Duke of York finds love again

Duke of York finds love again...with old flame the Duchess of York
The Duchess of York is said to have rekindled her romance with her former husband, the Duke of York.

The Duke and Duchess Of York, pictured in 1995 before their divorce. Photo: TIM GRAHAM/GETTY IMAGES
By Richard Eden
9:00PM BST 24 Aug 2013
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Friends claim that the couple are so close that they will eventually formalise their reunion.

“Mark my words, they will remarry,” said one friend. “It is only a matter of time.”

Another said: “It wouldn’t surprise me at all. They are a wonderful couple together and, better still, pretty amazing parents.”

The couple have remained close since they divorced in 1996 and both live at Royal Lodge, the former country home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in Berkshire.

They joined Beatrice, 25, and her sister, Princess Eugenie, 23, for the weekend at Balmoral, the Queen’s Scottish retreat, earlier this month.

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The Duchess, 53, was at Balmoral in 1992 when a tabloid newspaper published photographs of her having her toes sucked by John Bryan, her “financial adviser”.

She had not been invited back to the castle until this month.

In little-noticed comments in 2009, Prince Andrew, also 53, said he did not rule out remarrying the Duchess.

“Do we have to be married?” he asked. “Well, let’s put it another way, I can neither confirm nor deny the possibility. We have two great children. We still look after them.”

The Duke has been linked to a string of women over the years, but none of the relationships has endured. The Duchess's friendships have, similarly, faltered.

In 1999, the Duchess told an interviewer: “There was no reason for Andrew and I to get divorced; there wasn’t another person in our lives to go to. We got divorced because I had to go out to work, and Andrew and I believed that it wasn’t right for me to be commercial while I was still in the Royal family.

"I had to provide for my children, but not do it on their own doorstep in this country, rubbing the Royal family’s noses in my commerciality.”

Prince Andrew has never criticised his ex-wife and has provided financial support when she has needed it.

A spokesman for the Duchess declined to comment.

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It wouldn't surprise me tbh. I don't think they ever really split up.

He prefers men if you can believe what the media insinuates - okay, not wise to believe anything they say!

I did find an incident in a documentary last year about the diamond jubilee a bit odd - do adult male relatives normally kiss each other on the lips as happened with Princes William and Andrew?

If it's just me - I came from a physically undemonstrative family - I'll accept that totally.

Not Born Yesterday wrote:He prefers men if you can believe what the media insinuates - okay, not wise to believe anything they say!

I did find an incident in a documentary last year about the diamond jubilee a bit odd - do adult male relatives normally kiss each other on the lips as happened with Princes William and Andrew?

If it's just me - I came from a physically undemonstrative family -  I'll accept that totally.  

Morning NBY, I seem to remember a rumour about Andrew when he was acting as a Trade Ambassador , why would he choose to get married again?