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===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> ** 2005β2022: [[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 β 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}} 2003β2024: 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>
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