Sarah Ferguson.Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
Sarah Fergusonis celebrating thecoronationofKing Charlesin her own way.
The Duchess of York, 63, who will not be in attendance at the historic May 6 ceremony, shared on Instagram Friday how she will be marking the occasion — complete with a corgi and afternoon tea “fit for a King.”
Alongside aseries of photos of a corginext to an afternoon tea set up, Sarah, who is popularly known as Fergie, wrote, “I hope you have got the bunting out ready for the Coronation tomorrow. I certainly have. Today I assembled a tea fit for a King which I shared with the residents at the Manor Care Home in Windsor to help them celebrate. Enjoy the weekend!”
In the pictures, the corgi is seen sitting on a regal-looking chair featuring a Union Jack-printed cushion. Next to the corgi is a table covered with a red and white checked tablecloth and filled with afternoon tea items, including a spectacular cake, finger sandwiches and scones.
A menu of the cake’s ingredients revealed it had been named ‘Charles’ Crunchy Cream Cake' after King Charles and contained honey sponge, golden cream and edible glitter. Meanwhile another menu, placed next to a silver gilded teapot, offered ‘Camilla’s tea’ with lemon, ginger or green options.
It’s thought the corgi could be one ofQueen Elizabeth’s two surviving corgis, Sandy and Muick (pronounced “Mick”), who Sarah adopted following her passing on Sept. 8, 2022.
But in March, Sarah exclusively told PEOPLE thatcaring for the U.K.’s most famous petscomes with some stress.
Queen Elizabeth’s corgis at her funeral.GLYN KIRK/POOL/AFP via Getty
She added, “They’re with me a lot, and they think I’m very funny.”
Sarah Ferguson.Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty
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“I personally will be having a little tearoom and coronation chicken sandwich and putting out the bunting, that’s what I’m going to be doing. Because that would make me very happy,” she said on April 5.
“I also love to watch it on the telly because you hear a lot on the telly. The commentators are always good. And then all the family come back.”
“Because, remember, I am divorced from him,” Sarah continued, referencing her relationship with ex-husband Prince Andrew. “I don’t expect — you can’t have it both ways. You can’t be divorced and then say, ‘I want this.‘You’re in or you’re out.”
source: people.com
