TITLE: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York
BORN: October 15, 1959, London
MARRIED: Prince Andrew on July 23, 1986 at Westminster Abbey, London, watched by 1,000 million people worldwide on television.
CHILDREN: Princess Beatrice born on August 8, 1988 and Princess Eugenie on March 23, 1990, both at the Portland Hospital, London
PARENTS:Major Ronnie Ferguson, Susan Ferguson
SIBLINGS: Elder Sister Jane
SEPARATED: In March 1992 it was annouced that formal seperation talks had begun for the Duchess and her husband.
HOME: Kingsbourne, a rented house on the Wentworth Estate in Surrey England
FAVOURITES PLACE: Klosters in Switzerland and other ski resorts.
HOBBIES AND SPORTS: Skiing, riding, travel, charities, clothes, writing, working out.
SCHOOL AND CAREER: 1965-1977: Boarding schools Daneshill and Hurst Lodge near Ascot, Berkshire. 1977-79 : Secretarial college in South Kensington, London. 1980- 85 : worked in a PR firm and a gallery in Covent Garden, followed by a spell at a fine art publishing company.
