Sophie Wessex gave a cheeky eight-word answer when asked about 'upping' her royal responsibilities. Over the years, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have grown to be the rock King Charles leans on when it comes to fulfilling their regal role and the pair regularly represent His Majesty at official engagements.
Both Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, 59, are consistently carrying out their engagements and charity visits across the country with little fanfare, extending their efforts amidst both the monarch and Princess of Wales' cancer treatments which has kept them away from public functions for now.
And today, Monday, 8 April, the pair will fill in for the King at one of their most notable events yet at Buckingham Palace.
The duo will review troops this afternoon at the Changing of the Guard in the palace forecourt, where, for the first time ever, French soldiers will join the ceremony alongside their British colleagues.
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