Sarah Ferguson has spoken for the first time about the House of Windsor's decision to not invite her to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The Duchess of York, 51, instead went to Thailand where she watched the coverage on television.
She said that she was disappointed she wasn't able to accompany her daughters, Princess Beatrice, 22, and Eugenie, 21, who attended the wedding with their father Prince Andrew.
'I was not invited,' the Duchess, who was caught up in a scandal last year after she was taped offering access to Prince Andrew for $724,000, said on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
'I went through the phase of feeling so totally worthless and that it was quite right they didn't invite me. Why would they - why would they invite me?'
She continued: 'I felt that I ostracised myself by my behaviour, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?
'I chose to go and be in Thailand in a place called Camelia... the jungle embraced me,' she said.
The snub 'was so difficult,' the Duchess said, 'because I wanted to be there with my girls... to be getting them dressed and to go as a family.'
She added: 'Also, it was so hard, because the last bride up that aisle was me.'
She revealed that she was in contact with her former husband, whom she married at Westminster Abbey in 1986, throughout the Royal Wedding day.
She said: 'When Andrew went with the girls, we were talking all morning and he was saying, "It's okay. Just remember we had such a good day. Our wedding was so perfect".
'Because we're such a unit together. He made me feel very part of the day on April the 29th.
The Duchess, who has often spoken of her close bond with Princess Diana, told Oprah: 'I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren't there.
'But I'm here to say how proud she would have been and Kate looked utterly beautiful.'
'I think Diana would be so proud of her son. Both of them, you know? They did a great job.'
The Duchess is to have a show on Winfrey's new cable station, OWN.
Her interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show will air in the U.S. tomorrow.
The Duchess of York, 51, instead went to Thailand where she watched the coverage on television.
She said that she was disappointed she wasn't able to accompany her daughters, Princess Beatrice, 22, and Eugenie, 21, who attended the wedding with their father Prince Andrew.
'I was not invited,' the Duchess, who was caught up in a scandal last year after she was taped offering access to Prince Andrew for $724,000, said on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Hurt: Sarah Ferguson told Oprah Winfrey she watched the Royal Wedding on television from Thailand
She continued: 'I felt that I ostracised myself by my behaviour, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?
'I chose to go and be in Thailand in a place called Camelia... the jungle embraced me,' she said.
'So difficult': The Duchess was disappointed that she couldn't join her daughters Eugenie and Beatirce at the ceremony
In touch: Sarah Ferguson said she spoke to her ex-husband Prince Andrew throughout the Royal Wedding day
She added: 'Also, it was so hard, because the last bride up that aisle was me.'
She revealed that she was in contact with her former husband, whom she married at Westminster Abbey in 1986, throughout the Royal Wedding day.
She said: 'When Andrew went with the girls, we were talking all morning and he was saying, "It's okay. Just remember we had such a good day. Our wedding was so perfect".
'Because we're such a unit together. He made me feel very part of the day on April the 29th.
The Duchess, who has often spoken of her close bond with Princess Diana, told Oprah: 'I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren't there.
'But I'm here to say how proud she would have been and Kate looked utterly beautiful.'
'I think Diana would be so proud of her son. Both of them, you know? They did a great job.'
The Duchess is to have a show on Winfrey's new cable station, OWN.
Her interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show will air in the U.S. tomorrow.
The Duchess of York said Diana would have been 'so proud' of her son and Kate Middleton. 'They did a great job,' she said
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