Sarah Ferguson Recalls Painful Moment When Her Mom Left Her At 12: "There Were Screams And She Just Left."
ROYALS
Sarah Ferguson Recalls Painful Moment When Her Mom Left Her At 12: "There Were Screams And She Just Left."
Losing a loved one, especially family, can be a painful thing and many never fully recover from the hurt.
The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson lost her mother to a car accident in 1998, and although she and her mother were not particularly close, she was devastated.
Sarah’s mum Susan Barrantes had left when Sarah was just 12, however, the feeling of despair at losing her mother was still vivid.
Susan Barrantes lost her life when her Rover saloon car was involved with a head-on collision with a van.
Sarah Ferguson’s painful revelation
In the 2007 issue of Harper’s Baazar, Sarah opened up about the pain and cruelty she suffered at the hands of her late mother. She revealed that her mother was the reason for low self-esteem.
The duchess explained that her mother stormed out of their lives when she was 12, after returning from a trip to South America.
Ferguson recounted:
"Mum returned from a trip to South America, walked in the farmhouse, and said to my unsuspecting father: ‘I’m going.’ There were screams and shouts, and then she just left."
Like that was enough pain, Sarah disclosed that her mum’s last words were "I don’t like your hair," because she disagreed with getting a haircut.
