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Jan 23, 2022 · Even though she had her complaints about her marriage, especially regarding her husband's extensive time away from home, Sarah Ferguson has admitted she felt forced into agreeing to divorce Prince Andrew in 1996, largely owing to the circumstances surrounding practical matters that needed sorting out. For starters, Sarah was interested in ...
Feb 20, 2024 · And although divorce is pretty common nowadays, it certainly wasn't back in the '90s. Not until two of the Queen's sons did it in the same year. In May 1996, Prince Andrew divorced wife Sarah ...
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Season four of “The Crown” concluded with an episode titled “War.” Set around Christmas 1990, the episode’s name referred to a number of conflicts: the battle raging between Charles and Diana, who have been unhappily married for almost a decade; the push to oust Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from office; and ongoing clashes between the rebelliou...
Previous seasons of the series have sparked spirited debate over historical accuracy in period dramas. But this season is particularly controversial because “it’s dramatizing events that are so close to the present day,” says Carolyn Harris, a historian at the University of Toronto in Canada. Whereas seasons one and two of “The Crown” explored comp...
The 40th year of the queen’s reign, 1992 saw a series of embarrassing events shatter the British public’s vision of the royals as “the perfect family,” according to biographer Andrew Morton. Before the 1990s, “trusted editors, writers, interviewers and program-makers” often presented a sanitized, royal-approved version of the “dutiful, sober and in...
Anne and Andrew’s older brother, Charles, navigated similar romantic troubles in 1992. Within a few years of Charles and Diana’s storybook 1981 wedding, the couple’s relationship had irretrievably broken down. Both had extramarital affairs: Charles with his former girlfriend (and current queen consort) Camilla Parker Bowles and Diana with army capt...
Capping off the personal turmoil experienced by the royal family in 1992 was the November 20 fire at Windsor Castle. Ignited by a faulty spotlight in a private chapel, the blaze destroyed 115 rooms in the royal residence and took 225 firefighters some 15 hours to extinguish. Most of the castle’s historic art and treasures remained undamaged, and no...
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Nov 19, 2022 · Phillips fathered a child with a woman from New Zealand in 1985, while Anne began a relationship with Sir Timothy Laurence, then equerry to the Queen. Anne filed for divorce in April 1992 and ...
- Sophie Mcevoy
Jul 29, 2023 · When King Charles and Princess Diana wed on July 29, 1981, 750 million viewers watched. But it seems even more tuned in to observe their agonizing road to separation and divorce in the 1990s.
Feb 23, 2023 · Gemma Strong. Sarah Ferguson 's fairytale marriage to Prince Andrew came to an end in 1996. The couple announced their amicable split in 1992 and went on to divorce four years later, a decade ...
Sep 13, 2019 · However, during the divorce battle, the Duchess did not consent to a confidentiality agreement – unlike Princess Diana who walked away with £17million from the Royal Family that year. The lack ...
