Palace reveals Duchess Sophie, Prince Edward's son future plans

Duchess Sophie and Prince Edward will be very proud of their son

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Published August 13, 2026
James exact grades remain unknown

Duchess Sophie and her husband Prince Edward are apparently super excited as the future plans of their son James, Earl of Wessex have been revealed.

The palace revealed the future plans of James after he collected his exam results on Thursday.

Royal expert Rebecca English took to X, formerly Twitter handle and shared palace announcement.

She tweeted, “NEW: Having achieved the grades he needed, The Earl of Wessex will be going to the Royal Agricultural University to study Rural Land & Property Management. He will head straight there without taking a year out.”

According to Hello, James has collected his exam grades after completing his Sixth Form studies at Radley College in Oxfordshire earlier this year.

Although, James's exact grades remain unknown, but Sophie and Edward will be very proud regardless due to the tough nature of the exams.

It is to be noted here that James will be the first member of the British royal family to study at the Royal Agricultural University.

The Royal Agricultural University is situated in Cirencester, which is nine miles away from Princess Anne's home, Gatcombe Park.

Meanwhile, a synopsis for James' course reads: "This course offers proven routes to rewarding careers within rural business, estate management, consultancy and property in the countryside. Strutt and Parker, Dalcour Maclaren, Savills and Fisher German are some of the nationally recognised businesses our graduates have gone on to work for – and so could you.”

Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo
Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo is the Deputy News Editor at The News International (Digital) with over 10 years of experience. He specialises in real-time reporting on the British Royal Family and analyses monarchy transitions, internal dynamics, and global media narratives. He also covers high-profile celebrity news and international human-interest stories.
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