Duchess Makes Rare Appearance 37 Years After Outing With Princess Diana
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, made a return to the Royal Box at Wimbledon for the first time in 37 years.
Ferguson, 65, and her daughter, Princess Beatrice, 36, attended the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on June 30. Fergie wore a green dress with a floral design to the match, accessorizing with a couple of bracelets, a pair of gold earrings, and a watch.
According to People magazine, the appearance marks the first time that Fergie has been in the Royal Box since she attended Wimbledon with Princess Diana back in 1988. The last time she watched a match at Wimbledon is believed to have been in 2000.
Distant cousins prior to marrying into the royal family, Diana and Fergie ended up becoming extremely close friends.
"I really miss Diana. I loved her so much," Ferguson told Harper's Bazaar in 2007. "Diana was one of the quickest wits I knew; nobody made me laugh like her."
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The Duchess of York went on to say that she and the late Princess of Wales weren't on speaking terms when Diana died in 1997.
"Because we were like siblings—actually, we were fourth cousins and our mothers, who went to school together, were also best friends—we rowed. And the saddest thing, at the end, we hadn't spoken for a year, though I never knew the reason, except that once Diana got something in her head….I tried, wrote letters, thinking whatever happened didn't matter, let's sort it out. And I knew she'd come back. In fact, the day before she died she rang a friend of mine and said, 'Where's that Red? I want to talk to her,'" Fergie recalled.
Duchess Makes Rare Appearance 37 Years After Outing With Princess Diana first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025
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