Stars “Diana would be proud of her children”: why the mother of Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice openly came to the defense of Meghan Markle

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, ex-wife of the controversial Prince Andrew and mother of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, is also now a writer. She is preparing to publish her own book, The Most Intriguing Lady, and gives interviews. And the journalists are apparently not so much interested in the memories of the 63-year-old “red beast” of the past as her revelations about the most discussed Windsors – Harry and Megan.

Well, Sarah didn’t say a word. “I’ve been judged all my life and I have no judgment about the Sussexes,” Fergie told People magazine. – I don’t believe that everyone has the right to judge another. And I won’t pass judgment.”

Let’s remember that long before the story with Megan, Fergie was the woman whose portrait was full of tabloids. She cheated on Andrew, recklessly broke royal protocol, and finally became a single woman in 1996. After the divorce, Sarah became a Ferguson again and not a Mountbatten-Windsor, but retained her dukedom.

To the late Queen Elizabeth II. it took almost two decades for her to maintain her composure at the sight of, or even the mention of, her youngest son’s cheerful wife. Only recently Fergie began to be invited to royal events again – thanks to her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, lovely girls who took their parents’ divorce and all the stories that accompanied it hard. Elizabeth and Philip were always very fond of the Fergie girls, and finally shortly before her death the Queen softened towards her former daughter-in-law.

“I don’t know Megan very well,” Fergie continued in an interview with Britain’s The Telegraph. “But I think she is very beautiful. Prince Andrew’s ex-wife refused to answer a question about whether Markle had harmed the royal family.

“It’s absolutely none of my business. But I know Meghan has made Harry very happy and that’s wonderful. Honestly, he’s so happy with her. She really loves him. And I think that’s great – and that Diana would be proud of the younger one. ” son and their beautiful grandchildren.

On the one hand, Fergie took no chances at all, speaking sympathetically of Harry and Meghan – she is connected to the royal family but has no royal duties. And it is extremely unlikely that her daughters will ever reach the throne.

Moreover, he knows first hand how painful it is to become an outcast and a person whose every move is watched and criticized – even if the criticism is deserved. Princess Eugenie and Harry were friends from early childhood and Fergie was always very kind to Diana and her children. So it turns out that it is more important for her to express her personal opinion and sympathies – even if they do not coincide with the “official line”.