I te wa e mahi ana ia i te Capital Radio, i tutaki a Sophie ki a Prince Edward, te tama iti o te Kuini me te Duke o Edinburgh, mo te wa tuatahi i te 1987 i te wa e tutaki ana ia ki tana hoa. I tutaki ia ki a Prince Edward ano i tetahi huihuinga atawhai i te 1993, a ka tiimata te whanaungatanga o raua tokorua i muri tata mai. I panuihia to raua whakaipoipo i te 6 o Hanuere 1999. I tono a Edward ki a Sophie me te mowhiti whakaipoipo e whakaatu ana i te taimana oval e rua-carat e karapoti ana e nga kohatu ngakau e rua i roto i te koura ma 18-carat. I hangaia te mowhiti e Asprey me Garrard (naianei Garrard & Co) ana ko te utu mo te £ 105,000. I whakaaetia a Sophie, i tata atu ki te Kuini mai i te timatanga o tana hononga ki a Edward, ki te whakamahi i nga whare noho i te Kuini i te whare noho motuhake o Buckingham i te tau kotahi i te 19 o Pipiri i te tau i St George's Chapel i Windsor Castle, i te
6 o Hānuere 1999