Latest news with #DuchessofEdinburgh
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Duchess of Edinburgh ‘honoured' to deliver message of ‘hope' from the King at service in memory of Bosnian genocide
THE Duchess of Edinburgh spoke of her pride after delivering a message of "hope and reconciliation" from the King at a service in the memory of thousands killed in the Srebrenica genocide. Sophie, who fights to raise awareness of female victims in war zones, hugged and chatted over coffee with the brave Mothers of Srebrenica who have campaigned for justice for the past 30 years. 7 7 7 And speaking to The Sun at a cemetery for the remains of 7,000 slaughtered, she said: 'through educating ourselves about the sadness" that has happened we become "stronger" and "ensure it doesn't happen again". She also told The Sun: 'It can be small acts that can make the biggest differences." Sophie also queued with other dignitaries who attended the 30th anniversary commemorations to lay flowers and have a moment of reflection at a memorial in the cemetery. She later read the King's powerful message at a packed commemoration ceremony. Speaking to The Sun afterwards, she said: "Whenever I'm asked to deliver a message on behalf of the King it's a huge honour and I think his words always carry a lot of weight. "He has a personal affiliation for this part of the world, he feels very deeply and passionately about what happened, but also about peace and reconciliation. "So it was a real pleasure and honour to deliver those words. "For myself, meeting with the Mothers of Srebrenica, they are very much the peace builders here. "So they've managed to live with their grief but alongside all of that they've been sending a very clear message that they need resolution, reconciliation and need to bury their loved ones. "And they've helped so many thousands of families find that peace and reconciliation. Peter Phillips, Princess Anne's son, arrives for Day 10 at Wimbledon "For many of them we are talking about families who have lost from one, two to 30, 40 or 50 members of their family. It's shocking to think it happened. "To see those images (in the factory exhibition) I remember watching the footage on television, of the men and boys behind the wire in the factory thinking they were somewhere safe, never really understanding what had happened. Knowing about it and not understanding. "I would hope that people take note of this commemoration and perhaps do a bit more research because I think only by educating ourselves about the sadness that has happened to others that we become stronger in trying to ensure it doesn't happen again. "I'm hugely proud of what the United Kingdom does because our embassy here, successive ambassadors and their teams, work really hard to work alongside Bosnia and Herzegivians, and heard from the Mothers how grateful they are because we've been with them right from the beginning. "And I know that the UK is held in high regard for that. "And I know sometimes in the United Kingdom we get very focused on what we do in our own country but I'm lucky enough to be able to travel abroad and I see what we do from off our shores and I think we rightly be able to be proud of what we do because it does make a difference. "And it can be small acts that can make the biggest differences." Inside the battery factory hall at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial she read a message to other world leaders and human rights campaigners from King Charles. Standing on a stage where around 25 speakers also spoke she told hundreds in the main hall that she had travelled with a "personal message" from "His Majesty King Charles". It read: "I am greatly saddened not to be with you in person today, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. I am most touched and grateful to be able to share these words as we pay our respects. "I have spoken before about the terrible events of thirty years ago, confirmed as genocide by international courts. Many of the individuals responsible are now rightly facing justice, but this does not absolve the rest of us of our duties: both to acknowledge the international community's failure to prevent the horror and to do all we can to ensure it never happens again. "I humbly salute the Mothers of Srebrenica, and all who do so much, despite their continuing anguish, to preserve the memory of those who died. It has meant a very great deal to me, in past years, to have met survivors, mothers and family members of the missing, for whom I have such admiration. "Their extraordinary courage, compassion and dignity are a lesson to us all, and it is my hope that we may all take inspiration from their incredible resilience under such unbearable circumstances. "Let us also take inspiration from those who bravely speak out in pursuit of justice and those who dedicate their lives to rebuilding trust between communities for the sake of a better, shared future. "These praiseworthy individuals can be found from all walks of life, and from across all ethnic groups, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and around the world. "But there can be no shared future when the events of the past are denied or forgotten. Only by learning from the past does it become possible to share in each other's loss and look together to the future. Only by working together to find the missing can there be closure for those still seeking answers. "Three decades on, it is ever more important to remember all those who suffered, and to redouble our efforts to ensure a peaceful, stable future for all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Today, as we remember the victims, those who so tragically died and those who were left behind, let us honour their memory by standing alongside each and every one of those who work so tirelessly to promote understanding and tolerance between all peoples, of all faiths, nationalities and ethnicities, in the ongoing pursuit of a just and brighter future." Sophie was greeted at the commemoration by members of the Mothers of Srebrenica and given a warm hug. She also warmly embraced some of the grieving Mothers of Srebrenica who for 30 years have been campaigning for help to find remains of their missing loved ones. She heard from one who had lost 23 members of her family. She later discussed their efforts to find the remains of the missing killed in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. And told them: "At least your voices can be heard and you aren't just shouting in the wind. Your messages can be understood by people who make decisions." Telling them of the King's warm words she said: "He has a fondness for this part of the world which is why he wanted me to deliver his message. It was a personal message from him." She earlier signed a condolence book which read: "Our duty must be to remember all those lost so tragically and to remember never let those things happen again. It's only by working together that we find peace. Sophie." Tens of thousands of people attended the 30th anniversary commemorations held to remember and pay tribute to those lost in the 1995 genocide, which is the worse war crime on European soil since the Second World War. The Duchess will finish her three-day trip to Bosnia on behalf of the King on Saturday July 12. 7 7
BBC News
07-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Starmer joins packed St Paul's memorial service on anniversary of 7/7 London bombings
Update: Date: 11:50 BST Title: Mayor of London reads a passage from the Bible Content: Back inside the Cathedral, we've just finished hearing from the mayor of London. Sadiq Khan stood at the front of St Paul's to read a short passage from the Bible. "So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known," Khan reads. Candles on long sticks were then carried along the central aisle of St Paul's Cathedral as a woman sang. Update: Date: 11:47 BST Title: Badenoch, Khan and Duchess of Edinburgh attend service Content: Before the memorial service got under way, we received a couple more pictures of some of the noteworthy figures joining the packed Cathedral. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, the Duchess of Edinburgh and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, were all seen a short while ago before taking their seats inside. Update: Date: 11:44 BST Title: Memorial service under way inside St Paul's Cathedral Content: Inside St Paul's a section of music played as people took their seats underneath the Cathedral's famous dome. The Dean of St Paul's Cathedral Andrew Tremlett started the memorial service by saying they are marking the "solemn anniversary of an act of terror inflicted on our city on this day 20 years ago". He adds: "We come to honour the memory of those who died, to stand by the survivors and to give thanks to those who responded with courage and compassion." This was followed by another reading and then more music from the choir. Update: Date: 11:36 BST Title: Starmer and former PM May arrive at St Paul's Cathedral Content: The memorial service is now under way inside St Paul's Cathedral. Let's bring you some of the latest images which have come to us in the last few moments. Former Prime Minister Theresa May is seen arriving at St Paul's Cathedral prior to the memorial service Representatives of the Salvation Army, London Ambulance Service, Metropolitan Police and London Underground line the steps Update: Date: 11:29 BST Title: Bells of St Paul's signal start of memorial service Content: London falls silent with only the sound of the bells of St Paul's Cathedral echoing across the capital. The tolling bells signal the start of the memorial service. A reminder, you can watch live to coverage by clicking Play at the top of this page. Update: Date: 11:28 BST Title: The victims of the Tavistock Square attack Content: The youngest of the bombers, Hasib Hussain, detonated his device on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, not far from King's Cross. The bombing, the fourth and final attack, took place at 09:47 BST - about an hour after the other explosions. The number 30 bus was torn apart in front of the headquarters of the British Medical Association, where a conference was being held. While medical equipment was lacking, dozens of doctors offered lifesaving expertise. Thirteen people who were on the bus were killed. They were: Click on their names to read their stories. Update: Date: 11:26 BST Title: The victims of the Russell Square attack Content: The most deadly attack occurred on the Piccadilly Line between King's Cross and Russell Square. Germaine Lindsay detonated his bomb next to the rear set of double doors in the front carriage of the packed train, just after it pulled out of King's Cross station at 08:49. Twenty-six people were killed. The victims were: Click on their names to read their stories. Update: Date: 11:25 BST Title: The victims of the Aldgate attack Content: Shehzad Tanweer detonated his device on an eastbound Circle Line train between Liverpool Street and Aldgate at 08:49. The explosion at the rear of the second carriage killed seven people. The victims were: Click on their names to read their stories. Update: Date: 11:23 BST Title: The victims of the Edgware Road attack Content: Ahead of the service we'll take a moment to remember those who died in the attacks. Three of the four bombs went off just before 08:50 BST on Tube trains that had departed King's Cross. Ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan detonated his device on a westbound Circle Line train heading towards Paddington. The bomb exploded at Edgware Road in the second carriage close to the second set of double doors. It killed six people. The victims were: Click on their names to read their stories. Update: Date: 11:20 BST Title: St Paul's Cathedral fills up ahead of memorial service Content: Anna O'NeillBBC London, reporting from St Paul's Cathedral This it the scene from St Paul's where people have started to arrive for the commemorative service which will be starting shortly. Seen arriving at the church were members of the emergency services including assistant commissioner of London Fire Brigade, Patrick Gouldbourne, Dawn Butler MP, as well as some of the survivors of the attacks and their families. Update: Date: 11:17 BST Title: What's happened so far today Content: Events have been taking place this morning to mark the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings that rocked central London, left 52 people dead and injured more than 700. Here is what has taken place so far: The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will join political leaders in attending the National Service of Commemoration at St Paul's Cathedral which starts at 11:30. Update: Date: 11:14 BST Title: People arrive at St Paul's Cathedral for memorial service Content: Aisling TaylorReporting from St Paul's Cathedral People are arriving at St Paul's Cathedral where the main memorial service is due to start at 11:30. Representatives of Transport for London and the emergency services are lining the steps of the cathedral. The service will be attended by survivors and families of the victims, as well as the prime minister and other leading politicians. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are expected to arrive shortly before the service begins. Update: Date: 11:08 BST Title: 'I hope they realised they weren't alone' Content: Karl MercerPolitical editor, BBC London Craig Cassidy, who has been a paramedic with the London Ambulance Service since 1999, says seeing fatally injured people in the tunnel in Aldgate following the 7/7 bombings is seared into his memory. "You cannot prepare for this kind of thing," he says. "You do what's in front of you, you deal with what you're presented with, knowing that you've never experienced this before, but you've got to get on with it. "I put myself to one side. When I when I'm at work, I'm not Craig. I put my uniform on, I'm a different person, I'm a paramedic." Reflecting on his involvement on the day, he adds: "I hope I did it well. I hope I gave some comfort to some of the people. I hope they realised that they weren't alone at that point. "I've been back to that station many times because I still work in the same area. When I go back in, it's still present with me. "Every one of them was someone's partner, someone's wife, someone's husband, someone's son. Parents should never bury a child, and I knew that was going to be happening." Update: Date: 10:59 BST Title: Londoners displayed bravery and kindness on 7/7, says mayor Content: Sir Sadiq Khan has been speaking to the BBC ahead of the commemoration event at St Paul's Cathedral. The London mayor says he remembers the day of the bombings "vividly" and how he began calling around his family to check they were safe. 'Most of us use the Tube, most of us use the buses. None of us knew whether our family and loved ones were safe. None of us knew if there'd be further attacks that day," he says. "What we did see were remarkable signs of kindness and bravery," the mayor adds. Sir Sadiq praised the emergency services and transport workers who ran towards danger during the attacks, as well as civilians who acted as "guardian angels". 'That's who we are and that's what London is all about. 'What these terrorists hate is our diversity, our way of life. Update: Date: 10:50 BST Title: We will always remember them, says Conservative leader Content: Kemi Badenoch is the latest political leader to pay tribute to the 52 victims and hundreds injured in the 7/7 attacks. "Today, we stand with those who carry the pain of that day, the families, friends and colleagues of those who never came home," the Conservative leader says. "We will remember them always." Update: Date: 10:42 BST Title: 'My sister was killed that day and I'm still angry' Content: The brother of a woman killed on 7/7 says he cannot forgive those behind the bomb attacks, two decades on. On 7 July 2005, 29-year-old Laura Webb was on her way to work in central London when she was killed – one of 52 people who died in co-ordinated attacks on the city. Rob Webb, Laura's older brother, says 7/7 was "an attack on all of us" and should never be forgotten. "I remain angry," says Rob, who lives near Cardiff. "Laura was denied the opportunity of a life that me and my brother have been lucky enough to have - somebody decided to take that away from her. "The pain never goes away - I think of her every day." Read their story here. Update: Date: 10:36 BST Title: 'That should not have been my Tube' Content: James W KellyBBC London As memorial events continue, those who were on the Tube that day continue to share their memories. Sajda Mughal was among the passengers on the Piccadilly line train that left King's Cross. 'I was running late that morning so that should not have been my Tube," she tells BBC Radio 5 Live. 'The Tube leaves King's Cross and it was only 10 seconds into the tunnel, towards Russell Square, it was a massive bang and the train shook as if there'd been an earthquake and it came to a sudden halt." She says the "screams just went on" after what she initially thought was a train derailment. "I never thought it was a bomb." 'My life changed 360 degrees. I went from working in the corporate world - in my early 20s it was my dream to be in London - and then I started working at the grassroots because I wanted to change hearts and minds so that it wouldn't happen again." Update: Date: 10:31 BST Title: 'Amid the horror, we saw the best in people' Content: We hear now from Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, the cabinet minister in charge of counter-terrorism, who says the UK will "always confront the threats facing this country". "Twenty years have passed since 7/7 but the passage of time makes what happened that day no less shocking. It was an appalling attack on our capital city and on democracy itself," she says. "Amid the horror of that day, we saw the best of people, our emergency services, first responders and ordinary Londoners who bravely acted to help one another." Update: Date: 10:23 BST Title: BMA staff lay wreaths at Tavistock Square in emotional tribute Content: Aisling TaylorReporting from Tavistock Square At Tavistock Square British Medical Association (BMA) staff members have been laying flowers under the memorial plaque in front of the BMA building. Some staff members were visibly emotional as they paused to reflect on the events 20 years ago. This is where the fourth and final device detonated on a bus killing 13 passengers onboard. After the blast, doctors inside the BMA building rushed out to help those on the street in front of them. Update: Date: 10:17 BST Title: 'I see the lead bomber's face to this day' Content: Dominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent Despite 20 years passing since the 7/7 attack, for Dan Biddle the emotional scarring is as constant a reminder as the physical trauma he was left with that day. The face of the lead suicide bomber, Mohammad Sidique Khan, has never left his memory. "I can be in the kitchen and he is stood in the garden," says Dan, who has complex post-traumatic stress disorder. "He's there, dressed as he was on the day, holding the rucksack, just with his hand above it, about to detonate it again." Even if Dan looks away, the bomber is still there when he looks back. "I saw this guy literally disassemble himself in front of me, and now I'm seeing him again." Read Dan's story here.
Times
25-06-2025
- General
- Times
Court Circular: June 24, 2025
Buckingham Palace24th June, 2025The King today welcomed representatives from the Refugee Employment Majesty, Royal Founding Patron, The King's Foundation, and Royal Founding Patron, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, this afternoon received Mr Dominic Richards (Chairman, The King's Foundation Australia) and Ms Harriet Wennberg (Executive Director, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism).The King, Royal Founding Patron, and The Queen this evening attended a Reception at St James's Palace to mark the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Royal Drawing Palace24th June, 2025The Prince of Wales, Founder and President, the Earthshot Prize, this morning attended a 'Leading with Impact' Discussion at Bloomberg European Headquarters, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. His Royal Highness afterwards received Mr Eduardo Paes (Mayor of Rio de Janeiro) at Bloomberg European Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, this evening held a Reception for the Duchy of Cornwall at Windsor James's Palace24th June, 2025The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, this afternoon visited the Central School of Ballet, Countess of Wessex Studios, 21-22 Hatfields, Paris Garden, London SE1, and was received by Colonel Simon Duckworth (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).St James's Palace24th June, 2025The Princess Royal, Warden, this morning opened a new Coastguard Rescue Centre at Gordonstoun School, Duffus, Elgin, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Moray (Air Commodore Alistair Monkman).Her Royal Highness, President, Riding for the Disabled Association, having been received by Mrs Nancy Robson (Deputy Lieutenant of Moray), this afternoon visited Forres, Nairn and District Group, Muiryhall, Miltonduff, and presented The King's Award for Voluntary Palace24th June, 2025The Duke of Gloucester and The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, this afternoon attended a Lunch in Gloucestershire, to celebrate the Fortieth Anniversary of the Nelson Trust, and were received by Dame Janet Trotter (Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire).
Telegraph
08-06-2025
- Telegraph
Why Duchess is determined to expose darkest horrors of war
The Duchess of Edinburgh would like to be put out of a job. 'It's a privilege,' she says of her work with victims of sexual violence in war. 'I just wish it would get less.' Saying 'the stories never get any easier and they never change', she adds of her travel to conflict zones around the world: 'It doesn't seem to stop.' The Duchess is speaking as she visits the Imperial War Museum's first exhibition about the untold stories of war. From Second World War child evacuees to Ukrainian women today, she sees six rooms of evidence, first-hand testimonies and photographs that detail how rape has been, and still is, used as a weapon of war. 'We have to help people to understand that they [victims] are not the ones who have the shame, they are not the ones whose lives should be destroyed,' the Duchess says. 'We have to do better.' Her visit to the exhibition, Unsilenced, comes ahead of International Day to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on June 19. And it follows Sophie's trips to Kosovo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Chad to hear from rape survivors and their children. In October 2024, she became the first member of the Royal family to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion. The war in Europe, the Duchess says, has brought sexual violence 'into stark reality' for the public in Britain. 'A lot more people are more aware ... because suddenly it's happened where people can suddenly see it and it's more related to them,' she said. 'Suddenly it's being brought into sharp focus. When we have a conflict in Europe, it brings it into stark reality but we must not forget conflicts in Africa. 'They are just as important. Sometimes I just feel, sadly, that Sudan and the DRC, they get slightly swept aside.' 'People can only cope with a certain amount,' she adds. 'What do you do? What's the most important conflict? They all seem to get drowned out. 'It's very hard so we have to keep going. Exhibitions like these are very important. Just to bring it to the wider awareness of the public.' It is a mission that has been close to her heart for some time. It is also one of the most challenging topics imaginable for a member of the Royal family. When she became a full time working Royal in 2002, the Duchess tried several routes to find patronages and causes that she could get her teeth into. She leaned into a natural interest in gender equality, founded the Women's Network Forum in 2014, and was drawn into events for the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, meeting Angelina Jolie, its co-founder, at the Royal Festival Hall in 2018. 'Profoundly moved by the things she has learnt' The following year, when Sophie, then the Countess of Wessex, announced she would be working formally with the organisation, a Palace source told The Telegraph: 'This a new strand of work for HRH, something she has been slowly stepping into and engaging with over recent months. 'She has been profoundly moved by the things she's learnt.' There was something about the topic that 'just clicked for her', another insider says now. 'It's a very genuine thing she's really committed herself to. She wants to be of use, to draw attention to something that will make a difference. 'She's met a lot of survivors over the years and carries that with her.' It is not an easy subject to have chosen. The extreme graphic details the Duchess hears are difficult to share with the world; the impact and progress of her campaigning impossible to measure as wars continue to rage around the world. Practical and operating largely under the radar – her engagements are not covered by the press generally – it does not seem to particularly deter her. She speaks carefully (thanks to her previous career in PR) but confidently: in 2019, addressing the Commonwealth women's affairs ministers meeting in Kenya, she called for a ' sustainable and feminist peace '. At the exhibition, she asks repeatedly whether victims of sexual violence have been consulted in putting the exhibit together. 'The stories bring you to your knees' The Duchess has described how she was left 'completely and utterly floored' the first time she heard testimony from a survivor. Until then, she told the BBC in 2021, she had read about it in 'very dry' briefing notes and statistics. 'It was truly upsetting,' she said of hearing directly from women. 'But I feel in a way it was really important to hear the actual reality.' 'When you hear someone's story of gang rape it absolutely brings you to your knees. I had tears falling off my face when she was talking to me. I was completely silent but I was in floods of tears.' Every story, she says, lives with her. 'It seems so enormous. I was thinking how on earth am I going to be able to make even a tiny bit of difference. I have to concentrate on one foot in front of the other,' she said. At the Imperial War Museum, the Duchess wears her heart on her sleeve. She snorts at the differing advice for men and women for preventing the spread of venereal disease during the Second World War (the women always to blame), and wryly declares the use of paintings of half-naked women being allowed on RAF airplane noses up until 2007 'surprising'. Shown papers relating to the abuse of Second World War evacuees and told about British, French and US soldiers also being known to have committed abuse – albeit not state-sanctioned – the Duchess agreed: 'It's not just happening to foreigners by foreigners. 'It is endemic around the world, which is why it's such an important thing to recognise and address.' The exhibition contains items from the First World War onwards. The Duchess was shown sections relating to the 'Comfort Women Corps' in the Second World War in Japan, the Yazidi women enslaved by Islamic State in 2014, and the treatment of Bosnian children born of sexual violence in conflict. 'Did you work with survivors?' she asked Helen Upcraft, the lead curator, and Jack Davies, the exhibitions manager. 'Obviously it's about them, their voices are important. We don't want to talk about them without them feeling they have had representation and the ability to tell their own stories.' The small show has been developed alongside four NGOs: Women for Women International, All Survivors Project, Free Yezidi Foundation and Waging Peace. Artwork ends exhibition on positive note 'This is such a huge subject, so many have been and are being affected by it,' the Duchess added, hearing that the exhibition wa designed to end on a positive note, with a traditional cloth artwork called Peace by Piece, created by Sudanese women. 'It's very easy to leave people feeling utterly depressed and bereft.' She suggests that there could be a wall or table at the end for visitors to write their final thoughts or messages on. Told that the exhibition has been seen by university students, but is for over-16s only due to its content, the Duchess agrees: 'You don't want to traumatise them.' Nevertheless, she suggests, the explanation of power dynamics could be useful when 'they're trying to navigate themselves through school and all the social media'. 'Hopefully they won't ever come into contact with this sort of thing, but there is a chance that they might and having that wider knowledge is important,' she added. Congratulated for her own work with survivors through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, Sophie said: 'If only we could do ourselves out of a job.' In October last year, The Telegraph travelled with the Duchess to the refugee camp of Adré on the Chad-Sudan border, where she met victims of rape and torture living as refugees. The Duchess, who was seen in tears after leaving a tent where she spoke to women about all they had suffered, said: 'What they have all witnessed is complete atrocity.' In April 2024, she travelled to Ukraine to meet survivors of sexual violence, and discussed how to support them with Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's president and first lady. She is intending to make further trips overseas to highlight the issue, but no destinations have been confirmed yet. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, who has travelled widely with the Duchess to areas including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has praised her ability to make people feel at ease and her 'deeply human personal skills'. Speaking in Nepal towards the end of a six-day Royal tour in February, the Duchess said of victims of human trafficking and sexual violence: 'If people in my position don't champion people like that, they have very little voice. 'And to change behaviours you have to keep banging the drum. So I keep on banging the drum.'
Daily Mail
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Duchess Sophie's dreamy broderie dress is summer perfection - grab her exact look before it sells out or shop the trend
The Duchess of Edinburgh has emerged as a true style icon in recent months, elevating her wardrobe with a number of sought-after labels. This week was a prime example as she attended an afternoon tea at the Castle Hotel in Windsor wearing a stunning cornflower blue dress that immediately caught our eye. The frock, named the Victoria and designed by Aspiga, is crafted from cotton broderie featuring delicate floral motifs. With its V-neckline, fit-and-flare silhouette and elegant lace trim, it's a universally flattering piece perfect for summer. Sophie completed the look with her go-to Penelope Chilvers espadrille wedges - worn now for the thirteenth time - alongside exquisite Monica Vinader rose quartz rings and a striking diamond oak leaf bracelet from Asprey. The great news? You can buy Sophie's exact outfit and jewellery below. Alternatively, refresh your closet with a blue broderie dress from our edit, including options by H&M, Karen Millen and Mint Velvet. EXACT MATCH: Aspiga Victoria Broderie Dress £210 Shop £3,500 Shop Get the look... Scamp & Dude Broderie Anglaise Puff Sleeve Dress £98 Shop Karen Millen Broderie Belted Shirt Dress £139 Shop Lovedrobe Broderie Anglaise Dress £95 Shop Boden Puff Sleeve Embroidered Dress £147 Shop Mint Velvet Broderie Midi Dress £170 Shop Lipsy Premium Lace Midi Dress £152 Shop Oasis Petite Broderie Puff Sleeve Midi Dress £58.50 Shop Wallis Petite Broderie Tie Waist Shirt Dress £75 Shop H&M Broderie Anglaise Dress £54.99 Shop Hobbs Juliette Cotton Dress £169 Shop
