Princess Eugenie has revealed the most important life given to her by her mother, Sarah Ferguson.
During a recent interview for Cressida Bonas’s podcast, Lessons From Our Mothers, the youngest of Prince Andrew’s brood said learning to harness one’s inner strength was one of the most important lessons she had gleaned from her mother.
The daughters of the Duchess of York, Princessess Eugenie, 35, and Beatrice, 36, are known to share a close bond with Sarah and even refer to themselves as the ‘tripod‘.
Both appeared on the podcast last month, joined by hosts Cressida and Isabella Branson, to reflect on what thy had learned from Sarah over the years.
Revealing the most important takeaway from her upbringing, Eugenie said: ‘I think for me, it’s the fire inside, you know, the strength inside of you. And how to bring that out, and to pull it in when you most need it’.
The sisters emphasised the importance of ‘collaborating’ with one another to source solutions, something else they had picked up from Sarah, affectionately known as Fergie.
‘The forced collaboration, you’re slightly annoyed about because she’s pushing on a bit of a nerve, but the forced collaboration and that joy of the making up at the end was a big part of what she instilled in us,’ Beatrice said.
‘This sense that it’s OK to feel, it’s OK to push on those emotions, but you have to figure out what the resolution looks like as well. So she was very resolution-driven,’ the royal added.
Princess Eugenie has revealed the most important life given to her by her mother, Sarah Ferguson. Pictured during a visit to the Teenage Cancer in April
During a recent interview for Cressida Bonas’s podcast, Lessons From Our Mothers, the youngest of Prince Andrew’s brood said learning to harness one’s inner strength was one of the most important lessons she had gleaned from her mother. Pictured with Sarah Ferguson, centre, and Princess Beatrice, left
‘The more I get to know her in my life, the more incredible this woman is becoming. As a mum, she is becoming more effervescent in her ability to bring joy,’ she gushed, adding that Sarah was now ‘reaching her greatness’ aged 64.
Achievements that Beatrice was particularly proud of given ‘what’s she been through in the last year’, predominately related to her various ‘health issues’.
The Duchess, who shares Beatrice and Eugenie with ex-husband Prince Andrew, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, just months before receiving another diagnosis for malignant melanoma.
Though she remains positive, having recently described feeling ‘better than ever’, the mother-of-two has been told by doctors to avoid the phrase ‘cancer free’.
Reflecting on Sarah’s strength and compassion for other’s battling cancer, Beatrice said: ‘She loves nothing more than meeting people and those that are also suffering from cancer because there’s so much empathy there.’
She added that she was grateful to still have her mother ‘around’ for when she herself ‘needs mothering’.
Reflecting on their own bond, Beatrice and Eugenie credited their close relationship to their mother’s lose ties to her sister, Jane.
It comes just days after Princess Eugenie shared a rare glimpse into her own life as a mother, sharing a sweet tribute to her ‘golden boy’, Ernest, as she celebrated his second birthday with husband, Jack Brooksbank.
Reflecting on their own bond, Beatrice and Eugenie credited their close relationship to their mother’s lose ties to her sister, Jane. Pictured in June 2023
The Duchess, who shares Beatrice and Eugenie with ex-husband Prince Andrew, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, just months before receiving another diagnosis for malignant melanoma. Pictured in April
On Friday, she shared a series of photographs of her sons Ernest, two, and August, four, to mark her youngest’s birthday on Friday.
In one photograph, Ernest is thrown into the air by his father while on a snowy ski trip.
In another, he plays in the mud with his four-year-old brother.
Ernie is also seen being held by his mother while on a ski trip, the youngster bundled up in a bright teal snowsuit and holding firmly to a lion-shaped comforter.
And in another, he adorably wears a pair of sunglasses upside-down.
The mother-of-two said: ‘Happy Birthday my darling Ernie. 2 today! And what an incredible two years it’s been.
‘Always smiling, always laughing, always giving hugs and hello’s and making everyone happy.
‘My golden boy, we love you!’
In other pictures from the rare snapshot, Ernie and August are seen holding hands as they walk down a street in London, with another picturing them together on an airplane.
Eugenie recently opened up about the ‘sense of shame’ she felt when she first saw her scoliosis scar.
In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the royal mother-of-two, 34, also discussed how her Sarah Ferguson raised her to be proud of her scar after she went underwent surgery at the age of 12.
In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter had rods inserted into her spine after she was diagnosed with scoliosis (curvature of the spine), and told that she would need corrective surgery.
After the eight-hour operation, Prince Andrew’s daughter spent three days in intensive care, a week on a spinal ward and six days in a wheelchair before she was able to walk again.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Eugenie revealed she had a ‘sense of shame’ when she couldn’t wash or dress herself and was shown her scar, which runs down her neck and spine.
However, she claimed her mother, the Duchess of York, removed all the stigma about the scar and helped her see it in a positive light.
Eugenie said: ‘She was amazing. She’d ask me if she could show it to people, then she’d turn me around and say, “my daughter is superhuman, you’ve got to check out her scar”.
‘All of sudden it was a badge of honour – a cool thing I had. It trained my brain that it’s ok, scars are cool.’
