Editing Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (section)

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles and styles===
Sophie was [[Style (form of address)|style]]d as "Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex" from her marriage in 1999 to 2023. On 10 March 2019, her husband was created [[Earl of Forfar]], according her the [[Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom#Spouses of peers|title by courtesy]] of Countess of Forfar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/title-earl-wessex|title=Title for the Earl of Wessex|date=10 March 2019|publisher=Royal.uk|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-date=9 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909170952/https://www.royal.uk/new-title-earl-wessex|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was at times referred to as the Countess of Wessex and Forfar, such as at the funerals [[Death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|of her father-in-law]] and [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|mother-in-law]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/funeral-duke-edinburgh-0 |title=The Funeral of The Duke of Edinburgh |date=4 December 2017 |publisher=royal.uk |access-date=11 February 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202123217/https://www.royal.uk/funeral-duke-edinburgh-0 |archive-date=2 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/media/state_funeral_of_her_majesty_queen_elizabeth.pdf|title=Order of Service for The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II|work=The Royal Family|date=19 September 2022|access-date=5 October 2022|archive-date=19 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919084548/https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/media/state_funeral_of_her_majesty_queen_elizabeth.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 10 March 2023, when her husband was created [[Duke of Edinburgh]] ([[Life peerage|for life]]), she has been known as "Her Royal Highness The [[Duchess of Edinburgh]]".<ref name="Edin-twitter">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/dukedom-edinburgh|title=The King confers The Dukedom of Edinburgh upon The Prince Edward|work=The Royal Family|date=10 March 2023|accessdate=10 March 2023|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310120219/https://www.royal.uk/dukedom-edinburgh|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Honours===
{{See also|List of honours of the British royal family by country}}

* [[Image:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|45px]] 2002: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]]<ref name=official/>
* [[File:UK Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II ribbon.svg|45px]] 2004: Recipient of the [[Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II]]<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheCountessofWessex/Honoursandappointments.aspx |title=Honours and appointments: The Countess of Wessex |publisher=Royal Household |access-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194633/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheCountessofWessex/Honoursandappointments.aspx |archive-date=2 January 2014 }}</ref>
* [[File:CAN Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan ribbon.svg|45px]] 2005: Recipient of the [[Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan]]<ref name=official/><ref name=sask>{{cite press release| title=The Earl and Countess of Wessex Receive Centennial Medal| publisher=Government of Saskatchewan| date=7 June 2005| url=http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=6f57e213-b361-4db4-99d0-08daa71a484e| access-date=27 October 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611004032/http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=6f57e213-b361-4db4-99d0-08daa71a484e| archive-date=11 June 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png|45px]] 2010: [[Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] (GCVO)<ref name=official/><ref>{{Cite press release|title=The Countess of Wessex appointed to the Royal Victorian Order |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=20 January 2010 |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2010/TheCountessofWessexappointedtotheRoyalVictorianOrd.aspx |access-date=20 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124082039/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2010/TheCountessofWessexappointedtotheRoyalVictorianOrd.aspx |archive-date=24 January 2010 }}</ref>
* [[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|45px]] 2012: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]]<ref name=official/>
* [[File:CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon.svg|45px]] 2016: Recipient of the [[Canadian Forces' Decoration]] (CD)
* [[File:Service Medal of the Order of St John Ribbon.svg|45px]] 2017: Recipient of the [[Service Medal of the Order of St John]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=RoyalFamily|author=The Royal Family|number=844221216449794048|date=21 March 2017|title=The Countess of Wessex, as Grand President of @stjohnambulance has been awarded a Long Service Medal at the National Presidents' Conference.}}</ref>
*[[File:Service Medal of the Order of St John, bar.jpg|45px]] 2021: Recipient of the [[Service Medal of the Order of St John]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=RoyalFamily|author=The Royal Family|number=1438529575592542209|date=16 September 2021|title=Yesterday The Countess of Wessex, Grand President of @StJohnAmbulance, was presented with the First Bar to the Service Medal, marking HRH's 15 years of service to the Order.}}</ref> (with [[Medal bar|bar]])
* [[File:UK Queen EII Platinum Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|45px]] 2022: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.homesandantiques.com/antiques/royal-family-medals|title=What medals are the royal family wearing?|work=Homes & Antiques|first=Emma|last=Longstaff|date=27 April 2023|access-date=19 January 2024|archive-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117212517/https://www.homesandantiques.com/antiques/royal-family-medals|url-status=live}}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=January 2024}}
* [[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|45px]] 2022: [[List of Grand Crosses of the Order of St John|Dame Grand Cross]] of the [[Most Venerable Order of Saint John]] (GCStJ)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63692 |date=9 May 2022|page=8838}}</ref>
** 2005–2022: [[DStJ|Dame of Justice]] of the [[Most Venerable Order of Saint John]] (DStJ)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57625 |date=27 April 2005|page=5488}}</ref>
*[[File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg|45px]] 2023: Recipient of the [[King Charles III Coronation Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64cb653b2322ce000dcd23b7/Coronation_Medal_eligibility_criteria.docx|title=Honours, Decorations and Medals|website=gov.uk|access-date=19 January 2024|archive-date=19 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119155807/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64cb653b2322ce000dcd23b7/Coronation_Medal_eligibility_criteria.docx|url-status=live}}</ref>{{original research inline|date=January 2024}}
* [[File:Royal Family Order of King Charles III ribbon bar.svg|45px]] 2024: Recipient of the [[Royal Family Order of Charles III]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Richard Palmer |user=RoyalReporter |number=1864047242841030802 |title= Both The Duchess of Edinburgh and The Princess Royal are wearing the Royal Family Order of King Charles III.}}</ref>

====Foreign====
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} 9 September 2015: [[Sash#Honorific orders|Sash]] of the [[Order of the Aztec Eagle|Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/reinounido/index.php/en/ver-comunicados/761-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-was-awarded-with-the-mexican-order-of-the-aztec-eagle|title=TRH THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL AWARDED WITH THE MEXICAN ORDER OF THE AZTEC EAGLE|publisher=Official website of the Mexican Embassy in the United Kingdom|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411055728/https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/reinounido/index.php/en/ver-comunicados/761-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-was-awarded-with-the-mexican-order-of-the-aztec-eagle|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Brunei}} 2017: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei|Sultan of Brunei Golden Jubilee Medal]]<ref name="thecrownchronicles.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite tweet|user=RoyalFamily|author=The Royal Family|number=915958265103732736|date=5 October 2017|title=The Earl and Countess of Wessex are in Brunei to attend The Sultan of Brunei's Golden Jubilee celebrations.}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Sweden}}19 June 2010: Recipient of the [[Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals|Wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%c3%a5ng/kronprinsessans-och-herr-daniel-westlings-br%c3%b6llopsminnesmedalj|title='The Crown Princess and Mr. Daniel Westling's wedding commemorative medal'}}</ref>

====Honorary military appointments====
[[File:Sophie, Countess of Wessex, shakes hands with Brig Gen Thomas Deale at Kandahar Airfield.jpg|thumb|right|225px|In [[Honorary Air Commodore]] [[military uniform|combat dress]] on a visit to [[Kandahar International Airport|Kandahar]] in 2011]]

;{{Flagicon|CAN}} Canada
* {{Flagicon|CAN|army}} 2004: [[Colonel-in-Chief]] of [[the Lincoln and Welland Regiment]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sevenyearproject.com/GCC-website/countess-of-wessex.htm|title=Garrison Community Council – Upcoming Events|access-date=23 December 2013|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102733/http://sevenyearproject.com/GCC-website/countess-of-wessex.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|CAN|army}} 2005: Colonel-in-Chief of [[the South Alberta Light Horse]]<ref name=official/>

;{{Flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2003–2024: Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]]<ref name=official/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57032 |date=19 August 2003 |page=10318 |supp=y |nolink=yes }}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2005: Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Corps of Army Music]]<ref name=official/>
* {{Flagicon|UK|naval}} 2006: [[Ship naming and launching|Lady Sponsor]] of [[HMS Daring (D32)|HMS ''Daring'']]<ref name=official/>
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2007: [[Royal Colonel]] of the 5th Battalion [[The Rifles]]<ref name=official/>
* {{Flagicon|UK|air force}} 2008: [[Honorary Air Commodore]] [[Royal Air Force Wittering]]<ref name=official/>
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2022: Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/03/new-reme-colonel-in-chief/|title=Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex becomes Colonel-in-Chief of the REME|work=The British Army|date=30 March 2022|access-date=30 March 2022|archive-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402140915/https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/03/new-reme-colonel-in-chief/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2023: Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]]<ref name="2023-appointments">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-08-11/further-military-appointments-for-members-of-the-royal-family|title=Further Military Appointments for Members of the Royal Family|work=The Royal Family|date=11 August 2023|accessdate=11 August 2023|archive-date=11 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811081733/https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-08-11/further-military-appointments-for-members-of-the-royal-family|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2023: Royal Colonel of the [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]]<ref name="2023-appointments"/>
* {{Flagicon|UK|army}} 2024: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Army Medical Service]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/court-circular-january-15-2025-f92fvlt9z|title=Court Circular: January 15, 2025|work=[[The Times]]|date=16 January 2025|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

====Honorific eponyms====
* The [[Duchess of Edinburgh's String Orchestra]] (formerly the Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra)<ref>{{Cite Instagram |author=British Army Music |author-link=Royal Corps of Army Music |user=corps_army_music |postid=DFN9N3CuOzM |date=24 January 2025 |title=Renaming of The Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra. |access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref>
* The Duchess of Edinburgh Cup (formerly the Countess of Wessex Cup), an annual competition which sees regiments and military organisations affiliated with Sophie compete against each other in a series of challenges<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/countess-wessex-cup-st-john-moore-barracks|title=The Countess of Wessex Cup at the St John Moore Barracks|work=The Royal Family|date=22 October 2019|accessdate=8 February 2023|archive-date=8 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208213527/https://www.royal.uk/countess-wessex-cup-st-john-moore-barracks|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-wittering/news/raf-wittering-personnel-compete-in-the-duchess-of-edinburgh-cup/|title=RAF Wittering personnel compete in The Duchess of Edinburgh Cup|work=Royal Air Force|date=4 December 2023|access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
* The [[List of rose cultivars named after people|rose cultivar]] ''Rosa'' 'Countess of Wessex' was named in her honour in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.40494|title='Countess of Wessex' rose Description|publisher=Help Me Find|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206061854/https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.40494|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicroses.co.uk/roses/countess-of-wessex-shrub-rose.html|title=The Countess of Wessex (Shrub Rose)|publisher=Peter Beales|access-date=27 November 2020|quote=We were delighted to have named this rose at the suggestion of Bishop Peter Nott, formally of Norwich, who had the honour of officiating at the wedding of The Earl and Countess of Wessex, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor in 1999.|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205165832/https://www.classicroses.co.uk/roses/countess-of-wessex-shrub-rose.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Arms===
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|name = the Duchess of Edinburgh
|image = Coat of Arms of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.svg
|image size = 
|notes = The Duchess bears the [[Armorial bearings|arms]] of her husband impaled with her father's. Prior to marrying Prince Edward her father Christopher Rhys-Jones had [[Coat of arms|arms]] redesigned by [[Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones]], [[Garter King of Arms]], based on a 200-year-old [[Assumed arms|family blazon]] never previously recognised. The new [[grant of arms]] included a [[Remainder (law)#Special remainder in peerages|remainder]] to Christopher's elder brother Theo Rhys-Jones and [[Issue (genealogy)|issue]]. About her new family coat of arms, Sophie is quoted saying: "It's wonderful, I'm absolutely thrilled", "It's not modern and different, because it is representative of my family's heritage, so it's in keeping with that."<ref name="New Coat">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/347718.stm Sophie's new coat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031174531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/347718.stm |date=31 October 2013 }}. BBC News. 19 May 1999. Retrieved 14 November 2010.</ref>
|year_adopted = 1999
|coronet = [[Coronet]] of a child of the Sovereign.
|escutcheon = [[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]], ''1st and 4th'' Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langed Azure, ''2nd'' Or a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the Second, ''3rd'' Azure a Harp Or stringed Argent, the whole differenced with a Label of three Points Argent with the central Point charged with a [[Tudor Rose]] (''Royal Arms differenced for Prince Edward''); [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaled]] with a Shield quarterly Gules and Azure a Lion rampant regardant within an Orle Or (''for Rhys-Jones''); and, in [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]], as an [[augmentation of honour]], the [[Venerable Order of St John|arms of the Order of St John]] (''for [[GCStJ]]'').
|supporters = Dexter, a Lion rampant gardant Or crowned with the Coronet of the rank of a child of the Sovereign Proper; Sinister, a [[Wyvern]] Azure gorged with a Coronet Or composed of Crosses pattées and Fleurs-de-lis a Chain affixed also Or.
|motto = '''CAS GŴR NI CHÂR Y WLAD A'I MACO''' <br/> ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Hateful the man who loves not the country that nurtured him'') 
|orders = [[File:HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh GCStJ banner.jpg|right|100px]] Surrounding the Shield, the [[Royal Victorian Order]] [[circlet]] inscribed with its motto: '''VICTORIA''';<br> [[augmentation of honour|augmented]] in [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] by the [[Venerable Order of St John|arms of the Order of St John]] as a [[GCStJ|Dame Grand Cross (GCStJ)]].
|other_elements = [[GCVO]] [[insignia]] suspended below the Shield (optional). 
|symbolism = The Duchess's family arms allude to her family's [[Welsh heraldry|Welsh heritage]] and one of her noble ancestors the warrior [[Elystan Glodrydd]], Prince of Ferrig (represented by the lion). Red and blue are the [[regimental colours]] of the [[Royal Fusiliers]], in which members of her family have served.<ref name="New Coat"/> The wyvern is a symbol of [[Wessex]], appropriate to the earldom of Wessex (now a subsidiary title).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Insights: October 2005: Mailbox |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4491.asp |access-date=17 June 2023 |publisher=The [[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|Royal Household]]|archive-date=22 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222173807/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4491.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|previous_versions = [[File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_Malte_2.svg|right|100px]] [[File:Arms of Sophie Rhys-Jones.svg|right|100px]] Previous versions of her marital arms were depicted superimposed upon the [[Maltese Cross|Badge]] of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Order of St John]] (when [[DStJ|DJStJ]]) replaced in 2010 by the Royal Victorian Order circlet (as [[GCVO]]). Her arms since 2022 represent both her being a [[Dame Grand Cross]] of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (by its [[Circlet#Heraldic circlet|circlet]]) and of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Order of St John]] (with its [[augmentation of honour]] in chief). <br>Prior to her marriage, Sophie Rhys-Jones bore her father's arms on a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]].
}}