King Charles wanted Diana to be like Sarah Ferguson?

Sarah Ferguson is facing public backlash after her emails with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein surfaced online, but there was a time when King Charles wanted his wife to be like her.

Lady Diana and Sarah were fourth cousins and had known each other since adolescence, yet their relationship throughout life has been on the fence.

The Duchess of York mentioned in her memoir that she had not spoken to the late princess for a year when she passed away in August 1997.

Both women had turbulent marriages yet found solace in each other at times when the royal life became overwhelming.

However, their relationship soured as there was a fierce rivalry reported among the two.

According to Diana, her then-husband Charles taunted her that she should be more like Sarah who had impressed Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip soon after becoming Prince Andrew’s wife.

In Diana: Her True Story--in Her Own Words, the princess said Sarah “wooed everybody in this family and did it so well. She left me looking like dirt.”

She added that Charles told her “I wish you would be like Fergie—all jolly.”

After Diana’s death, Sarah’s relationship with William and Harry was mostly distant.

Following the Epstein scandal, it has been reported thet Prince of Wales is urging his father to banish the Duchess of York.