Sarah Ferguson receives invite to special coronation event

Sarah, Duchess of York has been invited as a guest to the King's coronation concert at Windsor Castle.

HELLO! understands that while the Duchess said publicly that she never expected to be invited to the State occasion, she values her private time with the family and is delighted to be attending the concert.

Relations with the family are said to be warmer than ever after the King asked Sarah to join the royals for Christmas and Easter.

Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are among the performers confirmed for the star-studded concert on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle on Sunday 7 May. 

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It comes after the 63-year-old author spoke of her plans for the coronation during an appearance on Loose Women last month.

"I personally will be having a little tea room and coronation chicken sandwich and putting out the bunting, that's what I'm going to be doing. Because that would make me very happy,” Sarah said. "I also love to watch it on the telly because you hear a lot on the telly.

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"The commentators are always good and then everyone, all the family come back, because remember I am divorced from him [Prince Andrew] so I don't expect… you can't have it both ways, you can’t be divorced and then say, 'I want this…' [You're in] or you're out."

She continued: "I think it's really great to be supportive big time and then when all the family come home, I know all the ins and outs from commentators on television!

"And there's a little old people's home nearby and I've got a little van… it's a three-wheeler.

"Maybe I should take the corgis down there, with the bunting and sandwiches."

Sarah's former husband, the Duke of York, and their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are expected to be among the royals in attendance for the ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 6 May.

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