal.

[PearlySweetcake]

Mar 16, 2022 19:10:25 GMT -4 lordofthefries said:

That dress is a lot for me, but I like her coat and boots. Sophie might be the low-key most fashionable royal.

The dress and gloves look like they came from the House of Targaryen collection, but the coat and boots are stylish. I've always liked Sophie.

[featherhat]

Sophie is pretty much doing exactly what Meghan said she wanted to do in the early days. Use her platform to promote difficult feminist subjects, the Commonwealth and the UK. This is pretty much the antithesis of the Sussexes trip to NYC last year.

I've always liked Sophie. She's dedicated to anti child marriage, period poverty, rape as a weapon of war and girls' education charities and doesn't generally get a lot of credit for it because she doesn't trumpet her "female empowerment" credentials. Not to mention she spent the pandemic volunteering with St John Ambulance.

[tiggertoo]

I was thinking the same thing! She had a huge potential platform and threw it all away. I will never understand it frankly.

[OnyxRose]

Mar 18, 2022 0:48:40 GMT -4 featherhat said:

Sophie is pretty much doing exactly what Meghan said she wanted to do in the early days. Use her platform to promote difficult feminist subjects, the Commonwealth and the UK. This is pretty much the antithesis of the Sussexes trip to NYC last year.

I've always liked Sophie. She's dedicated to anti child marriage, period poverty, rape as a weapon of war and girls' education charities and doesn't generally get a lot of credit for it because she doesn't trumpet her "female empowerment" credentials. Not to mention she spent the pandemic volunteering with St John Ambulance.

Both she and Edward certainly had their missteps in the beginning but they learned that lesson.

[featherhat]

Mar 18, 2022 9:47:39 GMT -4 OnyxRose said:

Mar 18, 2022 0:48:40 GMT -4 featherhat said:

Sophie is pretty much doing exactly what Meghan said she wanted to do in the early days. Use her platform to promote difficult feminist subjects, the Commonwealth and the UK. This is pretty much the antithesis of the Sussexes trip to NYC last year.

I've always liked Sophie. She's dedicated to anti child marriage, period poverty, rape as a weapon of war and girls' education charities and doesn't generally get a lot of credit for it because she doesn't trumpet her "female empowerment" credentials. Not to mention she spent the pandemic volunteering with St John Ambulance.

Both she and Edward certainly had their missteps in the beginning but they learned that lesson.

Oh, they definitely made mistakes in the beginning. Both were huge embarrassments to the family professionally and privately. But they learned their lessons and started working hard for the Firm. They didn't leave in a huff blaming everyone but themselves for actions and words they said and did on tape.

They now appear to have a pretty good life by having two kids, getting to do meaningful work and no one bothering with what they get up to in their private life.

[Ladybug]

Lady Louise Windsor at Prince Philip's memorial service.

Lady Louise enjoyed a close relationship with her grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh thanks to their shared love of carriage driving, a bond she demonstrated today by wearing a carriage driving brooch paying homage to their shared hobby.