White flag at the Windsors.
Sarah Ferguson has been invited by Charles III to spend Christmas alongside the Royal Family at Sandringham.
A first since his separation from Prince Andrew, thirty years ago.
Quoted by
The Sun
on Monday November 28, a source from the royal residence reports: “Andrew may be excluded from public life, but he cannot be excluded from the family Christmas.
Sandringham staff were instructed to prepare Wood Farm [a private outbuilding of the Royal Family, situated on the estate] for the entire York family”.
Sarah Ferguson including: “For thirty years she used to spend Christmas dinner alone.
But things are different now.”
And there is no doubt that the death of Queen Elizabeth II is not for nothing.
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The British tabloid, however, does not specify whether the Duchess of York will appear alongside Prince Andrew and their two daughters, Eugenie and Beatrice, during the traditional December 25 walk to the Church of St. Mary Magdalene. .
Banished from the royal family
It's been thirty years since Sarah Ferguson was invited to Christmas at the Windsors.
And for good reason: in the summer of 1992, a few months after the announcement of their separation, the Yorks were on vacation at the royal residence of Balmoral, Scotland, when stolen photos were published on the front page of the
Daily Mirror .
.
The whole world discovers “Fergie” topless by a swimming pool in the south of France, having her toes chewed by her financial adviser and lover, John Bryan.
A scandal that leads to a final break between her and the royal family.
The queen immediately banishes her from the "Firm", the encrypted name of the Windsors.
Prince Philip, he no longer wishes to cross his path.
Suffice to say that the duchess has since no longer had the right to a share of the Christmas pudding at Sandringham.
Even if Elizabeth II rehabilitated her somewhat in 2019 (against the advice of the prince consort), by inviting her to Prince Harry's wedding with Meghan Markle.
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Sarah Ferguson and Lady Diana go together to the mass of the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church.
(Sandringham, December 25, 1988.) Getty Images
But during all these years of exclusion, Sarah Ferguson has remained, against all odds, very close to her ex-husband Andrew.
They still live together today, at the Royal Lodge, Andrew's residence in Windsor Park.
Which even makes some of the British media say that they will remarry one day.
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