Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, had been attending a reception at the famous Abbey Road Studios when she took to the famous zebra crossing outside – just like the Beatles in the photo that adorns one of their most famous album covers
When the Duchess of Edinburgh attended a reception at the famous Abbey Road studios, she did what most visitors to the iconic building do.
That’s because Sophie strutted out into the street in front of the studios onto the well-known zebra crossing outside and recreated the Beatles’ memorable Abbey Road album cover. It came as the duchess was at the studios for an Orbis Visionaries Reception, as she is a global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
In the fun snaps, Sophie, wearing a coral Beulah dress, can be seen striding out onto the zebra crossing, just like the Fab Four back in 1969. The duchess has worn the stunning dress before, most memorably at King Charles’ Coronation concert last year, where she was seen dancing away to Lionel Richie.
And on social media, royal fans were delighted to see Sophie back in the ankle-length dress, which comes with ruffled sleeves and a cheeky leg slit. One wrote on X, formerly Twitter : “WOW, absolutely stunning, quite literally breathtaking beauty!” Another said: “Loved this dress and colour.” While one fan wrote: “Duchess Sophie should wear that colour more often as it really is her colour….just beautiful in that dress.”
Sophie has been busy of late keeping up her packed schedule of royal engagements up and down the country while both King Charles and the Princess of Wales undergo cancer treatment.
Last week, she was at Bath and West showground as well as Yeo Valley farm, where she was seen petting some pigs and admiring the tulips. Earlier this month, she and husband Prince Edward took part in one of their most high-profile engagements to date when they stepped in for King Charles at a historic military event at Buckingham Palace.
The couple inspected the troops after French soldiers joined their British and Commonwealth counterparts at a landmark Changing of the Guard ceremony.
The special ceremony was to mark the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, an agreement heralded as the cornerstone of enduring Anglo-French peace, which set the stage for the countries’ united front against German ambitions in the decade before World War One.
Edward and Sophie, in a pale blue dress and beige coat, inspected the troops along with the French Ambassador to the UK Her Excellency Hélène Duchêne during the 15-minute ceremony. They were joined by the UK’s Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Patrick Sanders, and his French counterpart, General Pierre Schill.
