Sarah Ferguson, Princess Beatrice.Photo:Jo Hale/WireImage; Royal Hashemite Court/NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL
Jo Hale/WireImage; Royal Hashemite Court/NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL
Sarah Fergusonsays it was special to seePrincess Beatricesparkling in her tiara.
The Duchess of York, popularly known as Fergie, voiced her joy about how her eldest daughter recently wore theYork tiarafor the first time on hernew podcast,Tea Talks with the Duchess & Sarah. In the second episode of the show, released Wednesday, Fergie said she was honored that Princess Beatrice, 34, wore the diamond tiara toCrown Prince Husseinof Jordan’sroyal weddingto Princess Rajwa on June 1 — which came with a funny story!
“The first hairdresser she went to, she put the tiara on thinking she’d watched too much Disney. Right at the front!” Fergie said with a laugh. “But anyway, Beatrice then did it and put it on herself. But she did look incredible, I was very, very proud of her.”
Princess Beatrice.Royal Hashemite Court/Youtube
Royal Hashemite Court/Youtube
The moment marked Princess Beatrice’ssecond timeever wearing a tiara in public and her first time in the York tiara.
Fergie received the special headpiece as a gift fromQueen ElizabethandPrince Philip, and she wore it when she marriedPrince Andrewin 1986. In the years that followed, the Duchess of York wore the delicate head-topper for various white-tie events.
Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew.John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty
Princess Beatrice first wore a tiara at her own wedding, glittering in theQueen Mary diamond fringe tiarawhen she marriedEdoardo Mapelli Mozziin July 2020. In another sweet family connection, the timeless tiara was the same one Queen Elizabeth wore when she married Prince Philip in 1947.
The Queen’s daughter,Princess Anne, also wore the tiara for her 1973 wedding day.
“The Queen saved this grand tiara specifically for Beatrice. It was always reserved for her as they are exceptionally close,” asource previously told PEOPLEof the historic tiara, calling it “arguably the most sentimental [piece] lent from the Queen yet.”
On the latest episode ofTea Talks, co-host Sarah Thomson asked Fergie if she prepared the York tiara in any way before her daughter wore it.
It turned out that Princess Beatrice and Edo attended the royal wedding of Jordan on June 1 with asecret. Though Buckingham Palace had not yet shared the news, Princess Beatrice’s sisterPrincess Eugeniehad welcomed her second son! On Monday, the palace announced that Princess Eugenie, 33, gave birth to a child named Ernest George Ronnie on May 30. She and her husband,Jack Brooksbank, were already parents to a 2-year-old son,August.
Ernest Brooksbank.Princess Eugenie/instagram
Princess Eugenie/instagram
OnTea Talks, Fergie revealed that another sweet moment from the week was taking care of Beatrice and Edo’s 1-year-old daughterSiennawhile her parents were away at the wedding in Jordan last week. Edo also shares 7-year-old son Christopher Woolf with his ex-girlfriend Dara Huang, and Fergie said the siblings share a tight bond.
“Sienna is very, very strong. She’s 18 months, and Wolfie, her brother, is 7, so she’s really strong. She has to be,” Fergie said on the podcast. “Wolfie says, ‘Come on Sienna,’ and off they go. And they’re very close and have a great relationship.”
“So I was allowed while Beatrice was in Jordan to have Sienna to play and to stay with me. So it was very nice, the last couple of days, I’ve managed to really have a bond and guess what my bond is?” she asked Thomson, who guessed Barbie dolls.
“No, I give her a little sip of tea out of my teacup. So now, I give her a little tiny bit of tea,” she shared, adding that she splashes in cold water to dilute it for the toddler.
“It’s a special treat for GG to do a little tea,” she added, referencing hernickname as a grandmotherwhich she first mentioned earlier in the episode.
Sienna Mapelli Mozzi, August Brooksbank, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie.Princess Eugenie/Instagram; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty for Loci
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While recently speaking toPEOPLEabout her latest novelA Most Intriguing Lady,Fergie said she loved everything about being a grandmother.
“One, I’m really proud of my girls. Two, I have very good grandchildren,” she told PEOPLE. “They just follow me around like Peter Pan. I’m ‘Super Gran Pan.’ Whenever they see me, they laugh. They think I’m very funny.”
source: people.com
