Sarah Ferguson has shared a sweet tribute to Princess Diana on what would have been her 63rd birthday.
The Duchess of York wrote the message on her personal Instagram account.
“Happy birthday to my dear friend, Diana,” she started the message. “You were a pillar of light and love. And what a legacy you have left behind.
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”I will forever remember our laughter and the kindred, kind spirit I found in you,” she continued.
“I am sure you are watching over us always. Rest in peace my friend.”
Ferguson posted the tribute alongside a photo from Trooping the Colour in 1990.
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At the time, Ferguson was still married to Prince Andrew and Diana to Prince Charles, now King Charles.
Both couples would separate in 1992 and divorce in 1996.
The following year on August 31, 1997, Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris.
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Ferguson and Diana reportedly remained friends after the end of their marriages and it has since been revealed the pair were fourth cousins, both descended from William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire.
Their mothers, who went to school together, were also best friends, which meant they met as children – although they only became close after reconnecting in 1980, when Fergie was 21 and Diana was 19.
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Following the end of their marriages Ferguson and Diana would continue to meet for lunch, even holidaying in the South of France together.
Diana reportedly stopped speaking to Fergie in 1996, which coincided with the release of the former Duchess of York’s autobiography My Story.
The then-Princess of Wales reportedly did not appreciate the way she was written about in her friend’s book and the pair were said to still not on be speaking terms when Diana died.
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