Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, was very close with the late Princess Diana. Town & Country reported that she and Diana were fourth cousins and childhood friends whose mothers attended school together. So, it’s no surprise that Fergie was invited to Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle.
“It was very kind of them … I can’t thank them enough for doing that because it was nerve-wracking,” she said on “Good Morning Britain” in 2018 about Meghan and Harry inviting her to their nuptials (via Us Weekly). She then shared that she received a much bigger welcome from the crowd waiting outside the chapel than she thought she would. “I sort of looked around like, ‘Are they doing that for me?’ Then someone went ‘Fergie,’ and it was the old Fergie back.”
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While appearing on the Italian TV show “Porta a Porta” on December 14, 2021, Fergie reminded everyone that when it comes to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Harry, Duke of Sussex, only Princess Diana’s opinion would have mattered (via Us Weekly). “The most important thing — and I know [Princess] Diana, if she were here, would say that — is they are very happy,” she said. “And [Meghan] makes him very happy. And I love to see that little boy that cried at the funeral to have happiness now.”
