The Queen's most beloved daughter-in-law, Sophie, is more favored than Princess Diana and far more important than Camilla — Introduction.
【The main author of this article: Xu Xu】
On April 21, Queen Elizabeth II spent her loneliest birthday in so many years, because just 12 days ago, she bid farewell to her 74-year-old companion, Prince Philip.
On the day of the prince's funeral, Camilla, as the eldest daughter-in-law of the royal family, rarely appeared, but was the daughter-in-law, Princess Sophie, who appeared frequently after the prince's death, and was busy taking care of her father-in-law's affairs.
The relationship between the Queen's family is like a huge magnate, which is not complicated to say, but every member of the royal family has a full point of view.
The Queen and Prince Philip gave birth to a total of 4 children, in order of age: Crown Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward.
Crown Prince Charles's original wife was the famous Princess Diana. But as we all know, the marriage of this couple is very unhappy, they divorced in 1996, and after a year, Princess Diana died in a car accident.
Then 8 years later, Crown Prince Charles married Camilla.
Princess Anne, the second eldest, is also the only daughter of the Queen and the Prince. She first married Mark Phillips, a cavalry lieutenant in the Queen's Guard, but divorced her husband and remarried to her lover because she cheated on the Queen's attendant attaché during the marriage.
Prince Andrew married a less beautiful Princess Sarah in 1986, and the two divorced ten years later.
The marriages of the first three children were not complete, each divorced, and even disgraced the royal family. The most worrying thing is the youngest son, Prince Edward, who marries the Princess Sophie we are talking about this time.
The youngest son and the couple have been married for 22 years, the wind and waves are calm, and the family is harmonious, which makes the queen very pleased.
Princess Sophie, full name Sophie Rees Jones, her origin is not prominent, is a middle-class family in the United Kingdom, her father is only a tire salesman (retired), her mother is a secretary, it seems to be an ordinary family, so Sophie is also known as the "Commoner Princess".
Sophie has a wide range of hobbies, especially sports, skiing, surfing, tennis she is good at, and her relationship with Prince Edward is also due to tennis.
In the summer of 1993, Prince Edward sponsored a tennis tournament of a charitable nature, and Sophie was working in the media, public relations and publicity, so the two met in the publicity campaign, attracted each other's attention, and admired each other.
They fell in love for 6 years and finally got married. From the day of their marriage, the couple is destined to join hands in a "clear stream" of royal marriage, because they are very low-key.
The timing of Sophie's marriage to the royal family is delicate, even ingenious. At that time, Princess Diana had only died two years ago, and the royal family had been immersed in a haze for a long time, and the arrival of Sophie, the new princess, seemed to shine into the royal family, especially into the queen's heart.
Sophie has a personality and three views similar to that of the queen, they are dignified, knowledgeable, and they are all excellent people and capable. No need for the Queen to remind her, Sophie knew how to preserve the dignity of the royal family.
Sophie's emotional intelligence is very high, she is good at dealing with people, can handle the relationship between royals to the fullest, is notoriously good in the royal family, even with the royal family, many people do not like The Princess Meghan (who has withdrawn from the royal family), Sophie's aunt can be a girlfriend with her.
Of course, the one who most resembles her girlfriend is the queen, Sophie's mother-in-law.
In the third year of Sophie's marriage into the royal family, the queen's sister and mother died one after another, and the queen suddenly became very lonely, she was old and needed someone to accompany her, and Sophie, the daughter-in-law, was undoubtedly the best candidate.
It is said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is difficult to get along with, even if she is loved by the people like Princess Diana, but in the eyes of the queen, she will sometimes look like a wayward child.
Later, Charles's continuation Camilla, that is, not to mention, because she was involved in the marriage of Crown Prince Charles and Princess Diana, coupled with the death of Princess Diana, which has always made the British people have a deep hatred for Camilla.
The queen also has a grudge against Camilla, although she is allowed to marry into the royal family, but does not give her the title of princess, and even after Crown Prince Charles succeeds to the throne, she is crowned as queen, only to let her be a "concubine", or called "lady", which shows how much the queen dislikes her.
But the daughter-in-law Sophie is different, she is the only original princess left in the queen's children's generation, and it is in line with the queen's concept of marriage, and it is difficult for the queen not to spoil her.
Princess Sophie also regarded the queen as her mother, and the queen's trust and dependence on her even surpassed that of princess Kate of her grandchildren.
After Harry and Meghan withdrew from the royal family, the queen asked Princess Sophie to take over Meghan's affairs. Prince Philip died, and the queen directly ignored her eldest daughter-in-law Camilla and let her daughter-in-law, Princess Sophie, take care of the aftermath, which shows the queen's importance to Sophie.
At the prince's funeral, Sophie had tears in her eyes and told the media that her father-in-law, Prince Philip, had died peacefully in his sleep, as if he had been held by someone and left. On her deathbed, the queen was always with the prince, but her heart seemed to be hollowed out.
Sophie's husband, Prince Edward, was the 9th in line to the throne, and although sophie's chances of becoming queen were slim, it did not affect the Queen's approval of her.
Now is the time when the queen is most vulnerable, I believe that with Princess Sophie, the queen can slowly cheer up.