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===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>
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