The Duke of Edinburgh said 'I’m incredibly lucky that I found Sophie and that she found me'
The Duke of Edinburgh said his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, is his “rock” as he marks his 60th birthday. In a rare television interview, Edward told gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh on ITV’s Love Your Weekend programme: “I’m incredibly lucky that I found Sophie and that she found me".
He added: “We’re very lucky, we’ve got two, of what we would think are particularly brilliant children, who are forging such different paths for themselves. I think that’s also equally fascinating." In a newspaper interview, Edward said the monarchy is “as important as ever” in “trying to bring people together”. He told the Daily Mail: “Our role – being part of the monarchy – in trying to bring people together is as important as ever, if not more so today.
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