Princess Eugenie Celebrates Mom Sarah Ferguson's Birthday with New Photos of Her in 'Grannie' Mode

Mar. 15, 2025

(Left) A photo of Sarah Ferguson that Princess Eugenie posted to celebrate her mother’s Oct. 15, 2024 birthday; (Right) Princess Eugenie at the Fashion Trust Arabia London dinner at Claridges Hotel in London on June 17, 2024.Photo:Princess Eugenie/Instagram; Dave Benett/Getty

Princess Eugenie/Instagram; Dave Benett/Getty

Princess Eugenieis wishing her motherSarah Fergusona happy birthday with previously unseen photos of her as a grandmother.

The Duchess of York, who is popularly known as Fergie, turned 65 on Oct. 15, and her younger daughter posted a loving tribute with the pictures onInstagram.

“Happy birthday to my beautiful mumma. So proud of the Grannie you are, the mum you are and the woman you are,” Princess Eugenie wrote on social media. “You’re an inspiration and our endless chats bring me so much happiness and incredible support.”

Eugenie’s birthday wishes captioned a carousel of six photos, and it opened with two pictures of Fergie in doting “Grannie” mode. The shots seemingly showed the Duchess of York in a garden with Princess Eugenie’s sonErnest, 1, squatting down to his eye level (a trickKate MiddletonandPrince Williamhave long used to connect with kids). Eugenie, 34, shares sons Ernest andAugust, 3, with her husbandJack Brooksbank, and it appeared to be their youngest son in the snaps.

A photo of Sarah Ferguson that Princess Eugenie posted to celebrate her mother’s Oct. 15, 2024 birthday.Princess Eugenie/Instagram

Princess Eugenie/Instagram

There was also a sentimental meaning to Eugenie’s post honoring her mom, otherwise known as “Grannie.” Princess Eugenie and her sisterPrincess Beatricecalled their grandmotherQueen Elizabeth"Grannie," and the social media post hinted that Eugenie’s children may be calling their grandmother the Duchess the same.

Princess Eugenie, Sarah Ferguson and Princess Beatrice in an undated photo Princess Eugenie posted on her mother’s Oct. 15, 2024 birthday.Princess Eugenie/Instagram

On her Oct. 15 birthday, the Duchess of York and Princess Beatrice stepped out in London for the 10th annual Lady Garden Foundation Langan’s Ladies Lunch fundraising for the The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. The Duchess has been an adamant advocate for the importance of early cancer detection through screenings after navigating two cancer diagnoses between 2023 and 2024.

Fergie posed for a picture withJoan CollinsandElizabeth Hurleyat the event, held at Langan’s Brasserie, and smiled alongside Princess Beatrice in a mother-daughter photo moment.

Sarah Ferguson, Elizabeth Hurley and Joan Collins Princess Beatrice and Sarah Ferguson at the 10th annual Lady Garden Foundation Langan’s Ladies Lunch fundraising for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity at Langan’s Brasserie in London on Oct. 15, 2024.Dave Benett/Getty

Dave Benett/Getty

Speaking to PEOPLE at the Sept. 25 launch of theYouth Impact Councilin New York City, Fergie opened up about her Founding Ambassador role with the council and how she is proud of the women her daughters are today.

“It’s almost, this is the university of life for me to be learning from young people that are actually out there doing the work,” says the Duchess of York, referring to the YIC. “It’s like Beatrice and Eugenie are out there doing the work. Eugenie does a lot withThe Anti-Slavery Collective, Beatrice does an enormous amount in technology and with dyslexia and really believes in humanity in the workplace, with compassion.”

Princess Beatrice and Sarah Ferguson at the 10th annual Lady Garden Foundation Langan’s Ladies Lunch fundraising for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity at Langan’s Brasserie in London on Oct. 15, 2024.Dave Benett/Getty

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“I believe that all those values, I was able to help guide them into this place they are, is what I’m going to bring to the youth leaders of Gen Z,” says the Duchess.

“One example would be on [each of] their18th birthdaysI took them to a teenage cancer unit and I walked them around and showed them what it is to hold the hand of a young teenager who’s dying of cancer and to be able to know what it’s like and to talk to people who are very unwell and give hope,” Fergie says. “I think that value system of giving back has always stayed with them. They’re the best examples of their values and the traditional cultures that I’m bringing to youth leaders now.”

source: people.com