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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson Originally Bonded Over Their "Childish Sense of Humor" After Being Set Up By Princess Diana

Sarah Ferguson pretending to strangle Prince Andrw.

Sarah Ferguson and the former Prince Andrew have been divorced since 1996, but the two are finally moving their separate ways after King Charles evicted them from Royal Lodge. The couple, who married at Westminster Abbey in 1986, originally met thanks to Andrew's sister-in-law, Princess Diana—and according to biographer Andrew Lownie, there was one character trait that initially drew them together.

In his new book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, Lownie writes that in 1985, Andrew told a friend that he was "a loner," but would "really like to be married," admitting he had "yet to meet the right girl." That June, Princess Diana intervened, although it seems she had a bit of an ulterior motive for her matchmaking.

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