Divorce is never easy, but when you're a member of the Royal Family, the stakes—and the scrutiny—are even higher. In 1992, both Princess Diana and Prince Charles and Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson announced their separations, marking a disastrous year Queen Elizabeth dubbed as her "annus horribilis." The Duke and Duchess of York's split came first, and according to one royal author, Princess Diana viewed it as a master class in how not to handle a divorce.
Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers, wrote that the late princess paid close attention to the way her longtime friend Ferguson navigated her separation from Andrew. "Diana, who knew she would soon face divorce herself, regarded her sister-in-law's negotiations as the road map of how to mess it up," Brown penned (via the Daily Mail).
