Editing Sarah, Duchess of York (section)

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==

===Titles and styles===
[[File:Royal Monogram of Sarah, Duchess of York.svg|thumb|upright|100px|Monogram used by Sarah, Duchess of York<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hrkbenowen.com/images/Duchess1.jpg|title=Duchess1|publisher=hrkbenowen.com|access-date=14 December 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319024200/http://hrkbenowen.com/images/Duchess1.jpg|archive-date=19 March 2016 }}</ref>]]
During her marriage, Sarah was styled "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York". On 21 August 1996, [[letters patent]] declared that former wives of British princes, other than widows who did not remarry, were not entitled to the style of [[Her Royal Highness]].<ref name="letterspatent">{{London Gazette|issue=54510|date=30 August 1996|page=11603}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom#Divorced wives and widows who remarry|divorced peeresses]] (such as [[Peerages in the United Kingdom|duchesses]]) cannot "claim the privileges or status of Peeresses which they derived from their husbands",<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Susan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99tHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PR73|title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019|date=2019|publisher=Debrett's|isbn=9781999767006|quote=When a lady is divorced she loses any precedence which she gained by marriage. With regard to divorced Peeresses, the [[College of Arms]], acting on an opinion of the [[Lord Chancellor]], has long held that such persons cannot claim the privileges or status of Peeresses which they derived from their husbands}}</ref> but may continue to use the peeress title.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Wyse|first1=Elizabeth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsNHEAAAQBAJ&q=marriage+between+a+duke+and+a+duchess+has+been+dissolved|title=Debrett's Handbook|date=2016|publisher=Debrett's|isbn=978-0992934866|quote=If a marriage between a duke and a duchess has been dissolved, the former wife (although no longer a peeress) may continue to use her title as a duke's wife, preceded by her forename (unless she remarries)}}</ref> The [[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|Royal Household]] refers to Sarah as "Sarah, Duchess of York",<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of the Royal Family|url=https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2023-05/ANNEX%20D%20-%20Royal%20Family-4.pdf|access-date=14 June 2023|publisher=royal.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Releases|url=https://www.royal.uk/press-releases?text=duchess+of+york&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=30%2F05%2F1996&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=26%2F12%2F2021&id=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226235652/https://www.royal.uk/press-releases?text=duchess+of+york&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=30%2F05%2F1996&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=26%2F12%2F2021&id=|archive-date=26 December 2021|access-date=26 December 2021|publisher=royal.gov.uk}}</ref> but on at least two occasions (the announcements of the engagements of her daughters), she has been referred to together with her former husband as "The Duke and Duchess of York".<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH Princess Eugenie of York and Mr. Jack Brooksbank are engaged to be married|date=22 January 2018 |url=https://www.royal.uk/hrh-princess-eugenie-york-and-mr-jack-brooksbank-are-engaged-be-married|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029213542/https://www.royal.uk/hrh-princess-eugenie-york-and-mr-jack-brooksbank-are-engaged-be-married|archive-date=29 October 2021|access-date=26 December 2021|publisher=royal.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Princess Beatrice of York and Mr. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi engaged to be married|date=26 September 2019 |url=https://www.royal.uk/princess-beatrice-york-and-mr-edoardo-mapelli-mozzi-engaged-be-married|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029210910/https://www.royal.uk/princess-beatrice-york-and-mr-edoardo-mapelli-mozzi-engaged-be-married|archive-date=29 October 2021|access-date=26 December 2021|publisher=royal.gov.uk}}</ref>

===Honours===
====Academic honours====
* 1991–1995: [[University of Salford]], Chancellor<ref name="Iddon2015">{{Cite book|last=Iddon|first=Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJ8aCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA178|title=Science & Politics: An Unlikely Mixture|date=30 January 2015|publisher=Memoirs Publishing|isbn=9781861513663|page=178|access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2016: [[University of Huddersfield]], Visiting professor of [[Philanthropreneurship]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fellah|first=Nesserine|date=13 July 2016|title=Britain's Duchess of York gets university role linked to charity for women in India|url=http://news.trust.org//item/20160713124303-4atks/|access-date=25 July 2018|publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726073901/http://news.trust.org//item/20160713124303-4atks/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Other honours and awards====
* On 23 February 1987, alongside her then husband, she received the [[Freedom of the City]] of [[York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-andrew-freedom-city-york-b2043526.html |title=Prince Andrew hangs on to Freedom of the City of York after Covid derails council vote  |last=Batchelor |first=Tom |date=25 March 2022 |website=The Independent |access-date=27 March 2022 }}</ref>
* The [[List of rose cultivars named after people|rose cultivar]] ''Rosa'' 'Duchess of York' was named in her honour in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Duchess of York' rose Description|url=https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.1654|access-date=27 November 2020|publisher=Help Me Find}}</ref>
* In 1998, Sarah received the ''[[Journal of Women's Health]]'' Award from [[Bernadine Healy]].<ref name="Zayed-2008" />
* In 2001, she received ''[[Redbook]]'' magazine's "Mothers & Shakers" Award.<ref name="Zayed-2008" />
* In 2004, she received ''[[Woman's Day]]'' magazine's "Women Who Inspire Us" Award.<ref name="Zayed-2008" /><ref name="Middlesex-2009" />
* In February 2007, she was named Mother of the Year by the [[American Cancer Society]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 February 2007|title=Ferguson to be named Mother of the Year by cancer society|work=Online Athens|url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/020607/living_20070206017.shtml|access-date=2 November 2014}}</ref>
* In 2007, she received the ONE X ONE Difference Award for humanitarian work benefiting children worldwide, presented at the [[Toronto Film Festival]].<ref name="Zayed-2008" /><ref name="Middlesex-2009" />
* In June 2018, she received the Humanitarian Award at the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival for her work with [[Children in Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1008072352129781761|user=SarahTheDuchess|title=So honoured and humbled to receive the Humanitarian Filming Italy Sardegna Award|author=Sarah Ferguson|date=16 June 2018}}</ref>
* In June 2019, she received the Inspiration of the Year Award at ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]''{{'}}s Star Women Awards for her work with charity organisations, including [[Street Child (charity)|Street Child]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pullar|first=Jess|date=26 June 2019|title=Sarah Ferguson brings crowd to tears after delivering an emotional speech|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/celebrity/sarah-ferguson-brings-crowd-to-tears-after-delivering-an-emotional-speech/ar-AADpKGx|access-date=26 June 2019|publisher=MSN}}</ref>
* In July 2022, she received the Global Humanitarian award at the 25th Magna Grecia Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/cultura-e-spettacoli/1348543/magna-grecia-awards-premia-anche-gabrielli-e-sarah-ferguson.html|title="Magna Grecia Awards" premia anche Gabrielli e Sarah Ferguson|work=La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno|language=Italian|date=30 June 2022|accessdate=7 July 2022}}</ref>
* In April 2023, she received the Golden Heart Award at the Women Changing the World Awards for her humanitarian work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/483584-sarah-ferguson-honoured-with-golden-heart-award|title=Sarah Ferguson honoured with Golden Heart Award|work=Geo News|date=24 April 2023|accessdate=24 April 2023}}</ref>
* In November 2023, she received the Red Cross International Award in recognition of her philanthropic activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/518883-sarah-ferguson-receives-honour-days-after-sharing-exciting-family-news|title=Sarah Ferguson receives honour days after sharing exciting family news|work=Geo News|first=William Blythe|last=Haynes|date=14 November 2023|accessdate=15 November 2023}}</ref>
* In March 2024, ''[[The Independent]]'' included her on its "Influence List".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women/international-womens-day-2024-influence-list-b2500534.html|title=Independent Women 2024 - The Influence List|work=The Independent|date=7 March 2024|access-date=8 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307220942/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women/international-womens-day-2024-influence-list-b2500534.html|archive-date=7 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Arms ===
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|other_versions = [[File:Coat of Arms of Sarah, Duchess of York, 1986-1996.svg|right|100px]] During her marriage Sarah's arms were [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaled]]  with those of her husband, Prince Andrew. They were emblazoned as follows:
''[[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]] 1st and 4th gules three lions passant guardant in pale or 2nd or a lion rampant gules within a double tressure flory counterflory gules 3rd azure a harp or stringed argent; impaled with a shield Or, growing out of a mound between two leaves three thistle stalks Vert blossomed Purpure all conjoined in base, alighting on the middle blossom a honeybee Or and Sable winged Argent.''

'''Supporters''' ''Dexter a lion rampant gardant Or imperially crowned proper, sinister a unicorn argent, armed, crined and unguled Or, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or.''

'''Coronet''' ''[[Coronet]] of a child of the sovereign''
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