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====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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