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The Countess of Wessex at the launch of the Meningitis Trust's Support for Life Appeal, held at the Institute of Directors in central London, September 11th 2003. Six month pregnant, Sophie was moved to tears during the launch as she listened intently to the speech by Olivia Giles from Edinburgh, who had her arms amputated from below the elbow and her legs from below the knee after contracting meningococcal septicaemia 18 months ago. See PA story ROYAL Wessex. PA Photo:John Stilwell/WPA.