Sarah Ferguson did not publicly mark her former husband, Prince Andrew‘s, sixty fifth birthday this week as she stayed unusually quiet on all her social media accounts.
The Duke of York turned 65 on Thursday, February 20, nevertheless, his milestone birthday was not marked publicly by any members of the Royal Household.
Fergie, as she is known as by her family and friends, is thought for being notably energetic on her social media accounts and her heartfelt tributes to different members of the Agency on their birthdays, even those who’ve handed away just like the late Queen Elizabeth and the late Princess Diana.
However as a substitute of posting a message about her ex-husband, whom she lives with at Royal Lodge and stays shut, the Duchess of York posted a totally completely different video selling a meditation app.
In the meantime, their youthful daughter, Princess Eugenie, who’s on Instagram, didn’t publish something about her father’s birthday both. Princess Beatrice doesn’t have any social media accounts.
Final yr, the Duchess of York made a heartfelt tribute to the late Queen to mark her birthday on April 21.
Fergie uploaded an image of the monarch and wrote: “In the present day we’re remembering Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 97th[sic] birthday.
“Thanks for all that you’ve taught us, for being a steadfast chief and expensive buddy. You might be sorely missed.”
It’s price noting that the Royal Household don’t publicly mark birthday non-working members of the Agency other than vital birthdays. This is the reason Prince Harry‘s fortieth birthday was marked final yr.
One of many late Queen’s choices was to to solely publicly mark the birthdays of non-working royals when these resulted in a zero.
Andrew is not a working royal as he stepped down in 2019 on account of his hyperlinks to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The final time the royals together with Fergie, as per Elizabeth’s rule, wished him a contented birthday was in 2020, when he turned 60.