Sarah Ferguson has stated that Prince Andrew is “lonely” following the demise of his mom, Queen Elizabeth II.
Within the newest instalment of her podcast Tea Talks with the Duchess and Sarah, which she co-hosts together with her good friend Sarah Jane Thompson, the duchess talked about her ex-husband, the Duke of York’s grief for his mom and father, the late Queen and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Although Sarah and Prince Andrew divorced in 1996, the pair stay shut and dwell collectively at Royal Lodge at Windsor. The pair share two daughters: Princess Beatrice, 34, and Princess Eugenie, 33.
After the Queen died, Sarah adopted her two corgis, Muick and Sandy, taking her whole variety of canines to seven.
Sarah stated on Wednesday (12 July), she and Andrew took the canines to the place the Queen would have walked them at Windsor – a woodland stroll made particularly for the monarch – at the moment of yr earlier than she left for her annual break at Balmoral.
“It was very shifting truly. At one stage we each, Andrew and I, simply sat quietly below some actually stunning bushes and I requested him if he was all proper with out his mum and pop,” she defined.
“He stated it’s lonely. He thinks about it loads.”
Prince Andrew, who’s the brother of King Charles, stepped down from royal duties in 2019 over his hyperlinks to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In January 2022, he was stripped of his HRH title after he was accused of sexual assault by Virginia Giuffre, a sufferer of Epstein’s. He has vehemently and constantly denied these claims.
The Duke and Duchess of York on their marriage ceremony day 1986
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Ferguson is at present recovering from breast most cancers surgical procedure at Royal Lodge, the residence that she and Andrew have lived in since 2003. The house got here below the highlight earlier this yr when it was reported that King Charles III had requested Prince Harry to depart his residence, Frogmore Cottage, and supplied it to Prince Andrew. This is able to imply that the Duke of York must depart his a lot bigger long-term dwelling for a extra modest residence.
It was reported earlier this month that the plan to maneuver Prince Andrew out of Royal Lodge has been “quietly shelved”.
A palace insider instructed The Mail on Sunday that any plans for the contentious transfer to go forward quickly had been paused whereas the duchess recovered from her most cancers surgical procedure.
Earlier this month, a spokesperson for the Duchess of York instructed The Unbiased an eight-hour-long mastectomy had been profitable and that the duchess was recuperating together with her household.
In June, Ferguson’s consultant confirmed that she had been identified with breast most cancers following a routine mammogram screening.
On final week’s episode of Tea Talks, the duchess spoke about how her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie had responded to her analysis, saying: “I feel it’s scary for any member of the family on the market, you actually begin taking a look at your personal demise. It’s a wake-up name, and also you assume, proper okay, how am I going to cope with this?”
