Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah, Duchess of York were taking centre stage across the media headlines during the 90s. The two women had a complex relationship, which over the years saw them as rivals, best friends, and everything in between. According to the 1995 biography, published before Diana died, the Earl of Wessex was taking cue from his father Prince Philip over his feelings towards Sarah and Diana.
Ms Seward claims the Duke of Edinburgh deemed them “substantially responsible for many of the difficulties that have beset the Royal Family and so undermined their public standing”.
Sarah Ferguson, also known as Fergie, took the brunt of Philip’s displeasure. The Duke was “brusque” when Fergie told him and the Queen that she was planning to leave her then husband Prince Andrew, he said.
The book suggests the Duke reminded Fergie of her “martial duty and insulted her by suggesting that if she really was going to leave she should book herself into a ‘nunnery or looney bin’”.
Members of the Royal Family, Edward once observed, “have got to try keep up some sort of appearance”.
How Prince Edward did NOT hold Diana and Fergie in ‘high regard’
