The Duchess of York, 65, posted a Christmas message to Instagram on December 24 of herself and corgis Muick and Sandy, who she adopted from the late Queen Elizabeth after the monarch's death on September 8,

Sarah Ferguson has made her first statement since pulling out of the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations. The Duchess of York and her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, will not be joining King Charles and the Royal Family on Wednesday in Sandringham.

Speaking on Mail+'s "Palace Confidential," royal editor Rebecca English explained, " Sarah, the Duchess of York has literally saved Christmas for the Royal Family." English also noted, "If it hadn't have been for his ex-wife having a quiet word in his ear," then the holiday season could have been pretty disastrous.

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson did not join other members of the Royal Family, including Princess Beatrice, at Sandringham on Christmas Day.

King Charles is blue that Sarah Ferguson will skip the royal family's Christmas celebration amid Prince Andrew's Chinese spy scandal. "This will be a blow for Fergie," royal correspondent Jennie Bond told an outlet.

Ferguson, widely known as Fergie, is the ex-wife of King Charles's brother, Prince Andrew. While she and Andrew divorced in the 1990s, she retained her title as Duchess of York and the two have continued to live together at the Royal Lodge in Windsor,

The King and Queen Camilla led the family to the church on Christmas Day as crowds of wellwishers gathered to wish them a Merry Christmas. A number of royals joined the King, 76, and Queen, 77, including Prince William,