RICHARD EDEN: Fergie explains why she will not be remarrying Prince Andrew as she scotches rumours of the pair exchanging vows for a second time

Friends of the Duke and Duchess of York have been predicting the couple would remarry for more than a decade.

But now Fergie has finally quashed rumors that she would ever exchange vows with her former husband for a second time.

‘I get asked that all the time [about whether they will remarry]’, says Sara. ‘We are happy with the way things are going now, thank you.’

The couple, who married at Westminster Abbey in 1986, have remained close since they divorced ten years later. They both live in the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.

They bought a chalet in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier in 2014 for £18 million on a joint mortgage. It was described at the time as a ‘family investment’ and sold in 2022 for £19 million.

Pictured: The Duke and Duchess of York on their wedding day on July 23, 1986

The couple have remained close since they divorced ten years after their marriage in 1986

While promoting her latest novel, the Duchess, 64, praised Prince Andrew, also 64, with whom she has two daughters, Princess Beatrice, 35, and Princess Eugenie, 34.

Beatrice has a daughter, Sienna, with her husband, the property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Eugenie has two sons, August and Ernest, with her husband, Jack Brooksbank, a marketing manager.

Andrew stepped down from royal duties following his disastrous interview with BBC’s Newsnight in 2019. However, Fergie says he is doing ‘really well’ and that ‘he is loving being a grandfather. He’s a great father and grandfather.”

Yesterday, Andrew got a morale boost when he was mentioned twice in the Court Circular, the official record of royal engagements, even though he is no longer a ‘working royal’.

He was recorded as accompanying King Charles at a ‘Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the Throne Room at Windsor Castle’, as well as at the luncheon party later that day.