Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, spoke candidly about her duties as a senior working royal while appearing on the Golden Legacy Series podcast with Alaina MacGregor, the CEO of British Blind Sport. She is committed to supporting the monarchy amid their current turbulent period, with the Daily Mirror reporting that she supports King Charles through her tireless work. Sophie detailed her loyalty to the Firm and spoke about supporting King Charles, focusing on the sight loss community, and the progress in disability sport.
She is the patron of more than 70 charities and organisations, and has focused much of her philanthropic work on women’s safety and sexual violence causes, both in the UK and around the world. In recent months, Sophie has travelled to countries such as Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Somalia, with her visit to Kenya and Somalia last week at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to continue her advocacy for women. Sophie also works with eye care charities across the UK, meeting blind and partially sighted people to provide support.
My role, as with all members of the family, is to primarily support the King and the monarchy. That is one side of the focus. But also, we're lucky enough to be able to fulfil our passions and our interests and these over my time as a member of the royal family have developed.
Royal expert Jennie Bond, via the Daily Mirror, believes that the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are key assets to the monarchy, and Sophie has long been described as the Royal Family’s secret weapon. In quotes from the podcast, Sophie said, 'My role, as with all members of the family, is to primarily support the King and the monarchy. That is one side of the focus.
' She added, 'One of the things I'm doing now is on women's peace and security in the world. We have the most incredible women who work within communities at all levels of society, and they are often at the frontline of ensuring that peace is secure, that their communities are looked after, and also we try to get them around the peacekeeping tables as much as possible. ' Sophie further stated, 'So I spend quite a lot of time going to difficult countries, trying to highlight the work that is going on there, some of the problems they are facing and also trying to highlight some of the good practice that exists out there.
One of the things I'm doing now is on women's peace and security in the world. We have the most incredible women who work within communities at all levels of society, and they are often at the frontline of ensuring that peace is secure, that their communities are looked after, and also we try to get them around the peacekeeping tables as much as possible. Aside from that, also the very sad problem the world is dealing with, the issue of conflict-related sexual violence.