Fergie claims the late queen ‘talks to her' through her corgis

News24

19-05-2025

The Duchess of York believes the late Queen's corgis are more than just pets – they're messengers from beyond the grave..
Sarah 'Fergie'Ferguson adopted the dogs, Muick and Sandy, with her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, following the queen's death in September 2022.
'Every morning they come in and go 'woof woof' and all that and I'm sure it's her talking to me,' the 65-year-old author and speaker said in an address at the Creative Women Platform in London.
'I'm sure it's her, reminding me she's still around.'
She and the queen enjoyed a close friendship and she says she continues to honour her memory in every way she can.
'I had the greatest honour to be her daughter-in-law. That's pretty huge,' Fergie said proudly.
Even something as simple as spotting the queen's name on the Elizabeth line while riding the Tube pulls at her heartstrings. 'I want everyone to remember what an amazing lady she was.'
While she and Andrew divorced in 2003, they continue to live together at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Muick was a gift from Andrew to his mom, along with a Dorgi pup named Fergus, in 2021 to help cheer her up while her husband, the late Prince Philip, was in hospital.
Fergus sadly died a few months later from a heart defect he was born with.
In an interview with Hello! magazine, Fergie spoke of her love for the pooches. 'They are such joys. I am dog-mad, and they are exceptional.'
Sandy, in particular, seems to have fully adopted Sarah as his new queen. 'Sandy follows me everywhere, I think he thinks I am the queen,' she joked.
In an interview with the UK's Sunday Times last year, Fergie opened up about her close bond with Her Majesty, saying she called her 'mumma'.
She revealed how the queen supported her after her own mom, Sarah Barrantes, left her in the UK to start a new life in Argentina with her second husband, Héctor Barrantes Sansoni.
'My mum was her close friend so she knew me all my life and she loved me,' she shared.
'The queen was much more my mother than my mother was. She never let me down, even if I let her down. Even through the darkest days, she never left me.'
Fergie also credits the late monarch for helping her deal with poor self-esteem amid postnatal depression and body-shaming comments from the public during her time in the public eye.