Over the previous couple of years Prince Andrew‘s name has been in the headlines often but not for any good reasons. There had been rumblings for quite some time about the prince’s friendship with late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew was then accused by one in every of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, of getting intercourse along with her when she was a minor. Issues bought worse for the Duke of York when he determined to go on TV and deny the allegations in what was described as a “car crash” interview.
Queen Elizabeth II‘s son is now being sued by Guiffre and while Andrew and the palace haven’t commented on the matter, one one who can’t cease speaking about and gushing over the embattled royal is his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.
When and why Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson bought divorced
The Duke and Duchess of York tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey on July 23, 1986. Two years after saying “I do,” Ferguson grew to become pregnant with their first daughter, Princess Beatrice, and that’s when their marital issues began. Their points had to do with Andrew’s Naval profession as Sarah admitted that she spent her first being pregnant alone as a result of he was all the time away. In 1990, they’d one other daughter, Princess Eugenie. However in 1992, they determined to separate.
That very same yr, and whereas nonetheless legally married to the prince, Fergie made headlines for her toe-sucking scandal through which she was photographed sunbathing topless along with her toes within the mouth of monetary advisor John Bryan. The scandal was an enormous embarrassment for the royal household and at that time Andrew and Sarah had no alternative however to divorce. They did so in 1996.
Sarah says she nonetheless honors her marriage ceremony vows and dedication to Prince Andrew
Regardless of divorcing greater than 20 years in the past and his present authorized hassle, the duchess remains to be standing by the prince and made that recognized throughout a latest journey to Poland when she spoke to a media outlet there.
“When you make that commitment, you decide to marry a prince — and I fell in love with him,” Sarah informed Polsat News. “He was a sailor, he is still. He was a helicopter pilot and was also a prince. I kept my commitment, no matter what. People said: ‘You got divorced’… They don’t know how I feel. Divorce is one thing, but my heart is my oath, my obligation.”
Prior to these feedback, Sarah gushed over Andrew throughout an look on the British TV program Lorraine in August.
The present’s host requested Fergie: “You do have a very, very close-knit family, you’re incredibly close to the girls, and of course Prince Andrew as well… I’m guessing it has been challenging times in the recent year?” To which the duchess replied: “It’s been extraordinary, the pandemic, for everybody, it’s been so challenging for everybody, but I think that Prince Andrew is just such a good man. He’s a really thoroughly good man, he’s a very gentle man. He’s a really good father. Now as a grandfather, oh my goodness, he’s really good.”