L ong before Prince William and Kate Middleton became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, those titles were nearly bestowed on ...

Born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones on January 20 ... by 200 million viewers. On their wedding day, Prince Edward was created a hereditary peer as Earl of Wessex, and Sophie the Countess of Wessex.

"That's how Edward and Sophie are today ... and it's how they were 25 years ago on their relatively understated wedding day at Windsor," she added. Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones first ...

But, 25 years ago today, Edward - the late Queen's youngest son - married the then Sophie Rhys-Jones in ... the wedding rings were crafted from Welsh gold from the Prince Edward mine in Gwynedd.

Kate Middleton is known to have a close bond with the woman who was almost given the same title, Sophie Wessex ...

Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones began dating in 1993 and tied ... Cambridge but declined that title and instead requested Earl of Wessex after the character Lord Wessex from the film ...

Born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones on Jan. 20 ... On the day of their wedding, Edward was named Earl of Wessex and Sophie was made the Countess of Wessex. They honeymooned at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince ... Association. Edward married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, just after he was officially given the title of Earl of Wessex.

Prince Edward is the youngest child of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip. He wed Sophie Rhys-Jones ... their wedding, they became the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Prince Edward, 58, and Sophie Wessex, 57, have gone from relatively unknown to two of the most senior members of the Royal Family in just a few years. The Earl ... Helen Rhys-Jones, her name ...

Prince Edward received his individual coat of arms at age 19, while the Rhys-Jones coat of arms was made for Sophie’s father, Christopher Rhys-Jones, ahead of his daughter’s royal wedding in ...

By association, this appointment by the king led Sophie to become the Duchess of Edinburgh. Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones ... the Earl and Countess of Wessex. In November 2003, Sophie and Edward ...