Text/Da Zhuang
Editor/Da Zhuang
Marrying into the royal family is the dream of many girls, and some people have finally realized the dreams of most girls, but they do not care about etiquette, go their own way, and even step into the forbidden area of ethics and morality. One such figure is Princess Sarah Ferguson of the United Kingdom, whose name contrasts with the traditional image of royalty due to a series of high-profile scandals!
Once, Sarah Ferguson was the beloved playmate of the Queen of England, a girl full of dreams, married into the royal family, and fulfilled the dreams of many girls. However, an infidelity darkened her aura and turned her from a beloved princess to a controversial figure.
1992 was the day her reputation collapsed in an instant, and a series of jaw-dropping photos became the queen's breakfast thriller "dinner song". In these photos, Sarah is half-naked and her toes are sucked by a man. The news grabbed headlines early the next morning, instantly triggering one of the biggest royal scandals in the UK.
First, marry into the royal family, radiant
Sarah Ferguson was born in London in 1959 to a well-off father, the Colonel of the Royal Bodyguard. After further studies at the Queen's Secretariat College, she worked in galleries and fine art presses.
At the time, Sarah and Diana were about the same age and friends. Therefore, after Diana married into the royal family, she introduced Sarah to Prince Andrew. The two met and Prince Andrew was attracted to Sarah, and in 1986, they married.
At that time, Prince Andrew and Sarah held a wedding in London, the scene was grand, thousands of princes and nobles came to greet, this is undoubtedly a fairy tale love story, aroused the envy of thousands of girls.
At that time, they respected each other like guests, and the husband and wife were harmonious, as if they only had each other in their eyes, and they thought that the two could make a promise to them, and they stayed together for a lifetime.
It is worth mentioning that the queen initially loved Sarah, probably also because she was the wife of her favorite son Andrew. The Queen even gave Sarah a crown worth $300,000, as well as numerous jewelry, worth millions in total.
After Sarah entered the royal family, she had a very close relationship with Diana and was called by the media as a close sister of Windsor. Sarah enjoys the outdoors, such as horseback riding and hunting, and in 1987 she obtained her pilot's license, becoming the first woman in the royal family to have a private jet license.
Second, the body is discredited and scandals are frequent
In 1988 and 1990, Sarah and Prince Andrew welcomed two daughters. However, everything is not as glorious as outsiders see.
According to rumors, Sarah had a "friendship" relationship with a wealthy businessman when she was studying at the Queen's Secretariat College, and this behavior did not stop after marrying into the royal family. She even tried to use her status to trade with Arab princes in order to pay off her huge debts. Even more surprising, she used a kiss as a bargaining chip to get £50,000 from the prince.
Sarah doesn't mind showing off her adventures, having bragged about playing on a luxury yacht with two Saudi Arabian oil tycoons and earning $300,000 at once.
However, a scandal in 1992 completely ruined her reputation. One day that year, the Queen of England was enjoying breakfast when she saw a set of photos that shocked the four seats. In these photos, Sarah is half-naked while her toes are sucked by a wealthy businessman. The news made headlines the next morning and became one of the biggest scandals in the history of the British royal family. Since then, Sarah's life in the royal family has become precarious.
The next thing can be said to make Sarah slumped. When the photo was made public, the queen instantly erupted into unprecedented anger. The royal family's dignity took a severe toll overnight. Sarah's actions not only made herself the focus of public opinion, but also seriously damaged the image of the royal family.
Sarah was on holiday with her two daughters in Saint-Tropez, however, this time the holiday was interrupted by the Queen's order. She was recalled to England to face her actions and the consequences of them. After the photo was made public, her status in the British royal family fell sharply and irretrievably.
Third, the story behind moral corruption
The complex emotional entanglement behind this is reminiscent of the joys and sorrows behind the bustling British royal family.
Sarah and Andrew's life is like a confusing series. The few gatherings and more separation of the two, coupled with Andrew's tortuous private life, undoubtedly added an unbearable weight to this marriage. Of course, Sarah's extravagant style also inspired the royal family's disgust.
After separation, Sarah, even though she is a princess and a mother of two children, was exposed to intimate photos of John Bryan, a wealthy American businessman. This is undoubtedly a huge scandal for the honor-conscious British royal family. Although Sarah and Brian tried to defend themselves, they could not save the storm of public opinion.
Despite this, Sarah and Andrew did not completely break off their relationship. After his divorce in 1996, Andrew even invited Sarah to temporarily live in his Windsor mansion. However, the delicate relationship broke down in a 2010 revelation by an undercover reporter. Sarah was exposed to have received huge intermediary fees to direct journalists to Andrew, which damaged her reputation again.
Is Andrew willing to wear such a green hat? Of course not, his life is more than Shara's. Next, let's take a look at what Andrew did.
Fourth, not a family, do not enter a door
Andrew was obsessed with the free life in the United States, and after his military service days, he spent most of his leisure time in the United States with his "friend" Epstein. And only Queen Elizabeth's call can return the prodigal son to England.
However, Andrew and Epstein's relationship was not a simple friendship! Epstein was mired in allegations of "sex scandals" and "pedophilia" and gained notoriety. Even knowing Epstein's behavior, Andrew interacted with him frequently, seeking thrills.
In 2001, Andrew's intimate behavior with 17-year-old Roberts was captured by the media, which unveiled his relationship with Epstein.
Andrew faces a barrage of charges in U.S. federal court and the British Parliament, and is under in-depth investigation into the "sex slave" trade with Epstein. The news shocked the British public, and the image of the royal family plummeted. Although Andrew denied sharing "lover" Roberts with Epstein, his name appeared on a list of Epstein's residences.
Since the 2001 "sex scandal", Andrew has been seen by the public as misbehaving. And the 1992 cheating scandal of his ex-wife Sarah also made people sigh that fox friends have their own similarities. After marriage, Sarah and Andrew have different lives, their emotions have long faded, and the two seem to have acquiesced to an open marriage. Against this backdrop, the 1992 scandal was widely reported by the British media, seriously damaging the image of the royal family.
Is it true that the family does not enter the house, the two are bohemian and love freedom, the private life is chaotic, and the life is like this, and no one can be blamed. Fortunately, the two divorced, otherwise the face of the British royal family would be lost by them.
Five. Life after marriage
Sarah, the former princess, has experienced ups and downs from the royal family to the bottom of society. After leaving England, she moved to the United States and began rebuilding her life as a businessman, shooting TV commercials, selling household items, and even publishing her own books. However, due to her failure to manage her brand carefully, coupled with a string of scandals, her finances have not improved.
Despite this, Sarah did not give up. She attended the wedding of her daughter, Princess Eugenie, and is actively involved in charity activities. Over time, Sarah's relationship with the royal family gradually eased.
Sarah and Diana, two former best friends, experienced the glory and loneliness of the royal family, and their life experiences were like a script full of twists and turns, showing that the negative publicity of Sarah was getting stronger and stronger, especially when her intimate photos of the wealthy American businessman John Bryan were exposed, although Sarah and Andrew's marriage had died in name, these photos still caused an uproar around the world, and the British royal family at that time had always maintained a noble image as their duty, and the scandal simply destroyed their reputation.
Sarah tried to stop the photo from going viral, but it was too late. When questioned, Brian only defended himself and failed to relieve Sarah. Surprisingly, despite Prince Andrew's wife cheating, he didn't seem so angry, and he even provided a temporary home for Sarah, who was hit by fire, after the two divorced in 1996.
Sixth, complete destruction, old and dead do not interact with each other
However, Sarah's actions in 2010 seem to have completely broken the last trace of connection between them. She tries to "sell" her ex-husband Andrew to an undercover journalist pretending to be a wealthy businessman.
As an introduction to the UK's special representative for international trade and investment, for which she asked for £500,000 in brokerage fees, this move was secretly photographed and made public, which discredited her.
Subsequently, Sarah was forced to move out of Andrew's mansion, and the royal family also took a stand on this and drew a clear line. Sarah started her new life in the United States, trying to shape her career as a woman. However, with no wise strategy and a precarious financial situation, her efforts did not last long.
She launched a range of luxury home products under her own name, but the ones could not be sold in the UK, a deal she had with the royal family. She works in the United States, no longer using the title "Duchess of York", but using her own name.
Sarah's life was not smooth, but she still persevered, even after being in debt of 620,000 pounds, the company went bankrupt, and the defendant went to court, she still maintained her noble image, insisted on a luxurious lifestyle, had to take a Bentley when she went out, and had an honor guard, and a butler team of more than ten people.
Although her status in the royal family has deteriorated considerably, as a biological mother, she still attended the wedding of her daughter, Princess Eugenie, and still occupies a place in her daughter's big day. It is a scene full of mixed emotions: on the one hand, she feels happy for her daughter's happiness; On the other hand, it is her own past as a member of the royal family re-emerging before her eyes.
I don't know if she will regret marrying into the royal family when she does and feels at this moment. If she is just an ordinary woman, she may live a happy life, after all, in this era, beauty is not a kind of capital, with this capital, she should be able to live a rich life, instead of falling into the quagmire of the royal family.
Faced with a life of more than half a hundred years, Sarah's old friends no longer exist, and Queen Elizabeth, who loved her, has passed away. Through ups and downs, she is full of emotion about her youthful and frivolous past.
Since being embroiled in the Epstein scandal in 2001, Andrew appears to have been snubbed by the queen and the royal family.
We are often seduced by fairy tales of beautiful princes and princesses, thinking that their lives are full of romance and happiness. However, the story of Britain's Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah offers us a glimpse of another side of royal life.
Their lives are not as simple and sweet as we think, and they also face complex relationships, public expectations, and even many scandals and controversies. Their former love eventually failed to withstand the test of marriage, but on the contrary, marriage pushed them to their own loneliness.
This story makes us re-examine our own lives. We do not need to envy their royal life, because happiness is not external wealth and status, but inner satisfaction and peace. Every ordinary person has their own story, and we all have the opportunity to create our own happiness.
We need to live our every day, cherish the people around us, and cherish every moment we spend with them. Because life is not a competition, not a story more exciting and powerful than anyone. Life is an experience, an experience, a connection with others.
Whether you are a prince or a commoner, you have the right to pursue your own happiness. This is what we should pursue and what we should cherish. Because, no matter how many difficulties life gives us, as long as our hearts are filled with love, it is possible to create our own miracles and write our own stories.