{"id":103696,"date":"2025-05-15T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/103696\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:12:10","slug":"princess-eugenie-shares-how-sarah-ferguson-helped-her-deal-with-feeling-terrified-and-ashamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/103696\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Eugenie shares how Sarah Ferguson helped her deal with feeling ‘terrified’ and ‘ashamed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Eugenie has opened up about how her mother, Sarah Ferguson, helped her overcome feeling “terrified” and “ashamed” of her scoliosis scar.<\/p>\n

The royal shared the touching memory during an appearance on Cressida Bonas’s podcast ‘Lessons From Our Mothers’.<\/p>\n

She revealed intimate details about her mother’s unwavering support during childhood health challenges.<\/p>\n

“I had scoliosis when I was younger,” Eugenie said. “I had a big operation when I was 12. My mum basically moved into the hospital with me and was there every waking hour.”<\/p>\n

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The mother-of-two explained how Sarah Ferguson remained constantly by her side during difficult moments.<\/p>\n

“She used to be so proud of me and my scar and what I’d been through,” Eugenie continued.<\/p>\n

Eugenie revealed that as a young girl, she felt “terrified” and “ashamed” of her scar.<\/p>\n

“I was so young,” she added, reflecting on how her mother’s pride helped her overcome these feelings.<\/p>\n

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During the podcast, Princess Beatrice joined her sister as they shared intimate childhood memories.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Ferguson would proudly show people Eugenie’s scar, turning her around to display what she had been through.<\/p>\n

This maternal pride ultimately helped transform the princess’s relationship with her physical difference.<\/p>\n

During the podcast, Princess Beatrice joined her sister as they shared intimate childhood memories.<\/p>\n

The siblings opened up about family dynamics and maternal influence.<\/p>\n

They revealed details of a memorable childhood disagreement and how their mother helped shape their relationship.<\/p>\n

The princesses also discussed significant moments from their youth that left lasting impressions.<\/p>\n

The royal sisters reminisced about a “silly childhood fight” over a pair of pink Converse trainers.<\/p>\n

Beatrice, 36, described it as a “big fight” regarding ownership of the footwear.<\/p>\n

“It was a big one,” Beatrice said. “And mum just jumped into that fight and was like, ‘Come on, you can do it!'”<\/p>\n

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Sarah Ferguson would proudly show people Eugenie’s scar, turning her around to display what she had been through.<\/p>\n

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Their mother stepped in to encourage reconciliation between the siblings.<\/p>\n

Beatrice explained that while the “forced collaboration” was initially annoying, it taught them valuable lessons.<\/p>\n

“This sense that it’s OK to feel, it’s OK to push on those emotions, but you have to figure out what the resolution looks like as well,” she said.<\/p>\n

She reflected that their mother was “very resolution-driven” in her parenting approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Eugenie has opened up about how her mother, Sarah Ferguson, helped her overcome feeling “terrified” and “ashamed”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[12,13082,13084,5105,7710,519,448,512,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-103696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-princess-beatrice","10":"tag-princess-eugenie","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals","15":"tag-sgg","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114512261655838185","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}