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With news of an impending engagement any time now, insiders say \u2018shameless\u2019 Prince Andrew is begging the royals to fund his Happy Ever After<\/p>\n
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Prince Andrew is said to be ready to propose to ex-wife Sarah Ferguson<\/p>\n
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While scandal has followed them for decades, Sarah Ferguson once quipped that she and Prince Andrew are \u201cthe happiest divorced couple in the world\u201d. Now, with rumours of a remarriage \u2013 nearly thirty years after their 1996 divorce \u2013 strengthened by Sarah\u2019s skin cancer diagnosis last month, an engagement could\u00a0 be fast-tracked to this year, with a source revealing how Andrew, 63, is determined to prove just how special \u2018Fergie\u2019, 64, is to him.<\/p>\n
The insider says, \u201cAndrew is not going to be talked out of this, he wants Sarah to be his lawful wedded wife again. He feels she deserves that after all the loyalty and love she\u2019s shown him in his difficult time.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that she\u2019s facing this health crisis Andrew is convinced that he needs to propose. He wants to let it be known to her and the world that she\u2019s the true love of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, after being all but estranged from the Royal Family publicly after being stripped of the title \u2018HRH\u2019 in 2019 when the allegations of sexual assault against him first came to light, the insider reveals the one thing stopping Andrew from putting a royal ring on it \u2013 he can\u2019t afford one. The source adds, \u201cAndrew\u2019s finances are stretched to the limit, he simply can\u2019t afford to give Sarah a proper engagement ring and wedding without the Firm kicking in for it – and he doesn\u2019t see why he\u2019s not owed a little bit of support.<\/p>\n
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Fergie joined Andrew and the Royal Family at Christmas\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u201cHis mother would always bail them out, not just him, so now he\u2019s expecting his family to dip into their personal money to do the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndrew is feeling extremely righteous about this. He doesn\u2019t think this is cheeky or entitled of him at all and says family should stick together in tough times, full stop. He\u2019s really quite shameless about it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, this isn\u2019t the first time the Royal Family have allegedly been forced to intervene for Andrew. His relationship with the late Queen was famously explored in Netflix drama The Crown and he is rumoured to have been his mother\u2019s \u2018favourite son\u2019. And when he was forced to settle his legal case out of court in February 2022, it was his dear \u2018mummy\u2019 who reportedly stepped in to help him fork out an eye-watering \u00a312 million in settlement costs, alongside funding his legal aid throughout the trial.<\/p>\n
But while Prince Charles has famously been stern with Prince Andrew \u2013 forcing him to pay for the maintenance of Royal Lodge and even reportedly threatening to kick him out of the family-owned property \u2013 the source says Andrew is still shamelessly pursuing some royal pocket money in the form of a hefty loan.<\/p>\n
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Andrew is looking for a hefty loan from his brother, King Charles<\/p>\n
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They add, \u201cHe\u2019s got to raise the money from somewhere, and it\u2019s not like he\u2019s able to take out a loan or hit up any old friends \u2013 at least, not discreetly or easily.<\/p>\n
“So the best case scenario here, from his perspective, is to ask members of his family for a loan. It\u2019s not like he\u2019s asking for a straight up hand out, he has every intention of paying this back – he just doesn\u2019t want to wait until he\u2019s got the money because time is of the essence.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the costs don\u2019t stop there, as the insider says Prince Andrew is eyeing up another bash to rival their first wedding in\u00a01986, which took place at Westminster Abbey before the couple shared a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. They add, \u201cHe wants Sarah to have a second wedding that is befitting of the love of his life and cements her status back inside the Firm. He doesn’t want a scrappy blink-and-you\u2019ll miss it type ceremony that\u2019s cheap and cheerful.\u201d<\/p>\n
While they have both remained notoriously at the forefront of royal life as they continue to share their family home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor together, Sarah\u2019s breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy last summer turned the couple\u2019s world upside down. Royal Author Angela Levin said at the time, \u201cYou can keep separate and you want to go your own way but if you are a loving couple, you live together while not married, you start rethinking.\u201d And last month \u2013 just a year after being diagnosed with breast cancer- \u00a0it was revealed that Sarah, who is also grandmother to her daughters’ three children\u00a0– is now facing a battle with skin cancer, with representatives revealing that the mum-of-two is undergoing tests to confirm the disease has been found in its early stages.<\/p>\n
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Andrew and Fergie first married in 1986 and divorced ten years later<\/p>\n
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Following King Charles\u2019 own cancer diagnosis last month, Sarah \u2013 who shares daughters Princess Beatrice, 35, Princess Eugenie, 33, with Andrew- \u00a0took to social media to share her well-wishes. Sharing a picture of her speaking at a cancer charity fundraiser in Florida, Sarah wrote, \u201cHis Majesty is very dear to me and I think I speak for everyone when I say he is in my thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n
A source also added, \u201cThe King and Sarah are incredibly fond of one another and now they have bonded over their respective cancer diagnosis with an exchange of letters.<\/p>\n
Cancer is a wicked disease that affects so many individuals and their families and it\u2019s clear that extra support from loved ones and the extended cancer community can help immeasurably.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, while it\u2019s yet to be known whether the royals will raid their pockets \u2013again – for the Prince, the insider says Andrew does have luck on his side when it comes to the royal\u2019s affection for Fergie \u2013 who unexpectedly joined the family for Christmas in December, while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle remained estranged in California.<\/p>\n
They say, \u201cThe silver lining in all of this is that everyone really likes Sarah, she\u2019s proven her loyalty and discretion many times over.<\/p>\n
They know she\u2019ll be a calming influence on Andrew so, in the end, paying for this wedding, as long as he keeps it relatively simple, could prove to be well worth it for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
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