The Countess of Wessex, who is married to Prince Philip’s grandson, fought back tears as she revealed how the pandemic restrictions “slightly skewed things” and meant the family couldn’t grieve as they’d like.The Duke of Edinburgh passed away “peacefully” at Windsor Castle on April 9, just two months and one day short of what would have been his 100th birthday.She told BBC Radio 5 Live: “Well he has left a giant sized hole in our lives.“I think the pandemic has unfortunately slightly skewed things in as much as it’s hard to spend as much time with the Queen as we would like to.“We’ve been trying to, but of course it’s still not that easy. And of course the normal way of things isn’t normal yet so we’re not necessarily doing the things that we would normally have done with him.“So I think the whole grieving process is probably likely for us to take a lot longer. It may be the same for many other families out there -because if you’re not living with somebody, 24/7, the immediate loss isn’t necessarily felt in the same way, as if somebody was in the house with you all the time.”During the interview, Sophie began to cry which prompted the BBC interviewer to ask her if she was OK.“It’s only when you would do the normal things that you would have done with them, and you suddenly realise that they are not there, that you really start to have an ‘oh my goodness’ moment.“Just talking to you now, it’s a bit of an ‘oh my goodness’ moment,” the royal responded.“I think they’ll come and go. But you have to let them come and go.”The day of Philip’s passing the Earl of Wessex and Sophie were seen arriving at Windsor Castle in a blue Land Rover Discovery and spent around an hour with the Queen.As she left the castle, the Countess of Wessex tearfully said: “The Queen has been amazing.”The world watched heartbreaking scenes as the Queen sat alone during her husband’s funeral service, in line with virus restrictions in place in England at the time.Prince Philip bioIn the wide-ranging interview, Sophie said her “whole foundation” has been “shaken” by the pandemic but she has faith in the scientists, when asked about the pandemic The Sun reported.She said: “I think, every now and then, I certainly had the odd wobble, where I just couldn’t see an end to it, I couldn’t visualise how this was all going to pan out. Life, all the normal things that we could do, had just … it was like sand through your hands. Nothing felt tangible anymore.”She added: “I think our whole foundation has been shaken by this.“We’re putting so much faith in the scientists in coming up with vaccines, and, goodness, I’m just in awe of what they’ve done. But we’re sort of holding our breath.“There will be more variants, we know that. Every time there is a new variant, we just have to hold our breath and hope that the vaccines are good enough to stand up against them.“So, how am I? Like everybody else I suppose: just taking one day at a time.”
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