Braemar, Scotland. Tartan Royals. Children step up to the platform to give posies of heather to a tartan-clad royal family at the Braemar Highland Games today. (From left) the Queen Mother, the Princess and Prince of Wales and the Duchess of York. Braemar is just nine miles away from Balmoral where the Royal Family are on holiday at the moment

Agency: Press Association

London. The Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son, Prince William of Wales in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace today with some of the guests who attended today's christening. They are (from left, standing), Captain Mark Phillips, Prince Phillip, Mr Angus Ogilvy, Queen Anne-Marie, Princess Alexandra, King Constantine, Lady Susan Hussey, Prince Charles, Lord Romsey, the Duchess of Westminster, Earl Spencer, Ruth Lady Fermoy, Sir Laurens Van Der Post and Prince Edward. Seated are (from left), Princess Anne, the Queen, the Princess and her son, the Queen Mother and Mrs Frances Shand-Kydd

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

London. Queen Mother's birthday. Today the Queen Mother celebrating her 86th birthday outside Clarence House, London, joined by her family, including recently returned honeymooners the Duke and Duchess of York. Also in this picture, the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales and Lord Linley

Agency: Press Association

Sandringham. Royal Church Goers. The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew, the Princess of Wales and Princess Anne with her son Master Peter and moon booted daughter Miss Zara Phillips, stop beneath the lych gate of snow bound Sandringham parish church today after attending morning service. Snow dropping from the gate roof causes merriment for the children and Peter turns to look up at the roof

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Press Association Court Photographer]

Royal Smiles. Windsor, Berkshire. Smiles from the Royal family as they pose on the lawn at Frogmore House, Windsor, on the Queen's 39th birthday on 21 April 1965. With the Queen are (from left) Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Philip

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Royal Bride on Palace Balcony. Responding to hearty cheers from the huge crowd below, Princess Margaret and her bride groom, Mr Anthony Armstrong-Jones, wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, today 6 May, after their wedding at Westminster Abbey. From left to right are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; the bridegroom and the bride. The three bridesmaids in left foreground are not identified. In the centre (hands to face) is Lady Virginia Fitzroy

Agency: Associated Press

London. The Royal Party on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London today during which a man was arrested following a shooting incident in the Mall as the Queen rode passed on horseback

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

London. Excitement for members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London during a military fly over to celebrate the Queen's official birthday. (Left to right) Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, (heads behind unidentified) Duke of Gloucester (glasses) Prince and Princess of Wales. The children are Peter Phillips (left) son of Princess Anne, and Frederick (right) son of Prince and Princess Michael

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

Royal Silver Wedding. Pictured at Windsor. Back row, standing, left to right: The Earl of Snowdon; The Duke of Kent; The Duke of Edinburgh; The Earl of St Andrew's (elder son of the Duke of Kent); Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales; Prince Andrew; Honourable Angus Ogilvy and (extreme right) his son, James Ogilvy. Seated on chairs, left to right: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; The Duchess of Kent (holding Lord Nicholas Windsor, her younger son); Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Anne; Marina Ogilvy, and her mother, Princess Alexandra. Seated on the floor, left to right: Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones, Viscount Linley (the children of Princess Margaret); Prince Edward; Lady Helen Windsor (daughter of the Duke of Kent)

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Patrick Lichfield

Agency: Illustrated London News Picture Library

Windsor, England. Seen at christening of Prince Henry. Front row left to right, Lady Fermoy (Princess Diana's grandmother), Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Prince William in the foreground, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana holding Prince Henry, Prince Charles, Mrs Shand-Kydd (Princess Diana's mother). Back row left to right, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, a godmother, Brian Organ, portrait painter, godfather, Prince Andrew, godfather, Prince Phillip, Lord Spencer, Princess Diana's father, Lady Cece Vestey, godmother and Mrs William Bartholomew, godmother

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

London. Queen's birthday parade. Today's composite photo of members of the Royal Family watching the official fly past for the Queen's birthday parade. Looking up from the balcony at Buckingham Palace in London are, from left: the Queen Mother, the Prince of Wales with son Prince William, the Duke of Kent, Princess Margaret, Prince Phillip and the Queen

Agency: Press Association

London. Britain's Royal family wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Queen celebrated her official birthday with the Trooping the Colour ceremony today. Back row from left: Queen, Prince Philip, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Charles, Princess Diana. Front row from left: unidentified child, Prince William, Zara and Peter Philips, Prince Harry

Agency: Reuter

London, Trooping the Colour. The Royal Family with the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg (far right), wave to crowds from the balcony at Buckingham Palace today after Trooping the Colour ceremony. See PA story Royal Colour

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

London. Sarah Ferguson, fiancée of Prince Andrew, shares a joke with the Duchess of Kent on the balcony of Buckingham Palace today. Prince Andrew and Princess Margaret watch the Trooping of the Colour ceremony to celebrate the Queen's official birthday

Agency: Reuter

London. Family occasion, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip waving to crowds outside London's Buckingham Palace, Saturday, following the ceremony of the Trooping of the Colour find the front row of the balcony taken over by younger members of the Royal Family. Others seen are left background Princess and Prince Michael of Kent at right, background the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Children from right to left are Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips, Princess Anne's children and in front of the Queen stands Prince William, Prince Charles' eldest son. Others are unidentified

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Henderson

Agency: Unknown

The front page of the Sunday Mirror claiming "secret meetings in the sidings" between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

Agency: Sunday Mirror

Princess Alexandra and her husband Mr Angus Ogilvy were recovered today after their Rolls Royce and another car collided at the junction of the Horse Guards Approach and the Mall. Picture shows the royal car photographed after the collision

Agency: Barratt's Photo Press

Themes Television's picture of Prince Andrew and Miss Sarah Ferguson, who marry at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday, during an exclusive interview with Andrew Gardner for ITN and Sue Lawley for BBC which is being screened tomorrow evening, Tuesday 22 July

Agency: Press Association

The Royal Yacht Britannia sails into Hong Kong harbour past the 'ever present' construction of sky scrapers in downtown. The Queen arrived in Hong Kong for a two day visit after spending six days in China

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Younger daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson. Obit

Photographer: Desmond O'Neill

A previously unissued library picture of Miss Sarah Ferguson, daughter of the Prince of Wales polo manager Major Ronald Ferguson. A national newspaper today claimed that Miss Ferguson and Prince Andrew are "sweethearts" and speculated that "wedding bells could be near". Obit

ITN Reference: FERG/1

Agency: Press Association

Miss Sarah Ferguson (dark jersey), who today [19 March 1986] became officially engaged to Prince Andrew, aged 12 in June 1972 with school chums from Daneshill School in Basingstoke. Obit

Agency: Press Association

Sarah Ferguson, bride to be of Britain's Prince Andrew, is shown, right, with family members in this album picture made at their Dummer, Southern England, home recently and released Tuesday. Others are, rear, from left, sister Jane and her husband Alex Makim, Mrs Susan Ferguson and father Major Ronald Ferguson; front, from left, maternal grandmother Doreen Wright, nephew Seamus Makim, half sister Alice, half brother Andrew, and paternal grandmother Lady Elmhirst. The picture is a one of a number appearing in the book "Dummer Village", being sold in aid of the charity Birthright

Agency: Associated Press

Sarah After Lunch. Prince Andrew's friend, Miss Sarah Ferguson, and her father Major Ronnie Ferguson, polo manager of the Prince of Wales, leaving Claridges Hotel, London after lunching there today

Agency: Press Association

Miss Sarah Ferguson, the bride of Prince Andrew, newly created Duke of York, on the arm of her father, Major Ronald Ferguson, as they arrived for their long walk through London's Westminster Abbey, Wednesday

Agency: Associated Press

Obit. Featured in Tatler 3 March 1965

Agency: Illustrated London News

Sarah Ferguson on the arm of her father Major Ronald Ferguson inside Westminster Abbey on where Sarah will marry the Duke of York. Sarah wears an ornate and Edwardian full-skirted ivory gown embellished with the naval symbols of her sailor fiancé

Agency: Reuters

Sarah Ferguson with ex-boyfriend Paddy McNally, motor racing manager, together at Silverstone Grand Prix 85

Broadcast Date: 19 March 1986

ITN Reference: FERG/4

Agency: Alpha

Photographer: Alan Davidson

Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson hold hands after the announcement of their engagement at Buckingham Palace today. Colour key: Navy blue jacket, purple neck piece, Sarah is red haired

Agency: Reuter

Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson kiss in the garden of Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth announced their engagement. Colour Key: Navy blue jacket, purple neck piece, Sarah is red haired

Agency: Reuter

Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson kiss in the gardens of Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth announced their engagement today. It is expected the couple will marry later this year

Agency: Reuter

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson at Buckingham Palace, London today for the official announcement of their engagement. On her left hand, the ruby set in ten diamonds engagement ring

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

This afternoon's Royal walkabout in the daffodil strewn forecourt of Buckingham Palace, with Miss Sarah Ferguson (left) aiding her
fiancé Prince Andrew retrieve fallen flowers thrown by children to greet the Queen (light coat, centre, back to camera) on this her 60th birthday

Agency: Press Association

Prince Andrew and his fianceé, Miss Sarah Ferguson at today's polo match, at the Guard's Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor, where Miss Ferguson made the prize presentations including the Queen's Cup

Agency: Press Association

A laughing Prince Andrew gets that special look from his fianceé Sarah Ferguson as they attend a Royal Gala benefit of the King George Fund for sailors at Weymouth, Saturday. The couple will wed on 23 July in London's Westminster Abbey

Agency: Associated Press

The Duchess of York has a firm hold on her 17 month old daughter Princess Beatrice as she takes a tumble in the snow in the Swiss village of Klosters today where the pair are on holiday

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/7

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Martin Keene

Ship's bell peek a boo from the Princess of Wales and Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew's girlfriend, who paid a surprise visit to the prince's ship today. The vessel, HMS Brazen, arrived in the Pool of London yesterday for a four day visit to London

Broadcast Date: 5 February 1986

ITN Reference: FERG/2

Agency: Press Association

Windsor Polo. The Duchess of York is joined by her stepfather Hector Barrantes to watch polo at Windsor today

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Prince Andrew's fianceé Miss Sarah Ferguson with her mother Mrs Susan Barrantes (right) at Smith's Lawn, Windsor yesterday, where Prince Charles was playing polo. Mrs Barrantes and her Argentinian polo playing husband Hector Barrantes flew to London yesterday from Buenos Aires to prepare for their daughter's wedding next month

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Back to Work after a Royal Holiday. It was back to work this morning for Sarah Ferguson, 26 year old friend of Prince Andrew, who was wrapped up against the cold in a cape as she arrived at her work place in London's West End. She has just returned from a skiing holiday with the Prince and Princess of Wales

Agency: Press Association

The Duchess of York, wearing an Armani trouser suit, at last night's charity fashion show in aid of Tommy's Campaign, of which she is patron

Broadcast Date: 22 January 1996

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/133

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Martin Keene

Broadcast Date: 17 January 1996

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/128

Agency: Evening Standard

Prince Andrew's fiancee Miss Sarah Ferguson in a car leaving after attending Easter Day morning pray at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle with members of the Royal Family

Agency: Press Association

The Duchess of York, her ample thighs hidden by a swath of floral fabric, enjoys holiday making with friends along France's Cote d'Azur, in St Tropez. Fergie and her daughters are staying at the villa owned by Lynn Wyall, mother of the wealthy Texan playboy Steve, with whom Fergie had a much publicized liaison

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/129

Agency: Rex Features

The Duchess of York during her six week vacation along the French Riviera, strolls the pier at St Tropez in the company of Morgan Mason, son of screen legend James. Mason and his wife, Belinda Carlisle, joined the Royal party. Fergie and her daughters are staying at the villa owned by Lynn Wyatt, mother of the Texan playboy Steve, with whom Fergie had a much publicized liaison

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/130

Agency: Rex Features

Miss Sarah Ferguson, tipped as fiancee of Prince Andrew of England, watches Prince and Princess of Wales ski on the first day of their holiday in Klosters Thursday

ITN Reference: FERG/3

Agency: Associated Press

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Cutting a considerably hefty figure, dares to bare her bulging midriff in a floral printed bikini better suited for someone smaller, at a friend's private villa near Mougins, along France's Mediterranean coast. The Duchess is vacationing with her daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and reportedly working on her biography

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/13

Agency: Rex Features

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Cutting a considerably hefty figure, dares to bare her bulging midriff in a floral printed bikini better suited for someone smaller, at a friend's private villa near Mougins, along France's Mediterranean coast. The Duchess is vacationing with her daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and reportedly working on her biography

ITN Reference: ROYAL/YORK/132

Agency: Rex Features