Will Sarah Ferguson still be a Duchess if she remarries?

Kritter · March 09, 2018, 05:06:51 AM

Sarah Ferguson: Will Prince Andrew?s ex keep Duchess of York title if she remarries? | Life | Life & Style | Express.co.uk

QuoteSarah Ferguson is a British personality, known best for being the ex wife of Prince Andrew, 59, son of the Queen.

The couple married in 1986 and stayed legally married until 1996.

Sarah, also known as ?Fergie?, is the mother to two princesses, Princess Beatrice, 29, and Princess Eugenie, 27.

Known officially as Sarah, Duchess of York, what would her title be if she remarried?

Curryong · March 09, 2018, 10:30:49 AM

No, Sarah would take on the name, rank and title of the man she married. Some women have reverted back though informally after a second divorce, especially if the first husband had an old or famous title. I believe after Winston Churchill's mother divorced her second husband she did that for a while (was Lady Randolph Churchill once again) but then she married for a third time.

Anyway, Sarah won't marry again IMO. She hangs like a drowning man to driftwood to the styling Duchess of York, for all sorts of reasons.

A bit like Caroline of Monaco will never divorce Ernst of Hanover. That HRH of his which she carries as his estranged wife is more precious than a gold mine to her, as in European terms an HRH is a ton more prestigious than the 'Serene Highness' she was born with.

Trudie · March 09, 2018, 02:45:11 PM

Exactly @Curryong these woman born without or lesser titles cling to them like a life raft to bolster their sense of importance another example is Lady Colin Campbell she had a marriage that lasted mere weeks 40 years ago and milks it for all it is worth.

Duch_Luver_4ever · April 24, 2018, 10:53:00 PM

She will be,because she'll likely remarry Andrew once Phillip and his bionic hip shuffle this mortal coil. Now he doesnt need HMs permission anymore, not that I think shed withhold it if PP was dead, but it could be a benefit for him if she holds fast over it. But I hope he waits because if PP is still alive when it happens, it could blow out his heart, then HMs days are numbered, and I want her to run out as much of the clock as possible.

Nightowl · April 24, 2018, 11:19:31 PM

Curryong:

Also Sarah plays the victim all the time, she clings to her daughters as way of trying to make a comeback into the royal family. I really do not think she will ever remarry for right now, Andrew seems to support her as I think her daughters do, after all going out almost nighty to expensive nightclubs and fancy restaurants who pays for that I wonder. I think she gets by on lots of perks from friends and family so why spoil a good thing . I see her as a very manipulative and needy person in life who uses everyone around her for her own benefit.......selfish to the extreme!

Curryong · April 25, 2018, 01:53:12 AM

I will be interested to see how Sarah acts at Eugenie's wedding in October, with Harry's wedding as a bit of a dress rehearsal, lol. Will she be in full blown 'mother of the bride' mode or maybe restrain it a little in Philip's presence? Also interesting will be the October seating arrangements. Will Sarah be perched among her Ferguson relatives, occupy a spot like Frances Shand Kydd did in 1981, (though Frances had a husband beside her,) or will Andrew defy convention and pop in next to her after his formal duty is done? We are liable to see lots of grinning from her, anyway. She loves her girls and they love her.

As for her character, I don't think Sarah is a long term thinker. I believe she just bounces from crisis to crisis, thinks to herself 'Gosh, I'm in a pickle here' and then immediately reacts. She is extremely lucky that she has generous daughters and an accommodating ex (who helps for several reasons IMO) as well as a circle of friends with deep pockets also.

TLLK · April 25, 2018, 04:56:14 AM

QuoteI will be interested to see how Sarah acts at Eugenie's wedding in October, with Harry's wedding as a bit of a dress rehearsal, lol. Will she be in full blown 'mother of the bride' mode or maybe restrain it a little in Philip's presence? Also interesting will be the October seating arrangements. Will Sarah be perched among her Ferguson relatives, occupy a spot like Frances Shand Kydd did in 1981, (though Frances had a husband beside her,) or will Andrew defy convention and pop in next to her after his formal duty is done? We are liable to see lots of grinning from her, anyway. She loves her girls and they love her.

I think that having Sarah sit with the Ferguson family makes the most sense though I do believe that she's going to be placed up close to the front as she should be. I'm guessing that Jack's family might be seated opposite the Windsor/Ferguson families.

Trudie · April 25, 2018, 11:48:39 AM

Like it or not Sarah will be seated with the RF it will prove interesting though as only HM still has some sort of relationship with her after Andrew and their daughters.

FanDianaFancy · April 25, 2018, 11:58:21 AM

No.
Sarah will not be placed up close to the front or sitting with the Ferguson relatives for her daughters wedding.

Like if Diana were alive, married or not, she would have been placed next to PCharles .
MOTHER ........FATHER. Steparents behind PARENTS.
SARAH wins this.
A BRF event she is invited to. PEugs wedding.
Sarah will be seated front and center in the seat where the MOTHER OF THE BRIDE sits.
She is the MOTHER. Like her or not PP and TPTB, whatever, SHE is the MOTHER and it is her DAUGHTERS WEDDING.
If she is not, can you imagine the backlash of negative press on QEII.
No, Sarah is the mother and she has been a good mother and this is her daughters wedding. Satprah will be respected as such and hopefully, cross fingers, one would think, this one time, lol, Sarah will act most respectfully.

TLLK · April 25, 2018, 02:28:19 PM

^^^Actually I believe that Sarah and the Fergusons will be placed with Jack's family much like they did with the Spencers/Middletons on one side of WA and the Windsors on the other. Andrew would be next to his parents with Sarah most likely positioned next to Jack's parents. :)

FanDianaFancy · April 25, 2018, 07:10:13 PM

Again, protocol . How does , will it work? What is the protocol? The protocol, and YES, TLLK, that divorced Sarah be seated elsewhere from the BRF for she is not part of the BRF. PAndrew , divorced from her , is part of the BRF. He will be seated with the BRF.
HE is FATHER of the bride. He is not uncle of the bride. PC and Camilla have certain places, WnK too according to rank, for BRF things.

This is the first time in recent times, modern times you have a BRF needing a better seat of position to see his daughter be married . For Zara, there no pictures so where was her father? Was he there?

Sarah to be seated with the Brooksbank parents? No. She is not parent of Brooksbank
To se seated with the Fergusons, no. Aunt Ferguson(Sarahs sister ), half siblings Ferguson (from Sarahs dad), stepmom Ferguson and her husband, can sit wherever they sit.
SARAH IS MOTHER.
She has to walk in and out with the FATHER of the bride.
To have SARAH sat about somewhere, lucky to be there, at HER daughter's wedding, would be a PR nightmare for QEII. Some of us had this debate when W married K abut where PD would have sat. With the Spencers somewhere? In the broom closet ? She was ONLY the MOTHER of the a FUTURE KINGofENGLAND.
Sarah, ugh, but is MOTHER and is close to her girls, her golden tickets, and was a good mother to them by all what has been said. That is about the only thing she has not ben slammed for and done wrong.

FanDianaFancy · May 19, 2018, 04:00:38 PM

Yes Sarah will remain a Duchess if she remarrries because she is going to remarry PAndrew.

I am in a wedding mood.

amabel · May 19, 2018, 07:45:20 PM

She's not going to remarry Andrew... He does not want to marry her...

HM Queen Cheryl · May 21, 2018, 11:17:11 AM

Who says they aren't already remarried. They already have prior permission from the Queen.

amabel · May 21, 2018, 11:22:04 AM

Quote from: HM Queen Cheryl on May 21, 2018, 11:17:11 AM
Who says they aren't already remarried. They already have prior permission from the Queen.

They are not remarried. Andrew has long since moved on to other women, Sarah has had other lovers but no one who watns to marry her.

Curryong · May 21, 2018, 12:55:39 PM

It may be that no-one wants to marry Sarah but I think it would take a lot for her to give up her styling as Duchess of York in order to wed someone who would probably be untitled. She likes to cling on to those links to the BRF she still possesses, for commercial and prestige reasons, IMO.

amabel · May 21, 2018, 01:16:19 PM

I think if she married some oene very rich, she would not mind giving up the title of Duchess of York, IMO she junked Andrew because she thoguth that the marriage was not working out and that as an ex princess, she might find another richer husband. But no one came along and her extravagance and silliness drove away any possible suitors. And Andrew, while he is still loyal to her, did not want to be with her as a wife any more.. He has been free now for many years to have as many women as he pleases... he's not going to take her back and the RF would not want her within their fold....