Christmas is one thing, but Sarah, Duchess of York, still wasn’t invited to the biggest event of all: the coronation. 2,200 invitations were sent out to official representatives from over 203 countries and around 100 heads of state, as well as friends and family of the new monarchs. Prince Andrew, Princess Eugenie, and Princess Beatrice all attended … but Sarah Ferguson was left off the list. Many royal watchers wondered if this was down to royal protocol, or was some sort of personal snub. Whatever the case, Fergie doesn’t seem too miffed about it.
When she appeared on ITV’s “Loose Women” (via Hello!) in April 2023, Ferguson didn’t come across as bitter. “I personally will be having a little tea room and coronation chicken sandwich and putting out the bunting, that’s what I’m going to be doing. Because that would make me very happy,” she told the panel. “I also love to watch it on the telly because you hear a lot on the telly. The commentators are always good and then everyone, all the family come back, because remember I am divorced from him [Prince Andrew] so I don’t expect … you can’t have it both ways, you can’t be divorced and then say, ‘I want this…’ [You’re in] or you’re out.” Ferguson followed up the sentiment by sharing photos to her Instagram page of a formal coronation tea she set up for the residents of a care home close to her house.