Sarah Ferguson has spoken about her absence among the guests at the coronation of Carlos III. The ex-wife of Prince Andrew, still Duchess of York, has assured this Thursday on ITV's Good Morning Britain that she is not offended by not having been included in the guest list.
The mother of princesses Beatriz and Eugenia de York has said that her divorce from the brother of Carlos III was the reason why she has not been invited. Fergie, as she is known in the UK, said: "I'm not going, it's a state date, and being divorced I don't think you can have it both ways."
"I am divorced and I love being divorced with my ex-husband, not with him but with him, it is important to differentiate," Ferguson joked about the fact that the couple lives under the same roof, the Royal Lodge, despite being divorced since 1996 In this sense, he clarified that although he is not part of the official appointment, it is still possible for him to attend privately at other times of the celebration.
Fergie was at Elizabeth II's funeral and is also the one who takes care of the corgi dogs that survived the monarch. She has also been invited to other family events such as the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, although she was also not among the 30 guests at Prince Philip's funeral in Edinburgh in April 2021.
More than 2,000 attendees will gather in Westminster to see Carlos III anointed, but among them will not be Sarah Ferguson or Meghan Markle. Prince Enrique's wife, who was invited to the coronation despite her resignation and accusations of racism against the Windsors, has decided to stay at her California home with her children and leave her prince alone in the face of the danger in which he will be the first family reunion after the publication of his explosive memoirs.
Among the foreign dignitaries who will attend the coronation will be Kings Felipe and Letizia, as well as other members of royalty, thus breaking the tradition that other foreign reigning monarchs do not attend the coronation of British monarchs.
Unlike Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia are not expected to be present as Buckingham Palace has only invited heads of state and Commonwealth leaders to the ceremony. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will not attend, and in his place the First Lady, Jill Biden, will represent him. Nor is it expected that the family of the remembered Diana of Wales will attend.
