The Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson announced they were going to split up in 1992, the year which the Queen dubbed her "Annus Horribilis".
Not only was that the year that the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson split, it was also the year in which:
So whereas 1759 was the year dubbed Britain's "Annus Mirabilis", in which a series of victories by the British military over the French in 1759 in North America, Europe, India and in various naval engagements during the Seven Years' War saw Britain become the world's undisputed foremost military, political, industrial and economic power, 1992 was very much the Queen's "Annus Horribilis."
Not only was that the year that the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson split, it was also the year in which:
- Elizabeth II's daughter, the Princess Royal, split from her husband, Captain Mark Phillips;
- the Princess of Wales’ tell-all book, Diana, Her True Story, was published;
- on 28th November, just four days after the Queen made her famous "Annus Horribilis" speech at the Guildhall in London (1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an Annus Horribilis), one of her residences, Windsor Castle, was gutted by fire.
- and then, to top it all, Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced in December that THEY were to split!!
So whereas 1759 was the year dubbed Britain's "Annus Mirabilis", in which a series of victories by the British military over the French in 1759 in North America, Europe, India and in various naval engagements during the Seven Years' War saw Britain become the world's undisputed foremost military, political, industrial and economic power, 1992 was very much the Queen's "Annus Horribilis."
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