Sweet Sophie! Beaming Countess of Wessex looks elegant in a longline cream coat as she bonds with children at an early learning centre in Forfar

• The Countess of Wessex, 57, visited an early learning centre in Forfar in Scotland
• Mother-of-two is known as the Countess of Forfar when she travels to Scotland 
• She oozed elegance in a longline cream coat, teamed with a pink floral blouse

The Countess of Wessex appeared in great spirits today as she visited an early learning centre in Forfar.

Sophie, 57, who is known as the Countess of Forfar when she travels to Scotland, oozed elegance in a longline cream coat, teamed with an equally sophisticated pink floral blouse.

The Countess was left beaming as she chatted with children at the Forfar Early Learning Centre, helping them to participate in seasonal and outdoor play activities, including creating an Autumn collage and a potion-making activity. 

The Countess of Wessex appeared in great spirits today as she visited an early learning centre in Forfar

Sophie, 57, who is known as the Countess of Forfar when she travels to Scotland, oozed elegance in a longline cream coat, teamed with an equally sophisticated pink floral blouse

The Countess was left beaming as she chatted with children at the Forfar Early Learning Centre, helping them to participate in seasonal and outdoor play activities, including creating an Autumn collage and a potion-making activity

Looking typically stylish, mother-of-two Sophie donned a brown flowing skirt with her ensemble, as well as matching knee-high boots.

She kept her accessories in a metallic clutch and added a smattering of glamorous makeup to her features.

Adding a touch of glitz to her outfit, the royal opted for a golden necklace as well as matching hoop earrings to complete her attire.

Looking typically stylish, mother-of-two Sophie (pictured) donned a brown flowing skirt with her ensemble, as well as matching knee-high boots

Sophie kept her accessories in a metallic clutch and added a smattering of glamorous makeup to her features

Last month, Sophie showcased her fashion credentials when arriving in Ethiopia as part of her tour of Africa.

In her first appearance in the country, the Countess met President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde at the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa.

The mother-of-two looked typically stylish in a white blazer teamed with a pink patterned skirt as she chatted with Sahle-Work.

She had spent the last few days in Malawi, where she gave a speech saying how ‘proud’ her late mother-in-law the Queen was of the Commonwealth.

During her final appearance in Malawi, Sophie looked pensive as she visited a neonatal unit at a hospital to meet premature babies.

Adding a touch of glitz to her outfit, the royal (pictured) opted for a golden necklace as well as matching hoop earrings to complete her attire

Last month, Sophie (pictured during today’s outing) showcased her fashion credentials when arriving in Ethiopia as part of her tour of Africa

Staff gathered to greet the royal as she wandered the wards of Kamuzu Hospital, stopping to say hello to small children who are patients and chatting with doctors about the facility. 

She was seen clasping her hands together as she met young patients on the paediatric unit, and also took a trip to the Kangaroo maternity department to speak with expectant mothers. 

Elsewhere, she told how her ‘dear mother-in-law’ the late Queen was ‘so happy’ for the people of Malawi at the country’s elimination of the eye disease trachoma.

Sophie, in a speech in Malawi to mark World Sight Day, said the Queen knew the summer before she died that the Countess would be returning to the southern African nation soon to celebrate its success in battling the condition, which can cause blindness.

The Countess seems to be in deep concentration as she listens to the children at the Forfar Early Learning Centre

Sophie was all smiles as she met the children at the Forfar Early Learning Centre today

The countess, global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), said: ‘We owe a dept of thanks to Her late Majesty for this incredible legacy and we say ‘zikomo’ (thank you).’

The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust Fund focused – on the instruction of the Queen – on offering financial support to help combat avoidable blindness across the Commonwealth including in Malawi.

Sophie travelled to Malawi five years ago as vice patron of the Trust, and said the Queen had been ‘so moved’ to hear of the work being carried out.

Malawi is the first country supported by the Trust to reach the milestone of trachoma elimination. 

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