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Slavery protesters target royal tour in St Vincent

Duke and Duchess of Wessex met with a frosty welcome amid demands for reparations

The Guardian - UK

Slavery reparations campaigner ‘disappointed’ at royal Grenada trip cancellation

Campaigners have renewed calls for slavery reparations as the Earl and Countess of Wessex postpone trip to Grenada on Caribbean tour.

The Independent UK

Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex told ‘end colonialism’ during protests on royal tour to St Vincent

Protests come after the royals were forced to cancel their Grenada leg of the Caribbean tour

The Independent UK

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Edward and Sophie continue Caribbean tour as slavery row rumbles on

St Vincent and the Grenadines is the latest stop for the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

The Independent UK

Royal family warned against ‘insulting’ Black people as St Lucia leg of royal tour begins

Campaigners in Antigua urge monarchy to account for slavery during the ‘goodwill-don’t-leave-us tour’ of Caribbean

The Independent UK

Prince Edward and Sophie expected to face same Caribbean slavery row as William and Kate

The Earl and Countess of Wessex are expected to face the same calls for slavery reparations and protests that Prince William and Kate Middleton were greeted with on their recent "PR disaster" trip

Daily Mirror

Earl and Countess of Wessex: Sophie and Edward’s Grenada trip postponed but Caribbean tour continues

No details have been given about the reason for the delay

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Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex to face demands for slavery reparations as royal Caribbean tour begins

Earl and Countess of Wessex set to visit three island nations in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The Independent UK

Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex cancel part of Caribbean royal tour as country removed from itinerary

The royal couple had been due to visit Grenada as part of the trip

The Independent UK

Princess Charlotte's sneaky gesture to mum Kate shows her true feelings at event

While fans were delighted to see the young royals in Windsor with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Tindalls and the Wessexes, it seems that young Charlotte may not have been overly impressed.

Edinburgh Live

Queen's teen granddaughter who didn't realise who she was could become princess

Her mother, Sophie, who is the Countess of Wessex, shared in an interview that "Louise had no concept really that the Queen and her grandmother were one and the same person"

Edinburgh Live

Queen Elizabeth attends late husband's memorial service

Britain's Queen Elizabeth made her first public appearance in five months on Tuesday when she joined the royal family and other dignitaries at a memorial service in honour of her husband Prince Philip, who died last year.

Reuters

Edward calls for spotlight on careers in film and TV production in new role

The Earl of Wessex has become royal patron of the Production Guild of Great Britain.

The Independent UK

Countess of Wessex tells UN event ‘life has regressed’ for women in Afghanistan

Sophie called on the international community to support women peacebuilders and activists who have stood up to the Taliban to demand their rights.

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Senior royal spends birthday volunteering at NHS vaccine centre in fight against Covid

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, spent her 57th birthday today volunteering at an NHS Covid vaccination centre in Surrey where she's previously done shifts throughout the pandemic

The Independent UK

Sophie volunteers at vaccination centre as she turns 57

The Countess of Wessex was born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones on January 20 1965 in Oxford.

Daily Mirror

Sophie, Countess of Wessex backs The Mirror campaign calling for safer online spaces

Our call is being backed by Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who in an exclusive article for The Mirror warns how the internet has become a dangerous wild west for children

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