The first member of the royal family to visit Ukraine after Russia attacked the country in February 2022 doesn't want people to call her"brave" or"courageous."In it, the royal details not only her time in the war-torn country but the reception she received upon her return.
"Inevitably it was sad and emotional, and the painful stories and images, as with all my visits to places of conflict, will live with me," she explained.According to the Duchess' own account, very few people knew she was making the secret trip to Ukraine among the country's ongoing war against Russia.
Duchess Sophie's trip to Ukraine is not the first time she has traveled to a conflict zone—as she noted in the article, she has also been to South Sudan, Kosovo, Iraq, Colombia, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.