There’s an unmistakable poignancy to our cover story this week. Just two years after being welcomed back into royal life, Sarah Ferguson once again finds herself on the sidelines – and without any royal status, as ex-husband Prince Andrew finally gives up his Duke of York title, meaning she is no longer a duchess. However complex her own history (she has admitted to serious lapses in judgment), it’s hard not to feel for Sarah – who has battled cancer twice – and, more so, her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, as they navigate the fallout from Andrew’s missteps. Above all, our sympathies lie with the family of his late accuser, Virginia Giuffre, whose posthumous memoir brings fresh and painful details to light.
Amid the sadness, though, life and love…
