Sarah Ferguson is recovering with her family after undergoing a breast cancer operation, her spokesperson has said.After being diagnosed following a routine mammogram, the Duchess of York is being supported by her family at Royal Lodge in Windsor - including ex-husband Prince Andrew - with children Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
Despite being divorced for 27 years, Fergie's representatives have confirmed in a statement that she is staying at the property she shares with the Duke of York, the Mirror reports.The pair's arrangement is certainly unique, as they have not been married for some time, but Fergie says they are the "happiest divorced couple in the world".
Marrying in 1986, things soon fell apart, with Andrew's naval career forcing the pair to spend months away from each other.Speaking on to US TV host Ernie Manouse in 2010, Fergie explained that she barely got to see her partner, with days together working out collectively to just over one month annually."My deal was that I was marrying my man, who happened to be a prince and a naval officer.", she said. "But what I got was not the man, I got the palace and didn't get him.
For our marriage, I saw him 40 days a year."The couple separated in March 1992 after it was speculated that the Duchess was having an affair with Steve Wyatt who was there for her when she was "exceptionally low" according to David Leigh, co-author of The Duchess of York Uncensored.However, Steve soon became engaged to another woman, and five months after the separation announcement, Fergie was ensnared with scandal as compromising photographs of the duchess with Steve's friend John Bryan emerged.Taken at her villa in St Tropez, the images showed John, her "financial advisor", kissing
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