Flower power! Sophie Wessex dons a £1,650 dress printed with 'peace lilies' as she meets Lebanon's President and Prime Minister on the first official royal visit to the country
- Sophie Wessex, 54, met with Michel Aoun, the president of Lebanon in Beirut
- She visited the residence of Prime Minister Saad Hariri and signed visitors book
- Sophie is visiting Lebanon at the request of Foreign and Commonwealth office
- Yesterday she visited Syrian settlement and talked with members of NGOs
The Countess of Wessex met the President and Prime Minister of Lebanon on the second day of her visit to the country.
Sophie, 54, who is the first royal to officially visit Lebanon, met with the officials in Beirut earlier today.
For the occasion Sophie donned a £1,650 dress printed with 'peace lilies' from favourite label Suzannah. She paired the frock with nude ballet shoes.
Sophie Countess of Wessex, 54, met with Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri (left) in Beirut earlier today
The royal, who is the first member of British royalty to visit Lebanon, sat down with the country's president Michel Aoun (right)
Her blonde hair was styled in a neat bun and she wore discreet jewelry to complete the look.
During her visit Prime Minister Saad Hariri took her to the balcony, where she admired the Beirut skyline and he pointed to the different monuments she could see.
She also sat for a meeting with the country's president Michel Aoun.
Sophie is visiting Lebanon at the request of the the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Her trip was kept a secret until the very last moment for security reasons.
Yesterday she visited a Syrian refugee settlement in Bekaa Valley.
Visiting the residence of the country's Prime Minister (pictured right), Sophie sat down for a chat and some pictures
The British royal enjoyed a lively chat with the Prime Minister as they posed for pictures together, sitting by the portrait of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun
While she visited the settlement, Sophie spotted a toddler and stopped to meet their mother. All smiles, the countess talked to the child as volunteers and refugees looked on.
She later interacted with more children, including a little girl named Sidra who seemed a bit starstruck.
Sidra's sister Nisrine, four, was not shy and could not resist climbing on top of Sophie's back as the Countess talked to their mother Asmaa, 25.
She had the chance to admire the Beirut skyline with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri during her visit
Sophie took in the view as Mr Harari talked her through the city's skyline, from the balcony of his residence in Beirut
Sophie (pictured) later signed the Lebanese PM's visitors book. She visited the country at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
She later on met with an Non governmental association called the Awareness Foundation's in Beirut. She met and talked with the organisation's 'Syrian 'Ambassadors for Peace.'
During her stay in Lebanon, Sophie will hear how the UK is championing women's engagement in peace and security issues in the region, and recognise the ongoing humanitarian response to the Syria crisis from both the UK and Lebanon.
The countess announced her commitment to supporting the UK's efforts in the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, and the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) earlier this year.
The latter organisation was set up by actress Angelina Jolie and former former foreign secretary William Hague in 2014.
Yesterday, Sophie met with the Syrian Ambassadors for Peace of the Awareness Foundation (pictured) in Beirut
Later Sophie met with another of the children of the camp, a shy six-year-old girl (pictured) named Sidra
The Countess could not resist stroking the baby's cheek during her visit to the refugee settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
Sophie, 54, sat down with family and played with children during her visit of the settle. There she is smiling as four year-old Nisrine (left) climbs on her back and six-year old Sidra (right) sits next to her
Sophie Countess of Wessex (pictured) at the Bekaa Valley refugee camp in Lebanon, where she met Syrian refugee women who have been displaced following the conflict in the region
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