The following article mentions suicidal ideation and sexual assault allegations.
But one person who has appeared to have Harry and Meghan’s backs is Sarah Ferguson.
Here’s a look inside her relationship with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
“She always had a soft spot for Meghan,” a source toldCloser Weekly.
In an interview withVoguein 2019, Ferguson discussed Meghan with incredible warmth and sympathy.
The duchess drew comparisons between Meghan and her own treatment at the hands of the press.
“It must be hard for Meghan, and I can relate to her,” she said.
“I believe she is modern and fabulous.
She was famous before.
Why can’t Meghan be great?
Why can’t she be celebrated?”
Also that year, Ferguson penned an open letter viaHello!magazine’s #HelloToKindness initiative.
In fact, Harry was reportedly insistent that his divisive aunt be there.
“Harry always planned to invite [her],” a source toldE!
Harry has always been fond of Ms. Ferguson and he would never want to exclude a family member."
““That is a big, big point.”
Before meeting her beau’s grandmother, Meghan met with Ferguson, who helped initiate her into royal life.
Namely, the Duchess of York taught Meghan how to greet the queen.
“Fergie came outside, somewhat aflutter, and said: Do you know how to curtsy?”
Prince Harry wrote in his memoir, “Spare.”
“Meg shook her head.
Meg imitated her.”
“Right in front of the house we practiced and ran in …
However, sources toldHarper’s Bazaarthat Ferguson already knew about the pregnancy prior to Eugenie’s wedding.
However, Eugenie didn’t appear to take the issue to heart.
“They bond over their pregnancies.”
However, Sarah Ferguson could see Harry and Meghan’s point of view.
“And she makes him happy.
And I love to see that little boy that cried at the funeral to have happiness now.”
She echoed such sentiments in a chat with “Good Morning Britain” (viaHello!)
As such, she declared that folks need to be kinder to one another.
“I wish Harry and Meghan so much happiness.”
“I love watching everything on Netflix …
I also think that one day I’d like to do a documentary,” she offered.
She also declined to criticize the couple for relocating to the U.S., drawing comparisons with her own experiences.
So, I can understand why he would [do that],” she said.
One way she has seemingly ingratiated herself with the royals is by taking sides in the Megxit drama.
As the old adage goes, you are the company you keep.
He claimed that Meghan was lying about feeling suicidal during her time in the royal family.
“I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word she said, Meghan Markle.
He later claimed that a number of royals offered their support following his contentious remarks.
“Well, you could’t have it both ways,” she reflected.
“you’re able to’t sit on the fence and keep one foot in and one foot out.
You’re either in or out.
But then don’t cry about not being invited to weddings.
You chose to leave, now go and live it and be it.”
Ferguson also offered sympathy to King Charles III in the wake of his rift with Harry.
It was an unusual move considering that Ferguson and the monarch have a long history of bad blood.
“I don’t know how he’s managing.
I really don’t,” she said.
Speaking toEntertainment Tonightin 2021, Sarah Ferguson praised Harry and Meghan for pursuing their own distinct paths in life.
Similarly, she waxed lyrical about Harry, deeming him a good person who deserves compassion and support.
“I don’t really know Meghan,” she told The Telegraph in 2023.
“I haven’t really met her.
I spoke to her at the funeral, and I thought she looked absolutely beautiful.
I think she is beautiful.”
It marked the first time a royal had publicly condemned Andrew.
