Sarah Ferguson has vowed that she will ‘always be there’ for Prince Andrew because she loves the Queen.
Speaking in a candid interview with The Telegraph, the Duchess of York, 63, said that her support for her disgraced ex-husband – with whom she has remained close friends and still lives with – stems from a devotion to her late mother-in-law.
‘During the last three years, her poor son has been going through such a tumultuous time,’ she revealed.
‘And I think HM was very relieved I could help her with him, so we became even closer, then.’
The royal vouched that Her Majesty ‘knew’ Sarah wouldn’t abandon her youngest son, who fell from grace due to his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and paid a multi-million-pound settlement to his sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre.
Sarah Ferguson has vowed that she will ‘always be there’ for Prince Andrew because she loves the Queen. Pictured with her ex-husband in 2019
She was ‘sad’ to see what the dishonoured royal has been through, revealing that it was tough to see him hurting.
The Duchess, who is coming out with new Mills & Boon novel – A Most Intriguing Lady – spoke with great fondness of the Queen, who entrusted Sarah with her beloved corgis after she passed away.
The mother of Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice went so far as to say she was ‘more of a mother’ to her than her own family.
Sarah admitted she now feels the need to be stronger for others ‘at the moment’ because of the monarch’s passing.
‘When Andrew went through a hard time, I used to be able to throw it to The Boss,’ she wistfully told the outlet.
The Duchess was also full of praise for her ex-husband, admiring him as a grandfather and taking a slice of his favourite cake back home.
In the same interview, she opened up about her past struggles with body issues, being compared to Princess Diana, and feeling a sense of ‘duty’ to the Royal Family.
It comes as the Duchess has said she has ‘no judgement’ on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leaving the Royal Family – despite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s scathing attacks on ‘The Firm’.
The royal vouched that Her Majesty ‘knew’ Sarah wouldn’t abandon her youngest son, who became embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and paid a multi-million-pound settlement to his sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre. Pictured with the Queen in 1986
The royal – also known as Fergie – told PEOPLE magazine: ‘I don’t believe that any single person has the right to judge another person. I’m not in a position myself to make any judgments.
‘The Duke, 38, and Duchess of Sussex, 41, launched scathing attacks on the Royal Family in their Netflix documentary series and Harry’s memoir Spare – including publicly criticising Sarah’s ex-husband Prince Andrew, labelling the Jeffrey Epstein affair ‘a shameful scandal’.
However, Sarah said: ‘I have been judged all my life, and I have no judgment on the Sussexes.’
She added that Princess Diana would be ‘incredibly proud’ of all her grandchildren – which includes Harry and Meghan’s youngsters Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, as well as Prince William and Kate’s three children: Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four.
Harry became the first royal to publicly criticise Prince Andrew, 63, labelling the Jeffrey Epstein affair ‘a shameful scandal’.
No one in ‘The Firm’ had spoken about claims the Duke of York twice sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was trafficked by Epstein.
The Duchess, who is coming out with new Mills & Boon novel – A Most Intriguing Lady – spoke with great fondness of the Queen. The former couple pictured with the Queen at a horse show
The Duchess was also full of praise for her ex-husband, admiring him as a ‘very good’ grandfather and taking a slice of his favourite ‘Chocolate Nemesis cake’ back home. Pictured with Andrew in 2010
Sarah was ‘sad’ to see what the dishonoured royal has been through, revealing that it was tough to see him hurting. The former couple pictured on their wedding day in 1986
Andrew settled her lawsuit last year, accepting no liability, and has always denied any wrongdoing. But Harry brings up the affair in his book Spare.
When his wife Meghan asks if the Royal Family might cut their security after they left for America, he says there is ‘no way’, considering his uncle still gets protection.
Harry told her there was an ‘obligation’ and an ‘implicit promise’ to protect them.
Pushed by Meghan if it would ever be removed, he said: ‘Never. Not in this climate of hate. And not after what happened to my mother.’
The Duke of Sussex adds: ‘Also, not in the wake of my Uncle Andrew. Despite being embroiled in a shameful scandal, accused of sexually assaulting a young girl, no one had even suggested removing his security.
‘People have had plenty of reasons to complain about us, sex crimes weren’t one of them.’
Prince Andrew has always denied the accusation.
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