Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson Sarah Ferguson wore a dress made from ivory duchesse satin and featuring heavy beading for her wedding to Prince Andrew, Duke of York on 23 July 1986 at Westminster Abbey. Designed by Lindka Cierach, the beadwork incorporated various symbols including hearts representing romance, anchors and waves representing Prince Andrew's sailing background and bumblebees and thistles, which were taken from Sarah Ferguson's family heraldry. Copies of the dress, including the motifs specific to the royal family, went on sale in stores just hours after the end of the wedding. Influenced by the wedding dress of Lady
Catherine Graham, Duchess of Montrose married the duke, then Marquess of Graham, on 31 January 1970.. She immediately became Marchioness of Graham, and in 1992, when her husband inherited his father's title, she became Duchess of Montrose. They have three children: Following their marriage, Lady Montrose and her husband moved permanently to Scotland, where they lived at Auchmar House near Loch Lomond. After the establishment of the Preshal Trust, a charity based in Govan, the duchess became one of its leading supporters. The duchess died, aged 79, at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Scotland. Catherine Graham, Duchess of Montrose Catherine Graham, Duchess of Montrose