By Katherine Tinsley
1:47pm PDT, Oct 15, 2025
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Sarah Ferguson and
Prince Andrew continue to be close friends and roommates decades after their divorce, but the couple's dynamic confused loved ones even in the early stages of courtship.
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"Their banter was a refreshing change from the usual formality of such events and the stilted engagement photocall of
Charles and
Diana," royal author
Andrew Lownie, who wrote an unauthorized book about the Yorks, said, according to
Daily Mail.
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Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana were often compared due to them marrying into the royal family.
"The public loved her eye-rolling talent for silly faces, sense of humor, irreverence, unpretentious manner, ebullience and the fact that, in contrast to the Princess of Wales, she appeared not to care about her clothes," Andrew Lownie noted.
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Sarah Ferguson, who still lives with Prince Andrew, has proven her loyalty to the royal family over the years and often defends her ex-husband after his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein put an end to his royal career. However, the Duchess of York's family wonders if she married Andrew just for the title.
"Even Sarah's own family were not sure about the relationship," Andrew Lownie wrote in Entitled. "With characteristic candor, her father stated: 'She's either in love with Andrew or in love with the royal family and I think it's the latter.'"
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"There were mixed feelings in the royal family. They had known Ferguson all her life as she was part of royal circles and shared their interests in outdoor pursuits, in dogs, horses, even charades," Andrew Lownie continued. "Compared to Diana, she was easy-going and clearly made Andrew happy, but according to a well-connected source: Fergie couldn't stop talking, and inappropriately."
