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Sophie Wessex broke down as she reminisced about her father-in-law, Prince Philip, in a new interview.
The Countess, who is married to the Queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, was open about the grief the Royal family has experienced over Philip’s passing in April at the age of 99.
“He has left a giant-sized hole in our lives,” Sophie told BBC presenter Naga Munchetty Wednesday.
Sophie spoke of the time in Scotland when she took a much-loved photo of the monarch and her husband relaxing, which was released on the eve of Philip’s funeral.
“We were lucky enough to go to Scotland for half-term, and I don’t know if you remember the photograph that I took,” she said before pausing to rein in her emotions explaining that she was pregnant with her oldest child, Louise, when she took the snap.
“Just to be there, in that place, was an ‘Oh my God’ moment,” she said, her voice faltering as she fought back tears. “Um, so I think they’ll come and go, but you have to let them come, and let them go.
“But just talking to you now, it’s a bit of an ‘Oh my goodness’ moment, which you don’t necessarily expect, and you don’t expect them to come. And I had the same when I lost my mother. You know, I’d be fine, absolutely fine, fine, fine.
“And then something happened, or you’d hear a piece of music, or you’d do something, and suddenly you would, you know, get taken off at the knees. So there’ll be lots of moments like that. But it’s good to remember.”
She also acknowledged that dealing with grief has been compounded for so many because of social distancing.
“I think unfortunately the pandemic has slightly skewed things, inasmuch as it’s hard to spend as much time with the Queen as we would like to,” she continued. “We’ve been trying to, but of course it’s still not easy. I think the whole grieving process is probably likely for us to take a lot longer.”
“Of course, the normal way of things isn’t normal yet, so we’re not necessarily doing the things that we would normally have done with him,” she explained. “It may be the same for many other families out there. Because if you’re not living with somebody, 24/7, the immediate loss isn’t necessarily felt in the same way, as if somebody was in the house with you all the time.”
Sophie also revealed that her late father-in-law was “so pleased” when Louise took up his beloved sport of carriage riding.
The previously minor royal has stepped out of the shadows and shown herself to be a close confidant of Queen Elizabeth.
“She is trusted and relied on by the Queen in a way I couldn’t say applied to the Duchess of Cambridge or the Duchess of Cornwall,” an insider told the UK’s Express in April. “She is like another daughter to Her Majesty — they are that close.”
One courtier explained: “If you’re asking who is Her Majesty’s favorite child, it’s none of them, it’s her daughter-in-law.”
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