Editing Sarah, Duchess of York (section)

==Marriage to Prince Andrew==
{{further|Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson|Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson}}
[[File:Andrew Sarah wedding 19860723.jpg|thumb|The Duke and Duchess of York on their wedding day]]

On 19 March 1986, [[Prince Andrew]] (fourth in line to the throne at the time) and Sarah Ferguson announced their engagement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History – Prince Andrew's wedding (pictures, video, facts & news)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/prince_andrews_wedding|access-date=29 April 2011|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Prince Andrew had known Ferguson since childhood, and they had met occasionally at [[polo]] matches and became reacquainted with each other at [[Royal Ascot]] in 1985.<ref name="WP-86" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 March 2011|title=Iconic Weddings – Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew|url=http://us.hellomagazine.com/brides/201103105087/iconic-weddings/sarah-ferguson/prince-andrew/|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=Hello.com}}</ref> Also prior to their engagement, Ferguson had accompanied [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], during her official tour of Andrew's ship [[HMS Brazen (F91)|HMS ''Brazen'']].<ref name="WP-86" /><ref name="Ppl-86" /> Prince Andrew designed the engagement ring himself. It consisted of ten diamonds surrounding a Burmese ruby. He chose the Burmese ruby to complement Sarah's red hair.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 February 2016|title=Royal Engagement Rings|url=http://www.brilliantearth.com/news/royal-engagement-rings/|access-date=15 May 2018|work=Brilliant Earth}}</ref> Her friendly approach and fun spirit made her a welcomed addition to the royal family.<ref name="WP-86" /><ref name="Ppl-86" />

After securing the Queen's consent (which at that time was required by the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]] for all descendants of [[King George III]]), Andrew and Sarah were married in [[Westminster Abbey]] on 23 July 1986. The Queen bestowed the title [[Duke of York]] upon Prince Andrew, and, as his new wife, Sarah automatically assumed her husband's royal and ducal status and became ''Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York''. As [[Duchess of York]], Sarah joined her husband in carrying out royal engagements, including official overseas visits.

[[File:The Duke and Duchess of York in Townsville, 1988.jpg|thumb|left|Andrew and Sarah in [[Townsville]], 1988]]
In 1987, the Duke and Duchess of York undertook a 25-day tour of Canada.<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 September 2018|title=Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's relationship and family, in pictures|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/0/prince-andrew-sarah-fergusons-relationship-family-pictures/duke-duchess-york-canada/|access-date=27 October 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In February 1987, Sarah got a private pilot's licence and, after passing a 40-hour training course that was paid for by [[James Hanson, Baron Hanson|Lord Hanson]] as a wedding gift, was presented with her [[Aircrew brevet|wings]] at [[RAF Benson]] in December.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 December 1987|title=Duchess of York Fulfills Pledge To Fly Helicopter Like Husband|url=https://apnews.com/article/719fa80fdcda22f2d7c109b0caa7a9f2|access-date=6 December 2020|publisher=Associated Press News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 December 1987|title=Fergie Fulfills Vow, Wins Her Wings as a Helicopter Pilot|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-14-mn-19345-story.html|access-date=6 December 2020|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> On 22 January 1988, during the trip to New York to attend a fundraising event, Sarah was attacked by a young man at the entrance of her hotel.<ref name="NY-Attack">{{Cite web|date=22 January 1988|title=Duchess of York Unharmed After Attempted Attack in New York|url=https://apnews.com/d5afa08679c15947249a873c66e4e670|access-date=16 February 2017|publisher=AP News Archive}}</ref> The man, who was screaming "murderers 3/8" and had the Irish Republican Army flag in his hands when he rushed at Sarah, was "charged with attempted assault on the Duchess and assault on a federal agent".<ref name="NY-Attack" /> Later, a State Department press officer stated that "she was unharmed in the incident".<ref name="NY-Attack" /> In March 1988, the Duke and Duchess of York visited California.<ref name="LA-Trip">{{Cite news|date=14 March 1988|title=Fergie, Andy, L.A. Still Loves You|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-14-vw-627-story.html|access-date=16 February 2017}}</ref> The trip was described by two British newspapers as a "brash, vulgar, excessive, weak-humored exhibition by two royals".<ref name="LA-Trip" /> The couple was defended by city officials of Los Angeles who stated that the criticism was "awful" and offensive, and observers described the Duke and his wife's behaviour as friendly and said that they fulfilled their duties.<ref name="LA-Trip" /> In May 1989, Sarah went on an official solo trip to Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 May 1989|title='Fergie' in Berlin|url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/fergie-in-berlin/article_1b94afb4-71a3-5eff-993f-64b16e744a57.html|access-date=6 December 2020|work=[[Tulsa World]]}}</ref>

The couple became parents on 8 August 1988, with the birth of their daughter [[Princess Beatrice|Beatrice]]. Sarah suffered from [[high blood pressure]] and excessive [[Water retention (medicine)|water retention]] during her pregnancy.<ref name="Bea-Birth">{{Cite magazine|last1=Kaufman|first1=Joanne|last2=Cooper|first2=Jonathan|last3=Thorpe-Tracey|first3=Rosemary|date=29 August 1988|title=For Fergie, Mum's the Word|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-for-fergie-mums-the-word-vol-30-no-9/|magazine=People|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> In September, Sarah joined her husband in Australia for an official visit. The decision to leave her newborn daughter at home in the UK while she was touring the country brought her criticism from the press and media.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Longworth|first=R.C.|date=26 October 1988|title=Fergie Is Returning Home To Baby-Oh, Dear! Now What Will Press|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-10-26-8802100550-story.html|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> Their second child, another daughter, [[Princess Eugenie|Eugenie]], was born on 23 March 1990 by [[caesarean section]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Farrell|first1=Mary H.J.|last2=Cooper|first2=Jonathan|last3=Smith|first3=Terry|last4=Thorpe-Tracey|first4=Rosemary|date=16 April 1990|title=Bringing Baby Home|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-bringing-baby-home-vol-33-no-15/|magazine=People|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 March 1990|title=Royal Couple Unveil Baby and Her Name—Eugenie|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-30-mn-432-story.html|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> During her marriage, the tabloid press ridiculed the Duchess of York for her weight (which climbed to {{convert|15|st|10|lb|kg}} (220&nbsp;lbs) during her first pregnancy), labelling her the "Duchess of Pork" and "Fat Fergie".<ref>[http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/022007/02252007/261665] Pam Schmid, "Painful Past Long Gone", McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 25 February 2007</ref><ref name="Bea-Birth" /> She vowed to lose weight after the birth of her first daughter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitaker |first=James |date=1 Oct 1988 |title=I've Lost Two Stone for Andrew says Fergie |pages=7 |work=Daily Mirror}}</ref> In 1989 Sarah was credited with kickstarting the UK popularity of exercise regime [[Callanetics]] after it was widely reported that founder [[Callan Pinckney]] had given her private tuition.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 Mar 1989 |title=Move Over Fonda |pages=10 |work=Nottingham Evening Post}}</ref> Sarah received praise for her weight loss and some criticism for not gaining enough weight during her second pregnancy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitaker |first=James |date=5 Jan 1990 |title=Ain't She Thin |pages=1 |work=Daily Mirror}}</ref> Sarah later discussed the negative effect of the press stories about her weight on her self-esteem and added that they made her eating disorder worse.<ref name="Guardian-Disorder" />

=== Separation and divorce ===
Biographer [[Sarah Bradford]] described how Andrew's duties as a naval officer required him to stay away from home for long periods.<ref name="Tribune-Divorce">{{Cite news|last=Moseley|first=Ray|date=17 April 1996|title=Andrew-fergie Union: Another Royal Divorce|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/04/17/andrew-fergie-union-another-royal-divorce/|access-date=13 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011163103/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-04-17-9604170192-story.html|archive-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> According to Sarah's account, the couple saw each other 40 days a year in the first five years of their marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kindelan|first=Katie|date=11 May 2011|title=Sarah Ferguson Reveals Her Road to Recovery in Documentary on OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sarah-ferguson-reveals-road-recovery-documentary-oprah-winfrey/story?id=13780411|access-date=6 December 2020|publisher=ABC News}}</ref> By 1991, the marriage was in trouble, as Sarah was finding life as a member of the royal family increasingly difficult. Her friendship with Texan multimillionaire Steve Wyatt (son of [[Lynn Wyatt]]) gained much publicity when photographs, including one of Wyatt with Sarah's toddler daughter, appeared in newspapers in January 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 June 2002|title=Royals, Part 3: Troubled times – 3&nbsp;June 2002|work=CNN|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/29/people.royals.3/|access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> The Duke and Duchess of York announced their [[Legal separation|separation]] on 19 March 1992.<ref name="Separation">{{Cite news|date=19 March 1992|title=1992: Fergie and Andrew split|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2543000/2543667.stm}}</ref> Following the separation, the palace announced that Sarah would no longer carry out public engagements on behalf of the Queen.<ref name="Separation" /> Furthermore, the Queen announced in a statement that she would not take responsibility for Sarah's debts.<ref name="Tribune-Divorce" /> Sarah separated her residence from her husband and moved to [[Wentworth Estate|Romenda Lodge]] on the Wentworth Estate, Surrey, in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kenny|first=Peter|date=23 August 1992|title=Duchess of York leaves queen's holiday home|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/23/Duchess-of-York-leaves-queens-holiday-home/1411714542400/|access-date=6 December 2020|work=UPI Archives|quote=... she was driven through the gates of her rented home at Romenda Lodge.}}</ref>

[[File:Sarah Ferguson.jpg|thumb|upright|The Duchess of York at the [[Royal Welsh Show]], 1991]]

In August 1992, the British [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' published surreptitiously taken photographs of John Bryan, an American financial manager, sucking on Sarah's toes as she sunbathed topless.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andersen |first1=Christopher |author-link1=Christopher Andersen |title=William and Kate: A Royal Love Story |date=2011 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4516-2145-7 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1M3oGZ7RRH8C&pg=PA33 |access-date=1 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Sarah endured widespread public ridicule, contributing to her further estrangement from the British royal family.<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 October 1999|title=From outcast to US princess: Fergie at 40|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/474091.stm|access-date=4 May 2010|quote=The infamous toe-sucking incident, which came while Sarah was still married to Prince Andrew, outraged the British public...}}</ref> French magazine ''[[Paris Match]]'' was ordered to pay £84,000 in damages for publishing the photographs, though the original amount sought was £1.32 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hunky-prince-is-exposed-to-public-gaze-1447414.html|title='Hunky' Prince is exposed to public gaze|work=The Independent|first=Rhys|last=Williams|date=7 September 1994|accessdate=18 July 2022}}</ref> On 28 March 1993, it was announced that the formal separation agreement between the Duke and Duchess had been settled, despite months of speculation that the couple might be reconciling.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pK5dAAAAIBAJ&dq=prince+andrew+sarah+reconciliation+speculation&pg=PA19&article_id=3346,4904525 |title=No reconciliation for Andrew, Sarah |work=Observer-Reporter |date=29 June 1993 |accessdate=17 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In 1995, Prince Andrew's aunt [[Princess Margaret]], who had received a bouquet of flowers sent by Sarah, reportedly wrote in a letter to Sarah: "You have done more to bring shame on the family than could ever have been imagined".<ref name="Margaret">{{Cite news|last=Alderson|first=Andrew|date=7 August 2010|title=Revealed: how the Duchess of York was led to the brink of ruin|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/7932529/Revealed-how-the-Duchess-of-York-was-led-to-the-brink-of-ruin.html|access-date=24 January 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Reports and speculation about the couple reuniting continued into late 1995,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1MwAAAAIBAJ&dq=prince+andrew+sarah+spain+wentworth&pg=PA7&article_id=5577,2325148 |title=Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson |work=Kingman Daily Miner |date=13 August 1995 |accessdate=17 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ending when the Duke and Duchess announced their mutual decision to divorce in April 1996. In the years after her divorce, Sarah claimed that she had received £15,000 a year as a divorce settlement and cited her deal as a spokeswoman with [[WW International|Weight Watchers]] as her main "source of income".<ref name="Margaret" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Adam|first=Karla|date=25 May 2010|title=Will Sarah Ferguson's fall from royal favor be permanent this time?|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/24/AR2010052403858.html|access-date=24 January 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Greene|first=Leonard|date=2 June 2010|title=Broke Fergie admits princess complex|newspaper=The New York Post|url=https://nypost.com/2010/06/02/broke-fergie-admits-princess-complex/|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> However, subsequent information given by senior officials to ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' revealed that Sarah had received £350,000 in cash, £500,000 from the Queen to buy a new house for her and the children, and a monthly allowance that was estimated to have reached £500,000 in total by 2010.<ref name="settlement">{{Cite news|last1=Alderson|first1=Andrew|last2=Mendick|first2=Robert|date=29 May 2010|title=Duchess of York's divorce settlement was worth £3 million|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/7782897/Duchess-of-Yorks-divorce-settlement-was-worth-3-million.html|access-date=24 January 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The couple shared custody of their children.<ref name="divorced">{{Cite news|last=Glauber|first=Bill|date=17 April 1996|title=Now Fergie gets to walk royal plank Party's over: Attorneys in London announce divorce of Prince Andrew and Sarah, ending their nearly 10-year marriage.|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/04/17/now-fergie-gets-to-walk-royal-plank-partys-over-attorneys-in-london-announce-divorce-of-prince-andrew-and-sarah-ending-their-nearly-10-year-marriage/|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135050/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-04-17/features/1996108073_1_duchess-fergie-divorce-settlement|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 1996, Sarah published her autobiography ''My Story'' and embarked on a promotional tour to support it. On a US chat show she implied she and Andrew had had an open relationship, and that throughout the marriage and separation "He always knew exactly what was going on", she said. "It's not a one-way street. We respect each other's space."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmRPAAAAIBAJ&dq=sarah+duchess+sawyer&pg=PA6&article_id=3847,7416925 |title=The new Fergie |work=Toledo Blade |date=22 November 1996 |accessdate=19 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ziemer |first=Laurette |date=14 November 1996 |title='Andrew knew about my affairs' Fergie tells American TV viewers |journal=Evening Standard |pages=3}}</ref> In a 2007 interview, as to why they finalised their divorce she said, "I wanted to work; it's not right for a princess of the royal house to be commercial, so Andrew and I decided to make the divorce official so I could go off and get a job."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Collins|first=Nancy|year=2007|title=Sarah Ferguson: Diana, the Queen and I|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a730/sarah-ferguson-divorce-interview/|access-date=6 December 2020|magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]}}</ref>

The [[decree nisi]] was granted on 17 April 1996 and the divorce was finalised on 30 May 1996,<ref name="div-ind">{{Cite web|last=Victor|first=Peter|date=17 April 1996|title=Yorks bring marriage to an end|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/yorks-bring-marriage-to-an-end-1305213.html|access-date=11 December 2020|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 May 1996|title=It's Over: Divorce Final for Fergie and Prince Andrew|url=https://apnews.com/article/53e4a388b8571a6bd88a092cd5dfce3f|access-date=11 December 2020|publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> after which she legally retained the style ''Her Royal Highness'' with the style of other divorced peeresses. However, it was announced in April that Sarah had chosen not to use the style ''Her Royal Highness'' and would relinquish it under the divorce terms.<ref name="div-ind" /> In accordance with [[letters patent]] issued in August 1996 regulating post-divorce royal titles, Sarah formally ceased being a ''Royal Highness''.<ref name="letterspatent"/>

[[File:2004-02-16 Eugenie Beatrice Sarah Verbier 052.JPG|thumb|Sarah and her daughters in Verbier, 2004]]
Since her divorce, Sarah has attended some functions with her daughters, such as the investitures of the Duke of York into the [[Royal Victorian Order]] and the [[Order of the Garter]], and [[Royal Ascot]], and on those occasions, she is afforded the courtesy of treatment as a member of the royal family.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rayner|first=Gordon|date=19 June 2015|title=Duchess of York completes reconciliation with royal family as she curtseys to the Queen at Ascot|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11687777/Duchess-of-York-completes-reconciliation-with-Royal-family-as-she-curtseys-to-the-Queen-at-Ascot.html|access-date=9 January 2017|work=The Telegraph|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Sarah hinted at the idea of remarrying Andrew in several interviews.<ref name="bbc3">{{Cite news|date=16 October 1999|title=Fergie: "Charles abandoned me"|work=BBC News Online|place=London|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/476459.stm|access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> In August 2013, she was invited to stay at [[Balmoral Castle]] with Prince Andrew and their daughters as guests of the Queen, and in September 2013, in response to a question about the possibility of remarrying Andrew, Sarah said, "He's still my handsome prince, he'll always be my handsome prince."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Christopher|date=12 August 2013|title=Her Majesty requests... the presence of Fergie|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10238819/Her-Majesty-requests...-the-presence-of-Fergie.html|access-date=31 October 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Furness|first=Hannah|date=29 September 2013|title=Duchess of York hints of remarriage to Prince Andrew and says 'he'll always be my prince.'|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10343160/Duchess-of-York-hints-of-remarriage-to-Prince-Andrew-and-says-hell-always-be-my-prince..html|access-date=31 October 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

She was not invited to the [[Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones|1999 wedding]] of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward]] and [[Sophie Rhys-Jones]] or the [[Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|2011 wedding]] of [[Prince William]] and [[Catherine Middleton]],<ref name="bbc3" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=20 February 2011|title=Royal wedding: Couple invite 1,900 guests|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12513620}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Quinn|first=Ben|date=10 May 2011|title=Sarah Ferguson tells Oprah Winfrey: 'Diana and I both weren't there'|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/10/oprah-winfrey-sarah-ferguson|access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> but she attended the [[wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|wedding]] of [[Prince Harry]] and [[Meghan Markle]] in 2018. However, she did not receive an invitation to the evening reception at [[Frogmore House]] hosted by [[Prince Charles]], and was reportedly "deeply upset" by her exclusion.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Brean|first1=Joseph|date=10 May 2018|title=Sarah, Duchess of York 'deeply upset' over snub from 'inner sanctum' royal wedding party|work=National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/sarah-duchess-of-york-deeply-upset-over-snub-from-inner-sanctum-royal-wedding-party}}</ref>

The [[Lord Chamberlain's Office]] has listed Sarah as a member of the royal family, along with other extended family members such as [[Daniel Chatto]] and [[Mike Tindall]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Royal Family|url=https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/media/annex_d_-_royal_family_14.pdf|access-date=27 November 2022|publisher=royal.uk|quote=Members of the Royal Family... Annex D - Royal Family}}</ref> {{As of|2023|June}} she is not, however, listed on a section of the royal family's website titled "Members of the Royal Family".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Royal Family|date=24 February 2016 |url=https://www.royal.uk/royal-family|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211222705/https://www.royal.uk/royal-family|archive-date=11 December 2021|access-date=11 December 2021|publisher=royal.uk}}</ref> She attended the [[state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]] in September 2022, and was seated by her daughters' side, but she was not invited to the [[coronation of King Charles III]] in May 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/sarah-ferguson-wore-touching-symbol-safe-journey-queen-elizabeth-funeral/|title=Sarah Ferguson Wore a Touching Symbol of Safe Journey at Queen Elizabeth's Funeral|work=People|first=Aaron|last=Parsley|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=3 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65275486|title=Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, not invited to coronation|work=BBC News|first=Sean|last=Goughlan|date=14 April 2023|accessdate=17 June 2023}}</ref>

On 25 December 2023, Sarah joined the royal family for Christmas at [[St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham]] for the first time since 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/sarah-ferguson-duchess-duke-christmas-sandringham-royal-family-b1129187.html | title=Sarah, Duchess of York 'grateful' for royal invite to Sandringham on Christmas Day | work=The Standard | first=Ayan | last=Omar | date=27 December 2023 |access-date=29 January 2025 }}</ref>