Yes, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew remain close and supportive friends, often calling themselves the "most contented divorced couple," but their living situation at Royal Lodge is ending, with Sarah planning to move out for a fresh start as they navigate Andrew's ongoing royal controversies, though they remain committed to co-parenting their daughters and supporting each other.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Sarah opened up about her love for her ex-husband and how she would definitely be his wife again if she were given the chance. Fergie said, “I was totally and utterly in love with Andrew. He's the best, a great man with a great heart, and kind.”
Yes, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew lived together at Royal Lodge for many years after their 1996 divorce, but recent events in late 2025 indicate this arrangement is ending, with Andrew being formally asked to leave the property and Sarah finding her own place, potentially in the Windsor area or a granny annexe at her daughter's home. Despite their unconventional cohabitation for decades, recent news confirms they will soon live separately for the first time in nearly two decades.
Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana were both sisters-in-law and friends as they navigated marrying into the Royal Family in the 1980s. And while they had their ups and downs over the years, Ferguson called Diana her "best friend" in a recent interview with the Sunday Times.
While the exact figure wasn't officially disclosed, Prince Andrew reportedly paid Virginia Giuffre a settlement estimated to be around £12 million (about $16.3 million USD), which included funds for Giuffre and a substantial donation to her victim support charity, with a portion reportedly funded by the late Queen Elizabeth II from her private estate. The settlement, reached in 2022, resolved a civil sexual assault lawsuit, with Andrew making no admission of guilt but acknowledging Giuffre as a victim of abuse.
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After 2019 it appears the queen and Charles continued to give Andrew an annual allowance from the Windsors' private wealth, believed to be £1m a year. But the king reportedly stopped paying this last year amid the “siege of Royal Lodge”. Charles has long wanted him to move into more modest accommodation.
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (then Sophie Rhys-Jones) did not attend Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, reportedly because her strong resemblance to Diana would have been too upsetting for the grieving crowds, a decision made thoughtfully by Sophie herself. At the time, she was dating Prince Edward, but they were not yet engaged or married.
A palace aide also weighed in on Fergie's reported refusal to move to Sandringham, noting that she refuses to “be buried” in the countryside. “She needs London,” they added. “The charity gala circuit, the red carpets, the chatter. Irrelevance terrifies her.”
Meghan may be a resident of Montecito, California, but she is still the Duchess of Sussex, and she won't let us commoners forget it. Despite their highly publicised separation from the royal family, Harry and Meghan remain extraordinarily loyal to their fancy titles.
#onthisday 28 years ago at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales Diana had died tragically just a week earlier, and Sarah, Duchess of York, who was also her best friend, attended the funeral, along with her daughters to whom Diana was an aunt. we miss you.
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has received two cancer diagnoses: breast cancer in mid-2023, treated with a mastectomy, and malignant melanoma (skin cancer) identified in January 2024 during follow-up care for the breast cancer, which was found in a mole removed during reconstructive surgery, ABC News. She has publicly discussed her positive mindset and spiritual approach to navigating these serious health challenges, reporting good progress and receiving an "all clear" for the melanoma as of early 2025.
Queen Elizabeth II's last words to Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, were reportedly a deeply personal and encouraging message: "Sarah, remember that yourself is good enough," urging her to "be yourself," a sentiment that brought the Duchess great comfort and a sense of liberation, according to Fergie on Queen Elizabeth's Inspiring Last Words. The Queen also expressed her enduring love and support, telling Sarah, "I cared for you, Sarah, and I love you and that you're good enough. Just be it," a significant gift as Sarah often felt compared to others, Fergie on Queen Elizabeth's Inspiring Last Words.
Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew lived together at Royal Lodge due to a practical, mutually beneficial "arrangement of convenience" for co-parenting their daughters, financial stability (rent-free living), and shared history, describing themselves as "divorced to each other, not from each other," but their shared residence faced recent pressure from King Charles for them to find separate homes as Andrew's royal standing diminished, potentially ending their long cohabitation.
Amongst the members of the Royal Family, sometimes called The Firm, who attended Philip's funeral were his granddaughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice and their husbands. Eugenie and Beatrice's father Prince Andrew also attended the service, leaving Sarah as the only York family member not there.
Fergie and Josh Duhamel's divorce stemmed from their fundamentally different lifestyles and personalities, with Josh feeling uncomfortable with the Hollywood spotlight and craving a simpler, Midwestern life, while they also "kind of outgrew each other" with different interests, despite maintaining a loving, amicable co-parenting relationship for their son, Axl.
Can the Duke of Sussex and Duke of York be stripped of their titles? No. The only way a peerage can be removed from a title holder is by an Act of Parliament.
We do know, however, that Sarah ended up owing Esptein money because he covered the debt she owed to O'Sullivan. Following discussions with Andrew's office, Epstein stepped in and paid O'Sullivan £15,000 so that Sarah could focus on restructuring the rest of her debts, which were an estimated £5 million.
Princess Margaret didn't bow to Princess Diana's coffin at her funeral primarily due to a deep-seated resentment stemming from Diana's 1995 tell-all Panorama interview, which Margaret saw as a severe betrayal of the Royal Family and the Queen; Margaret never forgave Diana for publicly airing grievances and challenging royal decorum, viewing her as a disloyal figure, leading to her snub during the funeral procession despite their initially warm relationship.
Camilla did not attend Diana's funeral on September 6, 1997.
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And even though three of the Queen's four children have divorced, none apparently had a prenuptial agreement. Yes, there is a large sum of money in the balance for this marriage, but the true, staggering wealth belongs to the Queen, so it wouldn't be divided up if Meghan and Harry did end up divorcing.
Diana left an estate of roughly $30 million, but at least a third of that was paid in inheritance tax, leaving nearly $18 million, according to reports. The sum was split equally between William and younger brother Harry.
One such revelation is his royal residence. Andrew has a 75-year lease from the crown estate on Royal Lodge, a large house in Windsor Great Park. The Times published the lease, revealing that he paid £1 million for it plus a minimum of £7.5 million in refurbishments.