{"id":80790,"date":"2025-05-07T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80790\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:13:11","slug":"king-charles-pictured-alongside-princess-dianas-sister-amid-prince-harry-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80790\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles pictured alongside Princess Diana&#8217;s sister amid Prince Harry feud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Sarah McCorquodale, the older sister of the late Princess Diana, was spotted sitting near King Charles and Prince William during Monday&#8217;s VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations in London.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old was seated in the front row of the royal box at Buckingham Palace, with only 98-year-old veteran Joy Trew between her and the monarch.<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected reunion caught the attention of royal watchers as the pair were seen engaging in conversation during the commemorative event.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Sarah joined other members of the Royal Family, including Queen Camilla, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, with their three children.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9d23e\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d5416509ce3b7114cd15f352bc73975b\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203000%202253'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/king-charles-and-lady-sarah-mccorquodale.jpg\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2253\" alt=\"King Charles and Lady Sarah McCorquodale\"\/><\/p>\n<p>King Charles pictured alongside Princess Diana&#8217;s sister amid Prince Harry feud<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>In a touching moment during the ceremony, cameras captured King Charles, Lady Sarah and the Duchess of Edinburgh working together to help veteran Joy Trew.<\/p>\n<p>The trio were seen assisting the 98-year-old with warm blankets as wind swept across the parade ground.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles and Lady Sarah were spotted laughing together during this interaction, showing a moment of warmth between the former couple.<\/p>\n<p>The scene highlighted the camaraderie among the royal box attendees, who had gathered to honour those who served in World War Two.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"668b1\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"1fe0b9b68cb71f578d03a25db1dccac8\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201250%20833'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lady-sarah-mccorquodale.jpg\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" alt=\"Lady Sarah McCorquodale\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lady Sarah McCorquodale (left) was sat next to Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>The military procession featured 1,300 members of the Armed Forces in tribute to veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Sarah&#8217;s presence at the event was particularly notable given her past relationship with King Charles in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>She briefly dated the future monarch before he eventually married her younger sister, Diana, in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Sarah once told The Guardian: &#8220;I introduced them. I&#8217;m Cupid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"1c3d5\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"dd3e9743d1ac268921b2383cd42cabfb\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201905%201402'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prince-william-princess-diana-and-lady-sarah-mccorquodale.jpg\" width=\"1905\" height=\"1402\" alt=\"Prince William, Princess Diana and Lady Sarah McCorquodale\"\/>Prince William, Princess Diana and Lady Sarah McCorquodale [right] pictured in 1993PA<\/p>\n<p>Diana and Charles separated in 1992 and finalised their divorce in 1996, a year before Diana&#8217;s tragic death in Paris at age 36.<\/p>\n<p>Despite living largely outside the spotlight, Lady Sarah has maintained connections with the Royal Family, particularly with her nephews, Prince William and Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Sarah&#8217;s attendance at the VE Day celebrations was linked to her prominent role in the Stamford branch of the Royal British Legion.<\/p>\n<p>The charity provides social and emotional support to members and veterans of the Armed Forces, with King Charles serving as its patron.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"4fd1e\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"ac42cf0ac42a37c52e1a9975ca6e7196\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%204134%203696'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/prince-william-and-lady-sarah-mccorquodale.jpg\" width=\"4134\" height=\"3696\" alt=\"Prince William and Lady Sarah McCorquodale\"\/>Prince William and Lady Sarah McCorquodale photographed together in 2010PA<\/p>\n<p>In September 2024, Lady Sarah supported her nephew, Prince William, at the Sovereign&#8217;s Parade at the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell, Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, she heard William was in the area and wanted to support him, as she lives locally.<\/p>\n<p>She also joined Prince William and Prince Harry in 2021 for the unveiling of Princess Diana&#8217;s statue at Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lady Sarah McCorquodale, the older sister of the late Princess Diana, was spotted sitting near King Charles and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1760,447,1412,5105,7710,519,448,512,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-80790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-king-charles","9":"tag-prince-harry","10":"tag-princess-diana","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\/114464372103675709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80790","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=80790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}