Current:Home > ScamsSarah Ferguson Breaks Silence on Not Attending King Charles III's Coronation -DataFinance
Sarah Ferguson Breaks Silence on Not Attending King Charles III's Coronation
View
Date:2025-04-15 23:55:51
Sarah Ferguson is spilling the tea on how she feels about not attending King Charles III's coronation.
The Duchess of York—who was previously married to the king's brother Prince Andrew—recently explained why she won't be at the event.
"No I'm not [going] actually," she explained on Good Morning Britain April 20, "'cause it's a state occasion. And being divorced, I don't think you can have it both ways."
That's not to say that Sarah hasn't remained close with her ex, with whom she shares daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. However, she's looking towards the future, which includes focusing on her writing career.
"So, I am divorced, and I'm really loving being divorced to my ex-husband—not from my ex-husband, it's quite a differentiate," she continued. "And also getting out there as a new novelist—second book, or for noveling—but also to really say, 'It's OK. I can start a new career now.' And I really hope that many people watching will go, 'Right, we get this. We can do this. Why are we saying we're too old or we're retiring?' No! Get out there and seize it.'"
Even though Sarah—whose ex-husband Prince Andrew stepped back from his royal duties in 2019 over his former association with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—won't be at the coronation, she'll be celebrating King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla from afar on the big day.
"I think that the great thing about this moment in time is the unity of family," the duchess added. "I think that Charles and Camilla are doing an exceptional job at unifying the family. And just because I'm not there on the state occasion, but in private I can be there. And that's a lovely feeling to be part of the family. It really is. As I said, you can't have it both ways. You mustn't sit on the fence. You're either one in or out, but don't muck around."
Despite no hard feelings on Sarah's end, there has been tension between other members of the family in the lead-up to the coronation. Prince Harry has publicly spoken about his relationship with his father King Charles III and brother Prince William, including in his memoir Spare and Netflix docuseries with wife Meghan Markle Harry & Meghan.
While it was initially unclear if the Duke of Sussex would be attending the coronation, a rep for him and the Duchess of Sussex recently confirmed that Prince Harry will attend the service at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6. However, the rep noted that Meghan will be at the couple's home in California with their children Princess Lilibet, 22 months, and Prince Archie, whose fourth birthday falls on the same day.
Get the latest tea from inside the palace walls. Sign up for Royal Recap!veryGood! (29423)
Related
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Meghan Markle Gets a Royal Shout-Out From Costar Patrick J. Adams Amid Suits' Popularity
- Maya Hawke jokes she's proud of dad Ethan Hawke for flirting with Rihanna: 'It's family pride'
- Coco Gauff reaches her first US Open semifinal at 19. Ben Shelton gets to his first at 20
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Scarred by two years of high inflation, this is how many Americans are surviving
- Heat wave in Mid-Atlantic, Northeast forces schools to close, modify schedules
- The Lions might actually be ... good? Soaring hype puts Detroit in rare territory.
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached deal as contracts end next week
Ranking
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- E. Jean Carroll wins partial summary judgment in 2019 defamation case against Trump
- The AI-generated song mimicking Drake and The Weeknd's voices was submitted for Grammys
- Oregon man who was sentenced to death is free 2 years after murder conviction was reversed
- South Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after Yoon impeachment
- A female inmate dies after jumping out of a moving vehicle during a jail transport in Kentucky
- Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas say they decided to amicably end our marriage
- Coco Gauff takes the reins of her tennis career, but her parents remain biggest supporters
Recommendation
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
Feds: Former LA deputy who arrested man for no reason will plead guilty to civil rights charges
Carnival cruise passenger vanishes after ship docks in Florida
Lidcoin: Strong SEC Regulation Makes Cryptocurrency Market Stronger
Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
Trump was warned FBI could raid Mar-a-Lago, according to attorney's voice memos
Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner and when divorce gossip won't quit