Fergie admits to ‘not really knowing’ Meghan Markle, despite what the Duchess shared with Oprah

By Reuters

Here's the Duchess of York - Harry's aunt - whose presence at today's event wasn't assured as she's divorced from Prince Andrew, and hasn't been a favourite of the senior members of the royal family - she pointedly didn't get an invitation to the wedding of Kate and William in 2011 (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Here's the Duchess of York - Harry's aunt - whose presence at today's event wasn't assured as she's divorced from Prince Andrew, and hasn't been a favourite of the senior members of the royal family - she pointedly didn't get an invitation to the wedding of Kate and William in 2011 (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Sarah Ferguson thinks “forgiveness is key” over the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s rift with the royal family.

The Duchess of York told The Telegraph she “doesn’t know” the California-based royal, despite both Harry and Meghan recalling details of friendly interactions between the pair.

“I don’t really know Meghan”, she told the publication.

“I haven’t really met her.”

“Right in front of the house we practised and ran in. Fergie ran out and said, ‘Do you know how to curtsy?’” Meghan told Oprah Winfrey during their bombshell interview in 2021.

Referencing Harry’s late mum Princess Diana, Sarah said: “Diana and I, we played a lot and had a great time and I feel really strongly – and so would the King – (that she would) be so proud of the grandchildren. And of the family.

“And I do believe in family unity. I think forgiveness is key.”

Sarah also opened up about the Sussexes’ so-called ‘Megxit’ from the monarchy in January 2020 during a separate chat.

She insisted she has “no judgement” on Harry and Meghan’s decision to leave the royals for a new life in America with their children, Archie, three, and 20-month-old Lilibet.

Sarah added: “I don’t believe that any single person has the right to judge another person. I’m not in a position myself to make any judgments.

“I have been judged all my life, and I have no judgment on the Sussexes.”

Despite her divorce from Prince Andrew, Sarah stayed close to the late Queen, and said about the monarch, who died aged 96 last September at her beloved Balmoral estate: “The Queen was like a hand of support behind your back without being there.

“For the whole nation, for the world. Steadfast, consistent, iconic… an extraordinary ability to put someone at ease.”

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