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Sarah’s pre-wedding hug for family friend Jessie, 83

The mother of the bride rushed to greet the American waiting in the crowd at Windsor Castle.

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The Duchess of York rushed to hug a member of the public as she arrived at St George’s Chapel for the wedding of her daughter, Princess Eugenie.

Leaving her elder daughter, Princess Beatrice, waiting briefly as the pair emerged from a car outside the chapel at Windsor Castle to cheers from onlookers, Sarah Ferguson greeted family friend Jessie Huberty.

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Sarah Ferguson hugs family friend Jessie Huberty as she arrives for the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle (Victoria Jones/PA)

Mrs Huberty, from New York, said it was “lovely” to get a hug from the mother of the bride on Friday.

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Jessie Huberty said the Duchess of York is ‘a lovely woman’ who ‘never forgets her friends’ (Victoria Jones/PA)

She added: “It was lovely. She is a lovely woman. She never forgets her friends.”

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