A family trip has sparked rumors thatSarah FergusonandPrince Andreware back together.
Fergie, as the Duchess of York has been affectionately known since her romance with the Queen’s son began in the mid-1980s, spent the weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix with Andrew, their 30-year-old daughterPrincess Beatriceand Beatrice’s boyfriend,Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Sheshared snaps from the Middle East with the hashtag #familytimeand captioned one photo, “Having a wonderful time with @hrhthedukeofyork and Beatrice,” prompting speculation that she and Prince Andrew had rekindled their romance after two decades.
However, Fergie’s spokesman tells PEOPLE, “Nothing has changed – the couple continue to be good friends.”
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Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the matter.
The couple are committed parents to their daughters Princess Beatrice andPrincess Eugenie,and palace sources regularly note that the family is close.
Fergie and Andrew ran in the same social circles from early in their lives — their fathers played polo together — yet the couple had a whirlwind romance. After just one year of dating, Prince Andrew announced his engagement to Fergie in March 1986.
Prince Andrew and Fergie welcomed their first child, daughterPrincess Beatrice, in August 1988, andPrincess Eugeniefollowed 19 months later.
Despite their growing family, there was trouble for the couple. The pair announced their separation in March 1992, officially divorcing four years later.
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Prince Andrew and Fergie remained friendly and continued to raise Beatrice and Eugenie together, regularly appearing as a foursome to outings over the years. And when Fergie isn’t traveling for her philanthropic work, she still resides at the family’s home, the Royal Lodge at Windsor.
“I’m in and out all the time, and he’s in and out all the time,” she explained in a 2016 interview for an Australian radio show. “And no, we’re not married. We’re very happy with the way things are.”
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Fergie has even continued to attend royal events with her family. She attendedPrince HarryandMeghan Markle‘s royal wedding in May (although shearrived separatelyfrom her ex-husband and daughters) and regularly attends Royal Ascot. Fergie joined Andrew and Princess Beatrice at the horse-racing festival in 2016 and again in 2018, when shechatted with the Queenin theRoyal Box.
Eugenie famously told theBBC, “They are the best divorced couple I know.”
And Fergie told PEOPLE in 2011 that she and Andrew get along so well that when that she’s asked her daughters, “Do you think Mummy and Papa should get back together again? They say, ‘You’re great the way you are now; it’s fine.’ “
source: people.com
