On July 1, local time, the British "Mirror" showed Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, an unprecedented image, which attracted a lot of attention, and many British netizens said that they only knew that she was dignified and generous, but they never thought she was so interesting.
Sophie, 59, took part in a horse-drawn carriage driving event at Sandringham Manor in Norfolk, and as the chairman of the event, she took part in a fun race in which she drank champagne while driving a horse-drawn carriage.
Sophie, dressed in a dark blue velvet equestrian coat, sat in the carriage and was busy drinking champagne while keeping it stable.
She had to think that she held the goblet in her mouth, and this scene made her husband Prince Edward and daughter Lady Louise laugh heartily as they stood on the sidelines.
It is said that this is the first time Sophie has participated in this kind of competition, although the results have not been disclosed, but it is clear that the princess, who has been unknown for many years, enjoyed the competition and had a lot of fun.
And Sophie's lively and cheerful behavior also made many people look at her with admiration, and then liked her even more, "I like such royals very much," someone wrote.
And when Sophie entered the game, her 60-year-old prince's husband stood aside to take pictures of her, and the old husband and wife had a tacit feeling.
It is reported that the horse-drawn carriage race in which Sophie participated was founded in 1982 by the late Prince Philip. Because horse-drawn carriage riding is one of his favorite sports, the Prince hopes that more people will get involved. Sophie's daughter, Louise, was also a lover of horse-drawn carriages, and it was with her grandfather's encouragement that Louise got involved, and after Philippe's death, his carriage was inherited by Louise.
Not long ago, Sophie and Edward celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, and the commemorative photos showed warmth and romance only in old husbands and wives.
Compared with his older brothers and sisters, Prince Edward is undoubtedly lucky, his marriage does not have so many farces, there are just stability and peace. Although it may seem to some people that as celebrities, they don't even have a little scandal, which is really too bland, but if you think about it carefully, this is the high level of a high-quality relationship.
Perhaps for this reason, the late Queen Elizabeth II was particularly close to Sophie, who was also considered the Queen's favorite daughter-in-law, and of course, the other two daughters-in-law, Diana and Sarah Ferguson, became former daughters-in-law after more than a decade of becoming members of the royal family.
It is reported that soon after Sophie was introduced to the Queen, she became the Queen's favorite person, and Sophie also regarded the Queen as a mother, and she privately called her "Mom", which is rare in the British.
Not only with the queen, Sophie seems to have a good relationship with the royal family, perhaps because she is peaceful and cheerful enough.
The sight of her and Princess Kate laughing in a carriage many years ago is still impressive, and although the two ladies are two generations, they are very harmonious together.
(Sophie gets up to get out of the carriage, but the horse doesn't know why it moves, so she almost falls, but Kate holds her up, and the two of them laugh together.) ）