The Duchess of Edinburgh issued a powerful call for action this week, highlighting the grim milestone of 1,000 days of conflict in Sudan.
Write for The Telegraph, Sophie described the crisis as “the world’s most serious humanitarian crisis” and urged the world to pause and reflect on the scale of the suffering which has unfolded largely unnoticed.
Recalling her visit to the Chadian border town of Adré about a year ago, the duchess witnessed a steady stream of exhausted refugees arriving on foot or in donkey-drawn carts.
She heard heartbreaking testimonies from children who lost entire families, from mothers who saw their husbands and sons killed, and from women forced into sexual exploitation to survive.
Sophie stressed that even those who achieve relative safety live in constant fear and that emergency aid alone cannot meet the immense needs of displaced populations.
Back in the UK, Sophie resumed her royal duties on Thursday with a lighter, more practical touch.
She visited her beloved sponsorship’s new Guildford centre, The Lighthouse in Woking, which provides vital community services from mother and baby groups to bereavement support.
The Duchess had already visited the center in December 2025
