Sarah Ferguson says she refuses to judge Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for their decision to quit as working royals.
The Duchess of York said that previous judgements of her led her to have “no judgement”.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made a number of scathing criticisms of other members of the Royal Family across their Netflix series and Prince Harry's memoir Spare.
Among them was an attack on Fergie's ex-husband Prince Andrew, whose involvement with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Harry labelled “a shameful scandal”.
Harry was the first royal to criticise the Duke of York, who has always denied claims that he sexually assaulted Epstein trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre, who he settled a lawsuit with last year.
The Duchess was interviewed by People magazine ahead of the release of her historical fiction book A Most Intriguing Lady on March 7.
The 63-year-old said in quotes reported by the Daily Mail: “I don't believe that any single person has the right to judge another person. I'm not in a position myself to make any judgments.
“I have been judged all my life, and I have no judgment on the Sussexes.”
She then added that Princess Diana would be “incredibly proud” of her five grandchildren – Harry and Meghan's son Archie, three, and daughter Lilibet, one, as well as Prince William and Kate Middleton's youngsters Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven and Prince Louis, four.
When Harry was asked by wife Meghan whether the Royal Family could cut their security after they decided to relocate to California, Harry says there is “no way” considering Prince Andrew sill gets protection.
Harry adds that there is an “obligation” and an “implicit promise” to protect them.
When Meghan asks if it could ever be removed, Harry adds: “Never. Not in this climate of hate. And not after what happened to my mother.
“Also, not in the wake of my Uncle Andrew. Despite being embroiled in a shameful scandal, accused of sexually assaulting a young girl, no one had even suggested removing his security.
“People have had plenty of reasons to complain about us, sex crimes weren’t one of them.”
