Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson had DIVORCE PACT – but Diana did it for that reason | Royal | New

The sisters-in-law quickly became close after being married to the royal family at a young age.

But years of public surveillance in the royal family had adverse consequences and the women quietly plotted to let their husband, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew, escape their lives in the spotlight.

However, when information about Sarah's secret project to leave Prince Andrew was leaked to the press, Princess Diana broke the deal, according to royal experts in a clip recently discovered in 1997.

Allan Starkie, author of "Fergie, His Secret Life," said he had learned the feminine pact on a train trip with John Bryan, an oil lover.

Speaking on the documentary "Fergie: Fall of the Duchess", he said: "In early 1992, I went on a trip to Dartmoor with John Bryan, very early in his involvement with the Duchess's train he told me that Princess Diana and the Duchess had formed a divorce pact together sometime before, where they were going to divorce their respective spouses simultaneously.

"But the palace convinced them that it was going to be too destructive for that and that it would be organized."

News of the marriage collapse of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew was leaked to the press early in 1992 before the two men had the chance to "stage" their separation.

And instead of leaving her own husband after years of an unhappy marriage, Princess Diana decided to stay with Charles Princes to avoid public ridicule.

Judy Wade, writer and royal journalist, said Sarah's release from the royal family was a "rehearsal" for Princess Diana.

She said, "A lot of people, including myself at one point, believed that someone sympathizing with Diana had leaked the story of Fergie's wish to leave Andrew because they thought that it would help Diana know what would happen to Sarah if she left. it would be a kind of rehearsal for Diana.

"It certainly seemed beneficial to Diana and she quickly changed her mind and delayed her separation for a while.

"At one point, Sarah and Diana were determined to leave together, but that was not the case and Diana of course found that Fergie was quickly a victim of the palace.

It was not until 1996 that Diana divorced her husband, Prince Charles, father of his two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.

Princess Diana, who died in a car accident in Paris in 1997, allegedly began an affair with Charles's friend and great art dealer Oliver Hoare in 1992 after the death of his father Earl Spencer.

But when Mr. Hoare's wife threatened to divorce in 1993, he broke the case.

Meanwhile, despite division in 1992, Sarah and Prince Andrew waited until 1996 to divorce.

By this time, Fergie's business with close friends Steve Wyatt and John Bryan had been made public.