Visit by HRH 皇冠体育app Countess of Wessex and UK Government Minister
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex will visit Zambia from 10-11 November in order to represent HM Queen Elizabeth II at the State funeral of the late President of Zambia, His Excellency Mr Michael Chilufya Sata.
Her Royal Highness is the wife of the Queen鈥檚 youngest son, Edward. 皇冠体育app UK Government will be represented by a senior Minister, Lord Popat of Harrow. 皇冠体育app British High Commissioner James Thornton said:
鈥溁使谔逵齛pp British Government was greatly saddened by the death of President Sata. I am pleased that a leading member of the Royal Family will represent Her Majesty at the State funeral, and that a British Government Minister will also pay his respects鈥�.
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Her Royal Highness was born Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1965 in Oxford.
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After working in public relations for over a decade, in 1999 Miss Rhys-Jones married 皇冠体育app Earl of Wessex, HM 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 youngest son, in St. George鈥檚 Chapel, Windsor Castle. 皇冠体育app Earl visited Zambia in October 2013.
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As 皇冠体育app Countess of Wessex, Her Royal Highness acts in support of 皇冠体育app Queen and of her husband in his roles, and undertakes public duties for a large number of her own charities.
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皇冠体育app Countess is particularly involved with charities relating to children, disabilities and communication problems.
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Further details about the Countess and her work can be found
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Lord Popat is a UK Government Minister and is the Government鈥檚 Spokesperson in the House of Lords for the Department for Business, Skills and Innovation and the Department for Transport. Lord Popat鈥檚 website address is
Lord Popat represented HM 皇冠体育app Queen at the send off for His Excellency the late President Mr Michael Chilufya Sata at the Royal Suite at Heathrow on 31 October.