- Sarah Ferguson said her happiest life moment was marrying ex-husband Prince Andrew in 1986.
- Talking about their relationship on an Italian talk show, she said he's "the best man in the world."
- She said she stands by him "100%" amid a court case alleging he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old.
Sarah Ferguson told an Italian talk show host the happiest time in her life was when she married her ex-husband Prince Andrew in 1986, and called him "the best man in the world," Mail Online reported.
Ferguson appeared on "Porta a Porta" on Tuesday to promote her new historical fiction book, "Her Heart for a Compass," and discussed her relationship with the Duke of York.
Doubling down on previous comments she made to French magazine Madame Figaro on December 5, the Duchess of York said her "fairy tale" life with her ex-husband Andrew isn't over, according to Mail Online.
"He is such a kind, great man, he is a brilliant father and now a fantastic grandfather," Ferguson, 62, said during the interview, according to Mail Online. "I believe that the love I have for him and he has for me is just very different from what normal people have. We have great respect and love for each other."
"It really is our own fairy tale and it's our own lives, how we like to be, with total respect and honor to each other," she added.
According to Mail Online, the talk show's host Bruno Vespa asked her at one point about the happiest moment in her life. Her response was "3rd July 1986, when I married the best man in the world."
Ferguson and Andrew were married in 1986 for 10 years, and continue to live together at the Royal Lodge in Windsor. They share two children, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and were divorced in 1996, The Independent reported.
"I was the luckiest girl in the world," she said on the talk show. "It was truly a fairy tale because I was marrying a prince."
"First of all, I was marrying a man, then I was marrying a naval officer, and then I was marrying a prince and he was very good looking, a handsome prince from all the fairy tales, he even had the sword," Ferguson added.
Ferguson said she stands by Andrew '100%'
Ferguson said she's standing by Andrew after reports of his alleged involvement with the sex trafficking prosecutors say was carried out by the deceased convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. "I completely stand by Andrew 100%," she said on the Italian talk show.
"I feel very strongly that in this day and age that we must stand by our hearts, what we think is right with integrity and honor and loyalty," the duchess added.
38-year-old Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim, filed a lawsuit in August 2021 claiming Andrew sexually assaulted her in Epstein's home when she was 17. The prince denied the allegation and in September, his lawyer Anthony Brettler told presiding Judge Lewis A. Kaplan at a virtual hearing that the lawsuit "baseless, non-viable, and possibly unlawful."
On Monday, Andrew's legal team took another step by filing a legal memo on Monday to the Southern District of New York asking Giuffre's complaint to be dismissed for several reasons, including that she was at the state's age of consent when the alleged incident occurred, USA Today reported.
According to the publication, Andrew's lawyers also argue in the motion that her claims are "highly subjective determinations" that are "most likely to be hampered by the passage of time, as memories fade, false memories are created, and witnesses die or otherwise become unavailable."
Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of York and lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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