Sarah Ferguson has spoken out about Prince Harry's decision to move to America with Meghan Markle, amid reports the King decided to evict the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from Frogmore after the release of Spare.
The Duchess of York spent more than a decade living in the US after she split from Prince Andrew in 1996 and dubbed the country "a wonderful place" to stay.
Because of her pleasant experience there, Fergie has said she "can understand" why her nephew Harry would choose to pack up his life and move overseas.
In a new interview with the Telegraph about her relationship with the Royal Family, the Duchess said: "I can't speak for [Harry].
"But I will say that after I got divorced, I spent 12 years in America, writing books, and it was a wonderful place for me. I felt free there."
Sarah added that she cannot "thank Americans enough" for their hospitality and so she "can understand why he would [do that]".
Fergie's comments come after it was reported that King Charles is drawing up a "range of options" to placate his brother Andrew after insisting he must leave his grace-and-favour Royal Lodge mansion.
The monarch will tempt the Duke of York with houses across the royal portfolio after it emerged one option presented to him includes Harry and Meghan's Frogmore Cottage home on the same Windsor estate.
In another recent interview, Sarah openly said that she is convinced Queen Elizabeth II's ghost is making her surviving corgis "bark at nothing".
Fergie adopted the late Queen's beloved pet pooches, Sandy and Muick, following the former monarch's death last year.
"They are national icons, so every time they run chasing a squirrel, I panic," the Duchess of York told People.
"But they're total joys, and I always think that when they bark at nothing, and there's no squirrels in sight, I believe it's because the Queen is passing by."
Sarah added that Sandy and Muick (pronounced "Mick") are in her company a lot of the time and she suspects the animals think she is "very funny".
The royal dogs were a gift to the Queen by Sarah and her ex-husband and their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, in 2021.
Then after her passing, at the age of 96, the pooches were given back to the Duchess to look after.
Sandy and Muick joined Andrew and Fergie's five Norfolk terriers at the home they share - Royal Lodge in Windsor - and they all enjoy each other's company.
"They all balance out, the carpet moves as I move but I've got used to it now," Sarah told The Telegraph in October.
