Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones The wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones took place on 19 June 1999 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Queen Elizabeth II's youngest child, Prince Edward, was created Earl of Wessex hours before the ceremony. Prince Edward, youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, met Sophie Rhys-Jones at a tennis event in 1993. He announced his engagement to Sophie on 6 January 1999. Edward proposed to Sophie with a delicate engagement ring featuring a two-carat oval diamond flanked by two heart-shaped gemstones set in 18-karat white gold. This engagement ring was made
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital is a health facility in Margate, Kent, England. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital has its origins in the Margate Cottage Hospital which was established at Victoria Road in Margate in 1876. In the 1920s it was decided to relocate the hospital to its current site in St Peters Road. The new facility was opened by Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught as the Margate and District General Hospital in July 1930. The hospital joined the National Health Service