Countess to tour P&O ship

She was a lot more stylishly dressed than husband Prince Edward when they were guests at last week’s royal wedding in Monaco, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, will show even more style when she boards a cruise ship later this month.
As patron of Southampton-based charity Wessex Heartbeat, she will tour P&O’s Azura during a fund-raising event being held on July 22. The ship will be berthed at the city’s Ocean Terminal, where the countess will be met by Dame Mary Fagan, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire before being shown round the vessel by Captain Keith Dowds.
In 19 years, Wessex Heartbeat has raised more than £13 million in support of the Wessex Cardiac Centre at Southampton General Hospital.