Were Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana friends? Diana introduced Fergie and Prince Andrew
SARAH FERGUSON, also known as Fergie, is the Duchess of York and was married to Prince Andrew, the brother of Prince Charles. Were she and Princess Diana friends? Will she be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding?
Sarah Ferguson, 58, was married to Prince Andrew, Duke of York, for 10 years. She is still known as the Duchess of York, and is also referred to by the nickname Fergie.
The redhead is the mother of Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth II.
Fergie married Prince Andrew in 1986 in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London.
While Prince Charles was not Andrew’s best man, his other brother Edward took that role, Charles did pay a role in the wedding, doing a reading during the ceremony.
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Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana - where they friends? Diana introduced Fergie and Prince Andrew
Were Fergie and Prince Charles’ then wife Princess Diana close on the big day?
Sarah and Princess Diana were very close at one point during their lives, and Diana was instrumental in sparking the romance between Fergie and Andrew, now 57.
How did Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson meet? Diana invited Fergie to a party at Windsor Castle held after the Ascot Races in 1985.
However, after Fergie’s marriage to Andrew it was hinted that a rivalry was brewing between the two royal woman.
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An article published in Vanity Fair in 1987, just a year after Fergie’s wedding, claimed: “(Sarah Ferguson’s) angst-free antics have highlighted the mounting pressures on the Princess of Wales.”
In fact, the redhead revealed had not spoken to Princess Diana for a year before she passed away, but that she attempted to make contact.
She told Harper’s Bazaar: “And the saddest thing, at the end, we hadn't spoken for a year, though I never knew the reason, except that once Diana got something in her head.... I tried, wrote letters, thinking whatever happened didn't matter, let's sort it out.”
In the same interview she gushed over Prince William and Prince Harry’s late mother.
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She said: “Diana was one of the quickest wits I knew; nobody made me laugh like her.”
How much is Sarah Ferguson worth now, in 2017? According to The Richest, the Duchess of York has an estimated net worth of $1 million, or £74,000.
Since the her divorce Sarah has had various occupations, including a decade long endorsement with Weight Watchers.
Sarah Ferguson lives in a rented flat in Eaton Square. How much does it cost?
