While Charles\u2019s marriage to Diana<\/a> takes prominence in the show\u2019s run, the Queen\u2019s \u2018Annus Horribilis\u2019, set to be featured in the fifth season, also saw the divorce of Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips, and the separation of Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah Ferguson.<\/span><\/p>\n But just how did Andrew\u2019s relationship with Sarah play out, how did they meet, why did they get divorced, and what has actor James Murray<\/a> said about playing Andrew in The Crown season 5?<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about the real-life relationship between Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been reported that Prince Andrew\u2019s very first meeting with Sarah Ferguson was actually when the pair were children<\/a>. Ferguson\u2019s father was a former military captain, who served as polo manager to Prince Philip. It was during this time that the Prince and Sarah reportedly played tag in the polo fields.<\/p>\n Their meeting again as adults was reportedly down to the involvement of Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana and Sarah were in fact childhood friends<\/a> themselves, and reconnected in 1980. Diana then invited Sarah to her wedding to Charles which took place in 1981, after which Sarah became a member of her inner circle<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 1985, Diana reportedly recommended that Sarah be invited to an event at Windsor Castle, which was where she went on to reconnect Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n The pair\u2019s relationship moved quickly, with Ferguson reportedly forming positive relationships with both the Queen and Prince Philip<\/a>.<\/p>\n Less than a year after they formally started dating Andrew proposed to Sarah on his 26th birthday, 19th February 1986.<\/p>\n Their engagement was publicly announced on 19th March that year, and the couple went on to marry at Westminster Abbey, 23rd July 1986. It was on this day that the Queen gave them the titles of Duke and Duchess of York.<\/p>\n Two years later, in 1988, the couple had their first child, their daughter Beatrice. Eugenie, their second daughter, was born in 1990.<\/p>\n However, the relationship broke down quickly, in part reportedly because of Prince Andrew\u2019s naval career keeping him away from home for long stretches at a time. Hello!<\/a> reported that the couple saw one another for just 40 days per year for the first five years of their marriage.<\/p>\n Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson officially separated in early 1992. Following this, later that year, Ferguson was involved in a public scandal, as the Daily Mirror<\/a> published photographs of American financial manager John Bryan kissing Sarah\u2019s toes as she sunbathed topless in St Tropez.<\/p>\n The couple later divorced in 1996, with Sarah reportedly having grown estranged from the family following her scandal.<\/p>\n However, in the following years, relationships between Sarah and members of the Royal family became more positive. She was invited to Prince Harry\u2019s wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018, and that same year was seen in the Royal Box<\/a> at Ascot with the Queen.<\/p>\n She attended Queen Elizabeth\u2019s state funeral<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p> James Murray plays Andrew in The Crown season 5, and he recently spoke about the research he undertook for the role.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI delved deep because there\u2019s not that much, bizarrely, on Andrew. Either he kept himself private or people weren\u2019t as interested in him as perhaps they were in Charles or Anne. Once things fell apart with Sarah Ferguson and he became \u2018Randy Andy\u2019 the Palace press agency probably advised him to keep quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n Murray also teased Andrew\u2019s \u201cnarrative arc\u201d for season 5, saying: \u201cHis divorce from Sarah Ferguson is the main story for him this season. It\u2019s not going great, and he\u2019s got an eye for others.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s lovely in the way Peter [Morgan] wrote it was that yes, he asked the Queen for a divorce, but it wasn\u2019t necessarily for the reasons you might think \u2013 that she\u2019d been photographed doing all sorts of things with other men. He asked because he felt like he had no choice, and because he knows it\u2019s going to make the family look bad if he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n \u201cIt also makes him look bad, but he really loves Fergie and has forgiven her. It\u2019s not like, \u2018Oh, she\u2019s cheated on me, so she\u2019s gone.\u2019 But he knows it can\u2019t continue because he belongs to this bizarre family where something like that would never work.\u201d<\/p>\n Murray also said he\u2019s learnt \u201chow quick people are to judge\u201d since taking on the role.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s difficult, because a lot of opinions about Andrew in recent years have rightfully been negative, so people will turn any ambiguous story into a negative one if they\u2019ve decided somebody is a wrong \u2018un.\u201d<\/p>\n The Duke of York has hit the headlines in recent years, with his military titles and royal patronages stripped from him<\/a> in February after being accused of sexual assault in a US case.<\/p>\n In March, Prince Andrew paid a settlement to Virginia Giuffre<\/a>, who alleged that the royal sexually assaulted her when she was 17, formally ending the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Crown season 5 will be released on Netflix<\/a> on Wednesday 9th November 2022, while seasons 1-4 are available now. <\/strong>Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 03 November 2022 at 12:00 am As The Crown heads into the 1990s with its fifth season, its focus turns more than ever to the Queen\u2019s children \u2013 Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. 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