Moment Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana were arrested on hen night

The shock incident took place in 1986
Rebecca Carter

Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana once got arrested on a hen night, the Duchess of York revealed in a bombshell interview.

The shocking incident reportedly happened during Sarah’s hen do, aka bachelorette party, before her wedding to Prince Andrew in 1986.

Sarah Ferguson speaking on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2023
Sarah Ferguson recalled the story during a TV appearance in 2023 (Credit: YouTube/The Kelly Clarkson Show)

Why were Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana arrested?

During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2023, Sarah, aka Fergie, made a shock revelation about herself and Princess Diana.

The Duchess of York revealed that police arrested her and Princess Diana during her hen night in 1986.

In the interview, Sarah explained that she and her friends dressed up as police officers for the hen party. They then headed to a club where they were refused service due to what they were wearing.

They had a run-in with the police, who arrested them for impersonating officers!

“It was extraordinary,” Sarah said of the event.

Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana smiling in 1986
Sarah and Diana shared a close friendship (Credit: Photo by Brendan Beirne/Shutterstock)

Fergie and Diana arrested during wild hen party

The Duchess of York then continued, saying: “We went to a nightclub. Because, of course, you go to a nightclub with the Princess of Wales. I was just still Fergie, wasn’t married yet.”

“We went into this nightclub. She [Diana] was very good at her costume. Anyway, so we sat down, and this waiter came up to us and said, ‘Excuse me, this is a member’s club and it’s for fun. We don’t serve police officers here,'” she laughed.

“Looking straight at us!” she exclaimed.

“They thought you were real police officers, and they kicked police officers out?” a shocked Kelly Clarkson asked.

Sarah then said that they had left the club, where the Duchess of York had told Princess Diana to remain in character as a police officer.

“We were then arrested,” she said.

Sarah Ferguson laughing on The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Duchess of York had the audience in stitches with her story (Credit: The Kelly Clarkson Show / YouTube)

Sarah then continued, saying: “We were arrested by Parks Police. So we go in the back of the van, and she [Diana] had put her engagement ring around the other way, and I’d put mine around the other way.”

“We were sitting in there and she looked around saw smoky bacon-flavoured crisps and started taking them and eating them,” Sarah then went on to say.

Eventually they realised that it was, you know, Diana…and me.

“The policeman in the front said, ‘You can’t do that!’ And then eventually they realised that it was, you know, Diana… and me.”

Kelly then asked Sarah for the reason behind the arrest.

“Oh, because we were impersonating police officers,” she said, laughing.

Sarah went on to say of Diana, who died in 1997: “She’s with me all day. She and I laughed a lot. We got into trouble a lot.”

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