With many of the royal family attending Prince Philip’s funeral this weekend, it might surprise you to learn that one familiar face won’t be attending.
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, won’t be one of the 30 people allowed into the chapel for the service.
It hasn’t seemed to hurt her feelings though, with The Sun reporting that she and Prince Andrew have been “by Her Majesty’s side this week”.
The snub comes after Prince Philip wanting “nothing to do” with Ferguson after she was photographed having her toes sucked by a lover in the South of France.
Prince Philip made no secret that he regarded Ferguson “simply beyond the pale” and found it “truly bizarre” that his son, Prince Andrew, continued to live with his ex-wife after they divorced.
In a piece for the Daily Mail, Brandreth said he spoke to the Duke about Fergie, to which he simply said he “didn’t see the point” in ever seeing her again.
However, the Queen has always had a soft spot for the Duchess of York.
“The Queen has always had a soft spot for Sarah and regards her as an excellent mother,” a source told The Sun.
“They have been going on short walks around the gardens with the Queen and her corgis. Sarah’s very much in the fold now that the Duke of Edinburgh has gone.”
Here’s the list of 30 people who are attending the funeral.
- The Queen
- Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall
- Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence
- Prince Andrew
- Prince Edward, the Countess of Wessex, Lady Louise and Viscount Severn
- Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge
- Prince Harry
- Peter Phillips
- Zara and Mike Tindall
- Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
- Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
- The 2nd Earl of Snowdon
- Lady Sarah Chatto and Daniel Chatto
- The Duke of Gloucester
- The Duke of Kent
- Princess Alexandra
- The Hereditary Prince of Baden
- The Landgrave of Hesse
- The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
