The wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson was held on 23 July 1986, at Westminster Abbey in London, England.
Prince Andrew, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sarah Ferguson, the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson and his first wife Susan Wright, first met when they were children, but had not been romantically involved until they met again at a party at Floors Castle in 1985.They began their relationship that very same year, after a party held at Windsor Castle in honour of the Royal Ascot races.Diana, Princess of Wales, Andrew's sister-in-law, played a hand in matchmaking the couple,and the two women later formed a strong friendship.
Andrew proposed to Sarah on 19 February 1986, his twenty-sixth birthday.Their engagement was announced on 17 March 1986. Andrew presented Sarah with a Garrard engagement ring made from sketches he had made. The ring has a Burma ruby surrounded by ten drop-diamonds. The mounting was eighteen-carat white and yellow gold.
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