Seven years later, however, the Duchess attended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Fergie explained she had received the invitation from the late Queen. Speaking on Good Morning Britain in 2018, she said, “What an icon to the country, and one of the finest people in the world I’ve ever met. And I think that Her Majesty leads by such an example and is so inclusive — to include me is a wonderful gesture.”
She explained: “Her Majesty knew me from when I was a little naughty age 10 … I can’t thank Her Majesty enough for being so steadfast to me.”
Andrew and Sarah were introduced to each other in June 1985 by Diana, Princess of Wales and embarked on a whirlwind romance, getting engaged in February 1986 and marrying that July.
Despite their divorce in 1996, the Duke and Duchess of York continue to share a close bond, and the former couple live together at Royal Lodge, a £30 million property in the heart of Windsor Great Park in Berkshire.
The couple have lived at the royal residence since 2004 when his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, granted the Duke to lease to the property the year prior, under the expectation that renovations would be undertaken to “repair, renew, uphold, clean and keep in repair and where necessary rebuild” the home.
Royal Lodge, a 19th-century Grade-II listed building, sits on 90 acres of land and has more than 30 rooms, including seven bedrooms.