Sarah Ferguson pays tribute to Princess Diana on her birthday.
Ferguson paid tribute to the late princess on Instagram to celebrate her 63rd birthday. The former royal posted a photo of the pair smiling while standing side by side on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Battle of Britain anniversary parade in September 1990.
“Happy birthday to my dear friend Diana. You are a pillar of light and love. What a legacy you leave behind,” she wrote in the caption. “I will always remember our laughter and the gracious, kind spirit I found in you. I believe you were always watching over us. Rest in peace my friend.”
When Princess Diana married Prince Charles and Fergie married Prince Andrew, the two became very close during their time as royals. However, their friendship goes back much further, with the pair first meeting when Diana was 14 and Ferguson was 15.
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Sarah Ferguson took to Instagram to wish the late Princess Diana a happy birthday. (Julian Parker/UK via Getty Images)
In June 2023, Ferguson said on her podcast Tea with the Duchess and Sarah: “Her mother and my mother went to school together and they were best friends. Diana was my fourth Cousin.
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The two joined the royal family just a few years apart. Princess Diana married current King Charles in July 1981, and five years later, in July 1986, Ferguson married Prince Andrew.
Ferguson, who became the Duchess of York after marrying Prince Andrew, admitted on the podcast that she often turned to Diana for help when learning the ropes.
“I remember when I first became a princess with Duhe [Diana’s nickname], I watched her working in a room and I imitated her. I copied her, how she did it, because she was so incredible,” she explained. “She immediately threw herself into it wholeheartedly. Full of heart and energy, she left everything at the door.
Both Ferguson and Diana eventually divorced their royal husbands. (Jayne Finch/Princess Diana Archives/Getty Images)
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Both women eventually divorced their royal husbands in 1996, with Diana and Charles finalizing their divorce in August and Ferguson and Andrew in May.
Just a year later, Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris at the age of 36. An estimated 2.5 billion people watched young Princes William and Harry walk behind their mother’s coffin at her funeral, which was broadcast live on global television.
“There is nothing like this in the world,” William said of his mother’s death in the 2017 HBO documentary “Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy.” After the house, your life and everything, your mind is completely divided and it took me a while to really understand it.
In March 2024, William spoke at the Diana Award Ceremony at the Science Museum in London. According to the program’s website, the program’s primary goal is to elevate those who are dedicated to creating humanitarian and social change.
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Prince William remembered his mother during his speech at the Diana Awards in March 2024. (Tim Graham photo gallery via Getty Images)
Speaking at the ceremony, Prince William spoke of his mother’s legacy to the public and to him personally.
“She taught me that everyone has the potential to give back to society; everyone in need deserves help in life,” he said. “This legacy is something that Catherine and I seek to focus on in our work, with 50,000 young people receiving the Diana Award over the past 25 years.”
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