Late Queen was 'underwhelmed' in disappointing first encounter with Sophie Wessex The late Queen had a very special relationship with Duchess Sophie, but their first meet didn't necessarily go to plan.
According to one royal expert, the Queen was underwhelmed by Sophie during one of their first encounters in Windsor in 1993, during Edward and Sophie's early days of courtship.
And when she was asked once whether she genuinely shared the closest of bonds with the late Queen, as many reported, Sophie touchingly replied: "I think so.
She'd never encountered anything like the royal family and was very nervous, shy and tongue-tied when she first met the Queen, who as a result thought she was a bit dull and told a friend: 'You wouldn't notice her in a crowd.
Sophie was often given the honour of travelling with the Queen when she attended church services at either Sandringham or Balmoral, a sign of just how close they were.
