Relationships Talk

After 10 years of marriage with Prince Andrew, the Duchess of York has had many highs and lows in the Royal Family over the years, eventually exiting the firm in 1992 following the breakdown of their relationship. But Sarah, widely known as Fergie, made her royal comeback this year at the Royal Weddings of her nephew Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and her daughter Princess Eugenie.  So it was no surpise that she was on hand to offer advice to the current royal wives of the family, Kate and Meghan, who she descirbed as “wonderful”, during a rare interview with Good Morning Britain’s hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. Sarah, 59, told how Prince Harry and William’s late mother, Princess Diana, would be “proud” of the women her son’s have chosen to spend the rest of their lives with. 

She said: “I honestly think she would be so proud of the wonderful Meghan and Catherine, as well, she would want to embrace them and say ‘you are doing so well’.”

When quizzed by Piers Morgan over whether she believed Meghan Markle  and Kate had had it “easier” in the spotlight because Sarah and Princess Diana had been “guinea pigs”, Sarah appeared to nod her head in agreement. 

She told the ITV host:”I think Piers, I often say to my girls, I have been there made the mistakes, so they know what not to do, which is really cool actually. 

“So the best thing, all I can say to anyone, if I was talking to myself or talking to my girls, is be who you are.

“And they’re going to go and write things, they’re going to say things, everybody is going to say something.

“50 percent of people like you, 50 percent don’t, get on and do what you feel, stand firm with integrity of kindess.

“Be lovely to everybody, remember someone who opens the car door for you, remember the name of the people in the kitchen who cook the dinner, and that’s what I say to my girls, that’s what I believe.” 

Sarah Ferguson made her return to the fold at the Windsor wedding of Harry and Meghan in May following her exit from the Royal Family in 1992 following a toe-sucking scandal, which caused the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Andrew. 

During the rare interview, Sarah revealed she was “grateful” to the couple and the Queen for her invite to the wedding after she was snubbed from Kate and Prince William’s 2011 nupitals. 

She said: “I felt very honoured and grateful for Harry and Meghan to invite me. That was a big point.

“Her Majesty is an incredible lady, and what an icon to the country.

“One of the finest people in the world I’ve ever met. Her Majesty leads by such example that tone so inclusive, to include me, it’s a wonderful gesture.”

The Duchess of York was holidaying in St Tropez with her lover John Bryan in 1992 when paparazzi caught the pair in the rather embarrassing position

Sarah was staying at Balmoral when the shocking images were published and the Windsors came across them in the morning newspapers at the breakfast table.

Her relationship with her in-laws, particularly the Duke of Edinburgh, was left in tatters.

Speaking about her royal comeback at Harry and Meghan’s wedidng, Sarah said it was “nerve-wracking” before revealing that her father would always tell her “the show goes on, get on with it”. 

She said: He always taught me to walk tall. And as I came round the corner which made me cry was the kind people that had been so lovely.”