sarah ferguson, it's always harder to be slightly in the shadows, to be marrying the second in line to the throne. because there's no defined role for her. and one hopes in the way that diana did so well in finding causes that meant something to her. if meghan is able to do that, i think she'll have a much easier ride tnha ferguson did. >> reporter: many see meghan as a much-needed dose of modernity. >> i think most people look at the royal family and think, most people don't like like that i don't have a butler. >> there's a story going around she's been hugging security guards. they're like, why are you hugging me? she's going, i'm american, i hug. >> i'm a hugger. >> there's something wonderfully endearing about that. >> meghan has joined a family where it seems terribly excited to see a new arrival, particularly with the freshness an american brings to the somewhat stiff approach that the british are accused of having. and i think, you know, she'll refresh that. ♪ >> reporter: as the preparations continue at windsor castle, harry and meghan hoping the tabloids are behind them, embr

and prince william got a lot of camera time fidgeting in his seat at prince andrew's wedding to sarah ferguson. but he really seemed to love that carriage ride around london. and on the eve of their wedding, harry and meghan will be spending the night apart. >> harry will be with william who will be steeling his nerves at the coworth park hotel. >> meghan and her mother are staying nearby at the cliveden house hotel. >> they're staying at the hotel. >> both he tells will remain open to the public. but guests will have zero chance of getting near the bride and groom, who will have royal guards and their own private wings. >>> and security will be tight in windsor. today, i got a glimpse of what is being done to keep everyone safe. do you think there are concerns for terrorism? >> tlichl is a threat everywhere. that's the reality today. >> city of london police were out in full force today. on horse back. on foot with machine guns. some 3,000 of them will gear up to contain the more than 100,000 people expected to cram this small town. >> this is a medieval town. it's not used to events of this

prince charles, prince andrew, and their wives princess diana and sarah ferguson, the duchess of yorkome partners in crime all in their '20s. prince charles, heir to the throne, a good decade older than them all, had to behave. on some levels, we had a fab four, but they weren't particularly functional. >> reporter: but it would be diana and sarah who would go on to steal the spotlight. even before sarah's wedding, the duo would break royal protocol making headlines in the tabloids. >> they both got dressed up as policewomen and crashed prince andrew's bachelor party. you're not supposed to do that. >> reporter: but both learned to adjust to life set by palace rules. >> this was a family that is not like any other family. they have all these rules, all these protocols. they were sort of thrown into the deep end really. >> reporter: as diana stated it during her famous bbc news panorama interview. >> no, no one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, "this is what is expected of you." >> we've laughed and smiled and cried and -- and every day sought each other's advice. >> reporter

. >>> there was a lot of interest in princess diana and in sarah ferguson.news story. >> after the highs of the two royal weddings in the 1980s, the fairy tale romances unraveled by the early 1990s. >> i was press secretary for seven years, 1990 to 1997. so, really, the most tumultuous time for the monarchy since the abdication of edward viii. >> we had fergie the duchess of york having her toes sucked by her financial adviser, not even her husband. >> and the relationship of prince charles and princess diana reached a new low. >> three of the queen's children see their marriages dissolve in 1992. >> it made her think, where have i gone whereon? what have i done? >> then the queen's beloved windsor castle catches fire after a halogen lamp falls over and ignites some curtains. >> the queen's fondness of windsor is very well-known. she spent a lot of time there as a child and, of course, obviously during world war ii. it was a safehaven. >> she actually removed some of the precious things from her own apartments herself, about half a dozen of us went to her pr

much healthy player didier drogba added this on his twitter page deep thoughts and best wishes sarah ferguson for time ellen pick champion my far also shed this message on his account that while since our legs focus in my support with the family and friends hash tag legend as you can see here the outpouring of goodwill for the former manchester united manager has touched nearly every corner of the globe the been a huge number of tweets beyond just the u.k. but across europe from the americas asia and africa as well we spoke to football writer gary al smith and ghana. have explained just why faggy is such an icon all over the well i think alex ferguson's respects is not in doubt and he has earned this respect because he has won more titles than any other coolidge in the walls most popular league and so if you look at the numbers that us and respect also he has this trouble english football which is the most watched the in the world for longer than anybody else and so it makes us makes that a significant proportion of football fans of the last twenty twenty five years have grown up with this ma

. >> long before that fergie from the black-eyed peas, there was this fergie, sarah ferguson, the duchesssband, prince andrew. that was them tying the knot. >> as we look ahead to this saturday's wedding to charles and diana's second son. let's open up the abc vault to see the marriage of the queen's second son. they got hitched in 1986. >> royal wedding bells have been pealing across london now for more than three hours. announcing the marriage of prince andrew and princess sarah. after a carriage ride under sunny skies, millions watched from around the world as the 26-year-old bride made a grand entrance down the aisle wearing an ivory gown with a 17.5-foot train. and when it came time to exchange vows, sarah stumbled a bit as diana did. afterward, the beaming royal couple smiled at well-wishers as they walked down the aisle as man and wife. >> and you are now seeing the royal wave from the balcony at buckingham palace. there they are. the newlyweds, andrew and sarah. and you see the crowd around buckingham palace. sarah, now the duchess of york, with her husband, the duke. here comes t

andrew and sarah ferguson.nd kate. >> how does this one stack up to those? what are you looking for? >> i think it's the most joyful since prince charles and princess diana, which was absolutely joy as you know. >> this has the most appeal. it's the most relaxed and fun of any royal weddings we've ever seen. >> why do you think that is? because of prince harry or meghan's background? >> he is the most popular after the queen. he was the most popular after the queen. so people adore harry because he's so authentic and meghan breaking down so many barriers being the first biracial divorced royal bride. it's a big thing, which has made a lot of the younger generation very excited. >> how much is it the context of what's taken place? it's what you mentioned. is everybody hungry for a moment like this? >> interestingly as charles married diana which was a very depressed time after the winter of discontent and all that happened in the ended of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. this appear at a time when things ar

there's a lot of comments relating back to when sarah ferguson and diana were together.their attitudes and terms of what they want. they are established in their own rights. meghan brings a new wave. if you look at the history of the royal family that's lasted over 1,000 years. not a lot of countries have done that. and the european royals. this family is embracing meghan markle. why? she's going to help the be part of a fab four will will take the royals into the next obviously century. also the new generation. and i think that's very important. i think the royal family has learned lessons in the past and welcomes the breath of fresh air and what meghan starts for. the new world. >> absolutely. that is why so many people have come to see this incredible event. there's so much excitement. thank you so much for joining us. coming up it is a joyful day for meghan markle. it's also capping off a week of family drama. that has probably given her no end of stress and disstress. we'll look at some of the brides more difficult times and this complicated family life. that's when

i think that you will see sarah ferguson turning up as well.ard. >> and james also served in the military. bonnie, it was exciting to see oprah winfrey. >> i kept yelling that somebody is wearing a proper church hat. i'm from the south side of chicago and that is a proper church hat. no fascinators on miss oprah. she looks fabulous. everybody must be screaming in chicago because that is the hat you wear. she is giving tribute. it is wonderful. >> and of course as we were talking about in the break, he got his start thanks to tprince charles and harry and meghan's first engagement, the garden party marking charles' 70th birthday. so lovely to be there in the way of gratitude back to the establishment today. >> and we can playspotting for the viewers. we know they are coming, serena william, george and amal clooney, elton john, the beckhams. what would a royal wedding be without the beckhams? famously at william's wedding he had a medal on the wrong side, the fashion guy hanging on the wrong side 37 so if it hangs on the right side -- >> and ever

you had mentioned sarah ferguson earlier.ony and the wedding but there's still some question as to whether she's invited to the party this evening unless she decides to crash or something. these little royal intrigues go on amidst the pomp and ceremony. among the guests, we did see serena williams arrive here. we also saw elton john show up. the clooneys, of course, were arriving and the beckhams. nothing much happens in britain without david and victoria beckham. oprah winfrey was one of the first guests to arrive here. and with, the past few minutes -- there are the beckhams. in the past few minutes, we have seen the arrival of the cast from "suits," which is, of course, the show that meghan markle appeared in. patrick adams and the various people from that cast arriving. this kind of event comes with a whole bunch of rules, some of which we've mentioned before. everybody seems to have kept to them. i haven't noticed any open-toed shoes. tights have to be fural colored. we'll see what happens, other protocol things. the que

we think of sarah ferguson and diana spencer. and they couldn't cope with it.tention from the press. i think they were two very private girls who hated suddenly having their lives and their friends and their families trillion belled over by the media. they struggled with the spotlight with the media attention. and a role they would take on were their relationships to continue with the prince. >> meghan has had a head start being an an actress without a doubt. she's used to the cameras, she's very media savvy, she knows how this world works. harry did shoot a warning shot over the bows of media very early on, six months after they had been seeing one another. the news got out. and nasty stories started appearing. >> as soon as there was any kind of racist remarks in the media, he was straight on to it. >> and harry at that point issued a statement, which is completely unprecedented, and he just said, back off. >> i tried to warn you as much as possible. i think both of us were totally surprised by the reaction of the first five, six months we had to ourselves of

you were satalking about seeing sarah ferguson who w n invite to the wedding. >> that's right. she's been ostracized from the family there's been foibles, mistakes on her part. she was -- it was a low. she claimed prince andrew didn't know anything. the fact that she's there is a big effort from prince harry. her daughter eugenie, his cousin, close. they're getting married in october where the family will be in attendance. i think harry is at a point where, come on, let's let the dust settle and be inclusive, let's welcome her. it's a lonely walk, she won't be sitting with the royal family threw w -- >> she lives with andrew? >> yes, they've maintained a good relationship which for their children is lovely. the girls are smart, wonderful girls, a real asset. the only blood princesses that we have of the younger generation at the moment. the queen has tried to extend the olive branch. >> there's a reception after the wedding for all the invited guests, all 600. tonight there's -- prince charles is giving dar-- darin f2 you know? >> a knees up. >> what does that mean? >> that mea

we haven't seen her, yet, but sarah ferguson is going to be coming, along with her daughters. >> shes not invited to will and kate's wedding. >> well, she's invite today. >> i wonder what they are going to wear? >> the fascinators they wore to william and kate's wedding could only be described as a whole other level. >> one said the flying spaghetti monster or spaghetti on her head. i want to see it. are they going to one up themselves? >> you know who is going to see it before we do? keir simmons, inside the castlegates. keir, what is going on there? >> good morning. we are watching famous guest after famous guest, friends and family arriving behind me, just a quick list, if you would like. oprah is the big news. we had no idea that oprah was going to be here. she arrived right on time, stephanie, almost as soon as the doors opened. elba, the british actor and his brother here. her sister will give a reading. we have had the opportunity to walk around the chapel and have to tell you, on the west steps, just through the door here, where harry will enter, where meghan will enter, a be

ferguson, thank you both. >>> the waffle house hero says he is still waiting to hear from president trump despite sarah sandersg the white house planned to invite him for a visit. james shaw jr. sat down with cnn van jones. >> reporter: have you heard yet from president trump? >> at this time, i haven't heard anything but it's not is a to say he didn't try to contact me or not but i want' heard anything. >> he hasn't successfully contacted you but he gave a shout-out to kanye today. no shout-out to you. how do you feel when the president of the united states misses an opportunity to hold up, you know, somebody who is trying to do good stuff like you? >> i know he has a busy agenda and a busy schedule. maybe he hasn't got around it me and maybe my time is coming. it's not for me to judge really what he does. it's just, you know, i did what i did and i didn't do it for recognition. i did it just to save my life, honestly. >>> tennessee lawmakers recognized james last week with a resolution praising, quote, his brave actions. >>> we are having reports of another bombing in afghanistan. we have a war reporter with

sarah has the weather. lots of sunshine, a little more clout towards the west. temperatures in the mid—20s. good morning. first, our main story. sir alex fergusone after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. the former manchester united manager was rushed to hospital after falling ill at his home in cheshire. here's our sports news correspondent, david ornstein. he is one of the greatest figures that football, indeed sport, has ever seen. the messages for sir alex ferguson from all over the world is a testa m e nt ferguson from all over the world is a testament in the regard of which he has is held. this was him one week ago in high spirits and seemingly good health. yesterday... news emerged that the 76—year—old had been admitted to hospital, a statement released by manchester united red sir alex ferguson has undergone emergency surgery. speculation began when his son, darren, manager of doncaster rovers was absent from their match against wigan athletic today with the club saying it was for family reasons. he famously won the trouble of premier league, fa cup and champions league trophies in 1999, the same year he was knighted. he won 38