Sophie, Countess of Wessex today celebrates her 52nd birthday as she attends the Devon County Agricultural Association AGM at Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter.
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born at Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, on 20 January 1965, the second child and first daughter of Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and his wife, Mary.
Sophie 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 various activities.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex have two children: James, Viscount Severn, and Lady Louise Windsor.
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