Some good points, Queen.
I always think that other people's marriages / relationships often contain elements that are unfathomble to others. So far as Andrew and Sarah and their possible love for each other is concerned, I always think that the position they find themselves in is based on two main factors, and I have come to this view on the basis of having met Andrew several times and having known Sarah since from before her relationship with Andrew commenced.
So far as Sarah is concerned, and I know that this will sound rather unpalatable to some, I am sorry, but I have always found her quite manipulative.
So far as Andrew is concerned, I have always been left with the impression that he is, basically, none too bright. At best he is affable, uncomplicated and simple [as opposed to a deep thinker] in his personal dealings; at other times he is plain boorish, with a large ego and a great sense of his own [inflated] importance.
He also always struck me as having little or no imagination, and I always thought that he was susceptible to flattery. For example, if a girl came up to him and told him he was truly wonderful, in my opinion he would not stop to think that perhaps she was only saying honeyed words to him because of his royal position. He would also believe it to be true.
Extrapolated to the 'Fergie' situation, I take the view that if cunning Sarah, now a bit short on her options - both short of money and, let us face it, short of business opportunties and come to that very short of male admirers - began telling Andrew how much she loved him, how much they should be together again etc, he would not stop to question that perhaps she was not been 100 per cent honest. He would not think to question that this was the girl who was persistently unfaithful to him after the first couple of years of their marriage. He would not seek to question that Sarah might have an ulterior motive for speaking such words to him. Indeed, there is something of an Ostrich about him in his behaviour: I remember at a time when the whole of my circle - and come to that, the tabloids - were talking about [pregnant] Sarah's unfaithfulness with Steve Wyatt, Andrew affected not to notice; indeed, until the famous photos of Wyatt with Beatrice etc were found on top of the wardrobe in his old appartment, Andrew had apparently not even been aware either of the rumours or the fact that they were in fact true. Add this to the fact that the BRF has a hatred of intrusive [mostly tabloid] journalism, believing the content of their stories to be mostly untrue, I can even see a manipulative Sarah managing to convince Andrew that much of the [true] bad press about her over the years and particularly the most recent stories, have been untrue. And I expect that Sarah could present her version of the 'facts' to him in such a way that he would feel rather sorry for her.....[hence the facts that he allows her to live at Royal Lodge and he stepped in to try to help her re-schedule her debts etc]
But what I cannot accept is that there is much romantic feeling between the couple any longer. Regardless of the rumours that Prince Philip would prevent any re-marriage etc, Andrew's oft-quoted remark that Sarah is his 'third child' casts doubt to me on the existence of any romantic feelings for Sarah on the part of the Duke.
It suits Sarah from all perspectives to keep people thinking that there is a romantic relationship between the Duke and herself. It would serve to underline the 'royal' connection and Sarah's stock-in -trade is entirely based on the [completely erroneous!!] belief that she is 'royal'. From a material standpoint, Sarah also needs Royal Lodge as a base: not only is it a roof over her head, it is a 'royal' roof that boosts her 'claim' to be a 'royal duchess' and it also provides her with other material comforts: hands up all those forum members who remember the footage of that Australian tv interview with Sarah riding at Royal Lodge. The horse presumably did not belong to her........no doubt her mount was 'all part of the facilities'.
I also have to say that if suddenly a multi-millionaire came along and swept Sarah off her feet, with promises of oodles of money and the jet-set [as opposed to 'royal'] lifestyle that I suspect she in reality craves, I think that she would drop Andrew like a hot brick.........
Which is all very unfortunate, because IMHO, unless and until Sarah manages to distance herself from her Royal past - which in my opinion is long overdue since she split from Andrew some 20 years ago, I don't think there is any chance that she can recover her reputation. It would be wonderful if she retired from the limelight and began to exist in obscurity but I just don't think it is going to happen. She craves an enormous amout of money and she craves publicity and recognition, and all of that is not going to happen to her if she goes off to the country and starts a programme of carrying out local, charitable good works....
Just my thoughts, and not meant to offend,
Alex