Sarah Ferguson, Queen Elizabeth II. Getty Pictures (2)
Sarah Ferguson is celebrating the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II on the late monarch’s birthday.
“Today we are remembering Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 97th birthday,” Ferguson, 64, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, April 21. “Thank you for all that you have taught us, for being a steadfast leader and pricey mate. You are sorely missed.”
The Duchess of York, who was formerly married to Elizabeth’s son Prince Andrew, added a throwback photo of the regent standing on the Buckingham Palace balcony. Ferguson’s son-in-regulation Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who is married to Princess Beatrice, dropped a “like” on the tribute.
Ferguson joined the royal loved ones in 1986 when she married Andrew, 64. They share daughters Beatrice, 35, and Princess Eugenie, 34. Right after 6 years of marriage, Andrew and Ferguson divided in 1992 and their divorce was finalized in 1996. On the other hand, they continued living in shut quarters at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
The queen died in September 2022 at the age of 96, and Andrew and Ferguson took in her beloved pet corgis.
“They’re recognized as countrywide treasures so when they go chasing squirrels and trees are in the way, [you have to] go straight to the vet,” Ferguson joked through a March 2023 visual appearance on Are living With Kelly and Ryan. “Funny more than enough, they really don’t have [security detail]. They have my five Norfolk terriers, so they are safeguarded and they arrived with their royal beds, so they go to their possess bedrooms [to sleep each night].”
Queen Elizabeth II. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Two months afterwards, Ferguson revealed that the canine nonetheless miss out on Elizabeth.
“They can feeling the late queen’s presence at Royal Lodge, Windsor,” Ferguson told the U.K.’s Express in May well 2023. “It helps make me consider Queen Elizabeth is passing by and laughing. I’m not remaining weird. … At night they like their have space. I respect that they possibly do pass up her. I miss out on her also.”
Immediately following Elizabeth’s demise, her son King Charles III assumed the throne. His formal coronation took area in May perhaps 2023, which Ferguson viewed at home via tv with her menagerie of pets. While she was excluded from the ceremony visitor list, Ferguson was equipped to attend the celebratory Coronation Concert with her daughters afterwards that weekend.
She and Andrew have also remained friendly, last stepping out collectively at the royals’ annual Easter Mattins assistance on March 31. They have been joined by Charles, 75, and his spouse, Queen Camilla, as properly as Princess Anne, Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie.
