The Duchess of York, known affectionately as Fergie, was on a skiing holiday with her husband Prince Andrew, along with Charles and Diana. During a photocall for the press, Fergie decided to have a bit of fun. In 2013 Amazon Prime documentary ‘Royalty Close Up: The Photography of Kent Gavin’, Daily Mirror photographer Kent Gavin recalled the incident.

He said: “I recall on one occasion where the photocall was set up with Diana, Charles, Andrew and Fergie.

“And they were just standing there like planks on skis, which didn’t make much of a picture, did it?

“Let’s face it, it’s like a wedding group!

“Fergie and Diana knew there was something wrong, so Fergie knocks Diana’s skis, she falls over, and the line goes down like a set of dominos.

“It upset Charles like you would not believe!”

The prince reportedly said: “Do you have to do this in front of the cameras?”

Mr Gavin laughed as he remembered the incident. 

He added: “But that’s how they were, they were having a laugh and bringing a bit of fun into the photocall.

“And of course the pictures went round the world.”

However, Charles clearly failed to see the funny side, as he was more worried about them making fools of themselves on camera.

The photographer described how Diana and Fergie both instinctively knew what made a good picture and played up to it.

The incident on the skiing holiday was just one example of how they made Mr Gavin and other photographers lives easier.

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Mr Gavin recalled how it was “impossible” to get a bad picture of Diana, because even when she was upset it was a glamorous photograph.

Both Diana and Fergie were so different from the rest of the Royal Family that they really spiced up the opportunities for a photographer.

Mr Gavin said: “Obviously then Fergie came along and she was another breath of fresh air.

“I mean, when you got the two of them, Diana and Fergie, together there was always a situation.

“And in the early days, before obviously the marriage went wrong, she was great!”

Ms Ferguson married Prince Andrew in 1986 and the royal couple had two daughters together – Beatrice and Eugenie.

However, by 1992 they had separated and in 1996 they formalised a divorce.

Fergie always had a difficult relationship with the rest of the Royal Family, partly because she managed to get into huge amounts of debt during the marriage.

The marriage breakdown happened almost parallel to the disintegration of Charles and Diana’s.

The Prince and Princess of Wales also separated in 1992 and finalised their divorce in 1996.

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