Overview

• The Duchess of York has revisited her claim that palace obligations allowed her only 40 days with Prince Andrew during their six-year marriage.
• The pair have maintained an unusually close post-divorce relationship, living together at Royal Lodge and co-parenting Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
• Sarah Ferguson has publicly defended Prince Andrew through his legal controversies, including the civil suit filed by Virginia Giuffre.
• Prince Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 after a BBC Newsnight interview and has since had all his military appointments suspended.
• His 22-year Royal Navy career, highlighted by service in the Falklands War and command of HMS Cottesmore, contrasts sharply with his withdrawn public role.