As reported by the newspaper The Telegraph, Queen Elizabeth II had planned to grant her son the Duchy of Cambridge, a title that would eventually go to Prince William, but Prince Edward sounded so good about “Earl of Wessex” that he asked to be awarded this instead of that other. The title of Earl of Wessex had been vacant since the 11th century, but was regained by Queen Elizabeth II for her son and daughter-in-law, known ever since as Edward and Sophia of Wessex.
That cinematographic origin of its title is not amusing, since both the count and the countess had a certain relationship with the seventh art before their wedding. Prince Edward’s wife was the goddaughter of Thane Bettany, a late British actor whose father married Sofia’s paternal grandmother in a second marriage. Bettany was the father of the also actor Paul Bettany, famous for his work in films like An amazing mind, The Da Vinci Code or, look where, Young Victoria, a film produced by the ex-sister-in-law of the Countess of Wessex, Sarah Ferguson, about the youth of the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Edward, for his part, dated actress Ruthie Henshall for a time and after graduation began a career as a producer of plays and television shows, although in 2002 he left show business to focus on his role as a member. of the British royal family.
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