The Royal Family have two “secret weapons” whose popularity has only grown over the years, an expert has claimed.
Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie got married in 1999 and are now celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.
Former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond believes their unpretentious wedding and subsequent behaviour, despite being part of one of the world’s most famous families, has played a key role in their growing popularity.
She told OK!: “Understated, unshowy and as down-to-earth as you can be when you are born into the Royal Family. That’s how Edward and Sophie are today … and it’s how they were 25 years ago on their relatively understated wedding day at Windsor.
“Sophie is a natural, humble woman – clearly still very much in love with her husband – and a woman who has grown into her role without fuss or fanfare.
“Perhaps part of the secret of their successful marriage is that they spent five years in a relationship before tying the knot. And that was pretty unusual at the time.
“Sophie had seen at first hand the trauma of the Diana years, the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage, the Yorks’ divorce and Anne’s divorce and second marriage.
“It was probably quite courageous to become another royal bride! But, by the time they got married, both Edward and Sophie were mature enough to know that they were right for one another.”
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