James, Earl of Wessex, the 18-year-old son of Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, has been spending his summer working as a farmhand on the King's Sandringham estate in Norfolk. With A-level results due next week, James has opted to fill his summer days with honest agricultural labour rather than idle leisure. TRENDING Stories Videos Your SayA worker on the estate described the surprise of seeing the young earl in such an unfamiliar setting. James, Earl of Wessex, the 18-year-old son of Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, has been spending his summer working as a farmhand on the King's Sandringham estate in Norfolk | GETTY"Driving tractors around Sandringham is not an easy task and it can mean long hours. The Sandringham estate encompasses some 2,700 hectares of farmland, producing crops such as wheat, rye and spelt grains, alongside a livestock operation of roughly 1,200 sheep and cattle.