Sarah Ferguson has joined members of the Royal Family for the traditional Easter Sunday church service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
The 64-year-old beamed as she waved to crowds and strode beside her ex-husband Prince Andrew for the short walk to the church.
The past few months have seen her invited back into the royal fold, having joined the Firm for the Christmas walkabout last year and at the end of February she attended a thanksgiving memorial service for King Constantine II of Greece.
Today marks the first significant royal event King Charles has attended since his cancer diagnosis was revealed at the start of February.
The King’s attendance at church will be seen as a move to reassure the public after the shock news about his daughter-in-law.
Fergie has also faced her own cancer battles, having been diagnosed with skin cancer this year after facing breast cancer last summer.
Kate Middleton will miss the service as she continues her own battle against cancer undergoing chemotherapy, while her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who all attended last year, will also miss the service.
The family are spending the Easter holidays together as they adjust to Kate’s diagnosis, which was discovered in post-operative tests after major abdominal surgery.
This year the service will be a smaller version of the annual gathering, with fewer members of the royal family, as the King has paused public-facing duties.
Although the Easter service is within the grounds of the castle, guests are still seen arriving at the chapel’s Galilee Porch and are often watched by staff living at Windsor, who usually gather on a grassy bank nearby or watch from their doorsteps.
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