Fergie will be spending her first Christmas with the royals at Sandringham for the first time in 30 years, according to reports.
Sarah Ferguson will reportedly accompany her disgraced ex-husband Prince Andrew having not spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the royals at the Norfolk estate since splitting with Andrew in 1992. The invite comes 30 years after her 'toe-sucking' scandal.
According to a Sandringham source, the impressive farm house is being prepared for the 63-year-old as well as her ex-husband and their daughter Beatrice (34) and Eugenie (32), along with their own husbands and children.
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It remains unknown whether the former couple will appear together in public for the family's traditional morning walk to St Mary Magdalene Church.
Fergie was previously banned from attending family gatherings after being caught on camera having in toe sucked by financial advisor John Bryan. Photos were printed by the Daily Mirror in 1992, marking the beginning of a difficult relationship between Ms Ferguson and her in-laws
The Duke and Duchess of York tied the knot in 1986. But just six years later their marriage ended in scandal.
The pair told the world they planned to separate in March 1992, and five months later compromising photographs of Sarah appeared on the front pages.
The snaps were taken as the couple lazed by the pool, showing Texan millionaire Bryan kissing and sucking on the Duchess' toes and the arch of her food. Pictures also shows the couple kissing, embracing and frolicking in the pool
Fergie was staying with the rest of the royal family on the morning the pictures were published, with royal writer Richard Kay claiming the Daily Mail received a message via pager from Princess Diana the evening before the photos hit the newspaper stands. The message simply read: "The redhead's in trouble."
On Fergie's possible attendance this year, a Sandringham source told The Sun : “Andrew is banned from public life but you can't ban him from family Christmas. Staff at Sandringham have been tasked with getting Wood Farm ready for the whole York family.
“For 30 years she used to have Christmas dinner on her own. But things are being done differently now.”
After four years of separation, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew officially announced their decision to divorce in May 1996.
She has retained her title 'Duchess of York' but ceased being a Royal Highness.
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