Sophie then went on to help fit a panel engraved with Prince Edward and Sophie’s Royal Cyphers to Jovian-1, a satellite which Surrey students helped develop. She also joined a virtual reality anatomy teaching session after meeting the University’s first group of government funded medical students who started their studies in September 2025. This isn’t the first royal visit to the University of Surrey’s Guildford campus, with Elizabeth II visiting three times during her reign. Professor Stephen Jarvis, President and Vice Chancellor of the University said ‘Training medical students alongside nursing, midwifery and paramedic students reflects how the NHS operates in practice. The Duchess of Edinburgh joined our medical students for a VR anatomy session – experiencing how Surrey’s first cohort of NHS-funded medical students are learning with cutting-edge technology.