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WithPrince Harry andMeghan murder set towrap their official royal responsibilities This spring, the leaders of Buckingham Palace were responsible for modifying theRoyal Newspapers and delegating the commitments and appearances that had been reserved for the aussex for later this year. WhilePrince William andKate Middleton have kept calm and exercised, the royal insiders are waitingSophie, Countess de Wessex, In the stage in the projector and play a role in more representationQueen Elizabethas a result of the output of the sussexes.

"Sophie has a very narrow relationship with His Majesty and is the ideal candidate of the stage right now," says my insider palace. "She is very popular in the family and is considered favorite Bru. »

Irony, when they married in 1999, Sophie andPrince Edward, Comte de Wessex, The youngest son of the Queen, were alsothe intention to maintain their career while officially representing the queen. At the time, Her Majesty said that she was in favor of the couple's plan, but warned them that it could leave them "to charges to pursue their royal status in the pursuit of their own commercial interests,", according toThe Globe and Mail.

The Queen's warning has proven premonitory. After his marriage with Edward, the former Sophie Rhys-Jones continued his own public relations firm, RJH, which she founded in 1997 with his partnerMurray Harkin. But in 2001, she was forced to resign as President afterA tabloid journalist pretending to be an Arab Sheik she recorded Tarable that potential customers could benefit from its royal relationships. "If someone ever gets a kind of profile or an added benefit of being involved with us because of my situation, which is an unspoken advantage. It's not something that the promises of anyone, it's something that does not happen, "she was recorded by saying at the time. She was also taken on the same tape callPrime Minister Tony Blair "Ignorant" and opinate thatPrinceCharles would never be allowed to get marriedCamilla Parker-Bowles As long as the queen mother was alive.

According toThe temperatureThe Queen Elizabeth was so upset by the incident, she launched a review of commercial affairs of the royal family working to ensure that no one else was in a potentially understanding position that could embarrass the monarchy.

In addition, before getting married Sophie, Edwardincurs the anger of Charles In 1997 when it was discovered that the following WILLIAM film team around St. Andrews University worked for the production company rightly titled Edward, Ardent. (All other media had agreed to give the young royal his private life while at school.)

After the pr Zophy debacle in 2001, she and Edward agreed to end their careers and received 250 000 £ as "compensation" for the loss of salary by opting to become the royal family working family, according to theDaily mail. (Former Sophie Cabinetpossibly closed shutters In 2006, £ 1.7 million in debt.)

Today, nearly 20 years after the flight of the "Sophie bands," Sophie is considered an extremely reliable and desirable choice for various official missions in Great Britain and overseas representing the queen. Last week,She spent her 55th birthday with Edward and Queen At a reception for the R.U.-Africa investment summit organized by William and Kate in Buckingham Palace.

In addition, Edward is the only children of the queen not to have got divorced. "[Sophie and Edward] remained below the radar all these years, which was a great relief to the queen," said my source.

A Royal Watcher has in Sophie deSolo trip of two days in Sierra Leone Last week as a sign of its competence in the handling of important royal functions. She was the first family member to visit the continent sinceHarry and Meghan African Tour in October. "It has been a very clear signal that the queen has the greatest confidence in Sophie," says my source. "She also gets very well with Catherine. They often team up and they make a good team. »

According to the Royal Initiate, the former Director of Public Relations and MotherLouise Windsor Lady andJames, Vicomte Severn, Spent years of peiner for the crown next to a fanfare surrounding his commitments, but she seems to have made the Glamor quotient up recently, which could indicate that it is ready and willing for greater visibility in the family . "Sophie is a beautiful woman and started wearing clothes by the Designers favored by the Duchess de Cambridge Much more often than what she did in the past, "my source says". It is quite open and warm. The Countess seems ready and willing to assume more responsibilities at this critical moment, which would facilitate the spirit of the queen a little. "

Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New York Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .