Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex’s Complete Relationship Timeline
usmagazine.comA low-key royal couple. Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex had a traditional royal wedding in 1999, but the early days of their romance were decidedly less formal.Queen Elizabeth II‘s youngest son first met his future bride in 1987 when she was working as a press officer at Capital Radio.
At the time, the Earl of Wessex was dating Sophie’s friend, but when the duo reconnected in 1993, they were both single.After dating for six years, Edward popped the question in December 1998 while the pair were on vacation in the Bahamas.
When they publicly announced their engagement the following month, Sophie had a simple explanation for why the two hit it off. “I think we share a number of interests, we laugh a lot and we have a great friendship,” she explained in an interview.Edward, for his part, added: “We are the very best of friends and that’s essential, but it also helps that we also love each other very much.”The University of Cambridge graduate and the former publicist tied the knot in June 1999 at St George’s Chapel, which would later host the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as well as Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.
For the event, Sophie was given the queen’s “Anthemion” tiara, which some observers believe was constructed from elements originally used in Queen Victoria’s Regal Circlet.Three years after the wedding, Sophie — who was raised in an upper middle-class family in Kent, England — ceased working in public relations and became a full-time working royal.
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