July 23, 2016

Prince Andrew, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, first met Sarah Ferguson when they were children. They did not become romantically involved until they met again at a party at Floors Castle in 1985. Diana, Princess of Wales, Andrew's sister-in-law, played a hand in matchmaking the couple. Four months after announcing their engagement, Andrew and Sarah married on July 23, 1986, at Westminster Abbey in London. By marriage, Sarah became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York, Countess of Inverness and Baroness of Killyleagh, also attaining the rank of Princess of the United Kingdom. Andrew and Sarah announced their separation in 1992, and divorced on May 30, 1996. After the couple's divorce, Sarah lost the style Her Royal Highness, becoming "Sarah, Duchess of York", and was no longer a British Princess.