Mary Rhys-Jones

Age: 71

Summary: retired secretary and mother of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, whose daughter married HRH The Prince Edward, Earl of Essex (the youngest son of England's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg) on June 19, 1999 at St. George's Chapel at the Windsor Castle becoming HRH The Countess of Wessex.

Cause of Death: Stomach cancer

Born: May 20, 1934

Died: August 29, 2005

Location: Kent, England