Sarah Ferguson made some shocking revelations about Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice’s parenting.

The Duchess of York, 64, has two daughters with Prince Andrew, born in 1988 and 1990.

Affectionately known as the Duchess, she wears bracelets decorated with her daughters’ names.

The 64-year-old detailed how she instilled a sense of empathy and compassion in Beatrice, 35, and Eugenie, 34, from their early years.

She said: “They were born to learn about charity, they were born to give.”

Sarah shared how she taught Beatrice and Eugenie to think about others and appreciate their lives.

The Duchess added: “[As children] If they were complaining and whining, I would leave them out in the freezing cold.

“Then they’ll complain and moan, and I’ll say: ‘Well, imagine what it would be like if you were in the middle of nowhere without a coat and you could never find a coat.’ He soon stopped moaning.

“It was probably moaning something like: ‘Why are we watching Barbie and not anything else’, nothing serious.”

Prince Andrew’s ex-wife celebrated the girls’ 18th birthday by taking them to a unit run by the Teenage Cancer Trust.

She continued telling Hello!: “I wanted to teach them how to hold a dying person’s hand.”

Fergie made the comments during a recent visit to the Tikva Orphanage in Bucharest.