Behind the Wessex patronage with Vision Foundation

Pod Save The King

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News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

3.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In recent months, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, has stepped further into the royal spotlight to fill the gap left by other members of The Firm. As well as her incredible style, we’ve loved learning more about her important charity work so invited Monica Smith and Olivia Curno into the (virtual) Pod Save the Queen recording studio for this week’s show. They chat to Mirror Online's features editor, Zoe Forsey, about The Vision Foundation, which Sophie is Patron of. The sight loss charity does vital work to help people who are visually impaired. Olivia explains what it's like working so closely with Sophie while Monica tells us about the tandem bike ride she took with the Countess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	POD Save the Queen!
0:03.0	Hello and welcome to POD Save the Queen.
0:08.0	I'm Zowi Forsee, Mirror Online features editor and I'm your host for this week's show.
0:13.0	So today we're going to learn a little bit more about Sophie, the Countess of Wessex.
0:17.0	In recent months we've seen a lot more of Prince Edward's wife
0:20.0	as she stepped in to fill some of the gaps left by other senior members of the Royal Family.
0:24.8	She's a really popular member of the family and she's extremely close with the Queen and she's good
0:29.6	pals with the Duchess of Cambridge. But her stepping more into the spotlight has meant that we've also
0:34.4	had the opportunity to learn a lot more about her charity work. So today I'm joined by
0:39.4	Monica Smith and Olivia Kiano who were from the Sight Loss Charity, the Vision Foundation.
0:45.0	So hello and welcome.
0:46.0	Hello, hi.
0:48.0	Thank you so much for joining us today.
0:51.0	So to introduce you guys properly, so Olivia you're the charity's CEO. And
0:57.0	Monica you work at the charity but you also had the opportunity to join Sophie on a tandem bike ride earlier this year.
1:04.7	Yes, I did.
1:06.1	Very excited.
1:07.1	Sharing a bike with a member of the Royal Family isn't something many people can say,
1:10.3	so I'm really looking forward to hearing more about that later on but firstly
1:15.3	Olivia you're right to tell us a little bit more about Sophie's role at the
1:19.4	charity and how she got involved.
1:21.1	Absolutely so Sophie is our how she got involved in
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