EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Sarah Ferguson was given a royal Windsor funeral by the late Queen… But she will be buried at Frogmore – a mile away from where Prince Philip rests

Sarah, Duchess of York, recently restored to the festive walk of Sandringham after more than thirty years, was honored by the late Queen just before her death.

HM approved a funeral at St George’s Chapel Windsor for Fergie, followed by internment at the Royal Family cemetery at Frogmore.

For Sarah this is a special honor, as befits the mother of princesses of royal blood. It has another advantage.

Frogmore is located some distance from the Royal Vault at St George’s Chapel, where Prince Philip rests. He would turn his head at the prospect of Fergie sleeping under the same roof.

This is the Royal Mausoleum in Frogmore Gardens where the Duchess of York will be buried

The Royal Mausoleum was built in 1862 and is the final resting place of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Queen Elizabeth II is pictured on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the occasion of her 60th birthday in April 1986, along with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York

The king’s whining about his ‘sausage fingers’ during the coronation rehearsals belies the fact that they caused any concern.

The coronation ring, made for the coronation of William IV in 1831 and worn by all monarchs except Queen Victoria, was a challenge for Charles. Sources report that a plan to have it changed was abandoned.

Coincidentally, Charles decided to touch it only symbolically. On that day, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby would have struggled to force it onto the traditional fourth finger. Adding to the problem, the coronation glove had to be worn over it.

The king had rejected the custom of commissioning a new glove and using it George VI. It was tight even after being properly stretched by flunkeys beforehand.

The king’s whining about his ‘sausage fingers’ during the coronation rehearsals belies the fact that they caused any concern. King Charles III pictured being crowned with St. Edward’s Crown by the Archbishop of Canterbury during his coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London on May 6, 2023.

Charles’ fingers have attracted attention before, with some jokingly comparing them to sausages

Prince William is pictured with King Charles during rehearsals for the king’s coronation at Westminster Abbey in London

Perhaps the king wanted to avoid Queen Victoria’s suffering. Her ornate figures were too small for William IV’s ring, so a new one was ordered.

The Crown Jeweler had measured the fourth finger correctly, but Archbishop William Howley forced it to the wrong little finger.

Victoria wrote: ‘The Archbishop had put the ring (very clumsily) on the wrong finger, and the result was that I had the greatest difficulty in taking it off again, which I finally did with great pain.’ She was not amused.

Anxious to appear better nourished on screen, fruity presenter Kirstie Allsopp now insists: ‘Every day someone says, “Oh, you look younger/smaller/thinner in real life.”‘

But as she watches the latest episode of her Love It or List It show, she whines: “That dastardly camera weighs 10 pounds!”

Fruity presenter Kirstie Allsopp (pictured) is worried about appearing more nourished on screen and now says: ‘Every day someone says, “Oh, you look younger/smaller/thinner in real life.”

Priapic Richard Burton wanted to add novelist Edna O’Brien to his extramarital sexual conquests alongside Claire Bloom, Mary Ure and Lana Turner, claims Erotic Vagrancy author Roger Lewis.

“He couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t go into the bedroom,” says Edna, now 93.

Roger whispers, “Edna wasn’t so reserved when Robert Mitchum was around.”

Comic genius Caroline Aherne, honored by The Royle Family co-writer Craig Cash in a celebratory BBC Two documentary, was a notorious prankster. She and Craig Cash were pictured together on the show in 1998

Image shows (L-R) Sue Johnston as Barbara, Ricky Tomlinson as Jim, Ralf Little as Antony, Craig Cash as Dave and Caroline Aherne as Denise in series two of The Royale Family

Comic genius Caroline Aherne, honored by The Royle Family co-writer Craig Cash at a celebration BBC Two documentaries, was a notorious prankster.

Cash recalled a train journey from Manchester to London: ‘She disappeared for a few minutes and came back with the guard and she was standing behind him giggling, and he said, ‘I think it’s your birthday and you’d like to sit with the driver. Come this way.’ Rest in peace Caroline.