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Christopher Furlong - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesPrince Philip was often said to have vowed never to be in the same room as Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of his son Andrew, after photographs appeared in a newspaper in 1992 of Sarah topless and having her toes sucked by a lover in the South of France.Gyles Brandreth, Philipâs official biographer whose book The Final Portrait will be published later this month, has confirmed that long-standing rumor today in the second lengthy excerpt from his book.Even as a Corpse, Prince Philip Has to Take Second Place to the QueenPhilip, he said, declared âenough was enoughâ after the pictures appeared. He told Brandreth Fergie was âsimply beyond the pale,â and resolved not to have anything more to do with her.At the time when the pictures were first published, Sarah was staying at the queenâs Scottish country estate of Balmoral. Philip put his resolution into immediate action, as Ferguson herself recalled to Brandreth, saying: âIt was ridiculous. As soon as I came in through one door, heâd be falling over the corgis to get out of the other. It was very funny. Except, of course, it wasnât.âAlthough the queen continued to receive Fergie even after her separation and subsequent divorce from Prince Andrew, Philip made it clear that he had no desire to ever see her again.Sarah plaintively told Brandreth, âOf course I want to see him. I am the mother of his granddaughters, after all.âBrandreth said when he raised this with Prince Philip, he just shrugged and said, âBut the children come and stay,â adding, âI am not vindictive, but I donât see the point.âHe described Andrew and Sarahâs post-divorce arrangements which have seen them continue to share a home as âtruly bizarre,â adding, âI donât pretend to understand it.âBrandreth writes that Fergie and Philip held diametrically opposed views on âbottling up your feelingsâ which she believed was positively harmful.Brandreth writes that when her daughters were children she would tell them to stand in the middle of the extensive grounds of their home, Sunninghill Park, and scream.Brandreth wrote that Sarah then demonstrated, catching him by surprise as she let out a blood-curdling scream.He writes, âThe prospect of encountering his former daughter-in-law screaming in the middle of Sunninghill Park could have been one of the reasons the Duke of Edinburgh decided to give her a wide berth after her separation from Prince Andrew. He regarded reticence as a virtue and self-control as a quality to be admired.âPhilip did not sit down for the 2011 six-parter on the Oprah Winfrey Network Finding Sarah, in which Fergie wept on screen with a TV psychiatrist. He told Brandreth he was in favor of âself-awarenessâ but against âthe endless introspection that seems to be so prevalent these days.â As reported on Monday, he regarded Harry and Meghanâs decision to do a similar interview as âmadness.âFergie, Brandreth reports, tried to repair relations with Philip but was constantly rebuffed.For Philipâs 80th birthday, she sent him âa handsome dinner service.â But even here, fate conspired against her, Brandreth writes: âIt was supposed to have 12 settings, but it arrived with 13: the âsampleâ had been included with the set. With Sarah, somehow, something always goes wrong.âPhilipâs alleged vow to never be in the same room as Fergie was broken only when they both attended the wedding of Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in May 2018.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.