Video: Sarah Ferguson Interview
Sarah, Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson) interviewed about her life, her family and her role in the new movie ‘Young Victoria’.
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August 27th, 2009 06:38
Sarah has never been suitable for the Queen’s brand of royal family. However, she seems to be a very successful celebrity just being herself, so I have always wondered why she hasn’t given up the title. Sarah is great on her own, so why not just be plain Sarah Ferguson again?
August 27th, 2009 08:43
The title is her meal ticket. Why would she give it up?
August 27th, 2009 09:52
Sarah’s children are in line to the throne, she can’t just go back to Sarah Ferguson. Some people in the media calls her Sarah Ferguson but she should be addressed as Sarah, Duchess of York. Although she’s not The Duchess of York anymore, I think her title is fitting for her.
August 27th, 2009 11:00
Exactly, Phoebe. She will never marry again, as she would have to give up her title. And in particular in the US, where she earns most of her money, at least in the past, she could not earn money anymore.
@Littlefield
This was always the problem with her. Sarah completely mistakes being a celebrity for being a princess. And the Brits are not stupid, they know that and therefore she is not very popular in the UK.
Sarah liked the bankability of the RF, but not the obligations that came with it.
August 27th, 2009 11:09
I know I may sound a bit harsh, but lets be honest here: Sarah did a lot of damage to the RF. And then she fled to the US and made money with the title. How do you think she could get to the White House and meet the Obamas?
The Brits never forgave her this toe sucking affair.
August 27th, 2009 11:15
IMO, her title and her daughters have been her meal ticket ever since she divorced Andrew. The title has opened many doors for her and she likes to remind the public of her royal connections at every opportunity. It’s as tiring as her persistent need to say she married the “best looking prince of the lot.” Oh, please! HOW old is she?
August 27th, 2009 12:06
Hi Folks,
Sarah made some mistakes because she was going through a very tough time, in those days. With her husband away, little to no support from the royal family and the tabs down her throat, I’m surprised Sarah didn’t cut her own throat for going through all of that. It goes to show that people didn’t really care about her personal problems, they saw her make a mistake and they jumped all over her for it.
Today, Sarah is better than ever and she works hard for the charities and organizations that is close to her heart. He relationship with the royals are much more better and she’s a great mother. Some still knock her for what happened all those years ago but I think it’s time to acknowledge her progress since that time and just continue to wish her the best.
I was happy to hear that Andrew & Sarah went on vacation together. No matter what they remain close and good parents for their children. I notice that Andrew still wears his wedding ring and Sarah is sometimes pictured with hers. Even if they never re-marry, I think they make very nice companions for each other.
August 27th, 2009 12:14
“best looking prince of the lot.” LOL, Katherine I think she still say that because she’s a very loving person and she never have a problem with expressing her love for Andrew. He don’t have a problem with expressing his love for her either. Infact his office at Buckingham Palace is filled with pictures of Sarah and the children. You can see it in the documentry, Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work.
August 27th, 2009 13:00
Well I find her very interesting. She’s truly right about life, we all make mistakes and we must live by them. She did enfact marry a handsome prince, but she shows us all that nothing is perfect. In the end she has two very beutiful daughters. She shows us all that we need to start doing some good in the world beside critizing everyone else. Look at yourself first before you dare to judge someone else!!!!
August 27th, 2009 13:18
I think in the future, the media and public have to start accepting the royals imperfections and stop putting them on a pedestal and expecting them to be perfect. The royals are human before royal and when we start acknowledging that, things will be okay.
August 27th, 2009 14:16
These “imperfections” led to another big crisis of the monarchy. Another very high profile wedding that ended in a divorce.
Sorry, as a member of the RF, you are supposed to be a role model. Sarah is certainly not a bad person per se, but she is no role model.
The Brits just do not like her.
August 27th, 2009 14:36
The RF is a century old institution. They stand for consistency, power, being a role model.
The Queen Mother was admired and loved for staying in London when London was attacked by the Nazis. She was considered brave and showed empathy for her people. This is what monarchy is about. Otherwise, why have it? Why funding it with the taxes?
Very probably the RF is not perfect, but it should not be that obvious.
August 27th, 2009 14:41
I agree regarding Sarah Ferguson…good riddance. I fear her daughters may inherit her trashy demeanor. And with a father like Andrew…!!
August 27th, 2009 15:05
Well of course I agree that the royals should set an example but if people continue to expect them to do no wrong, then they will always end up being disappointed. I just think everyone is entitled to their mistakes, royal or not royal. It’s time to leave Sarah mistakes in the past and be happy that her life is better.
I’m glad the royals now handle relationships better now because back then, they had no idea what they were doing. It took a couple of crisises to bring their big helium heads out of the stratosphere. Now they seem to help the newcomers in the royal family.
August 27th, 2009 17:31
Rman, I admire the way Andrew and Sarah have supported each other over the years, but that makes it even more unfortunate that they couldn’t make their marriage work. IMO….
August 27th, 2009 18:05
I agree Katherine, it’s sad that they couldn’t make their marriage work at that time. But I think if they gave it another try today, their marriage would work. Lessons had to be learned.
August 27th, 2009 21:13
For those looking for proof that Kate and William went to Mystique or at least out of the country.. Look no further
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royals/2611082/Prince-Williams-buys-a-sporty-Audi.html
August 27th, 2009 23:31
JJ,
I would hardly call a grainly picture of a car just like the one PE drives or the little grainey picture on the side proof of a Carribean vacation shared by PW and Kate. Am I missing something?
August 27th, 2009 23:31
I meant GRAINY Picture!
August 27th, 2009 23:51
Oh I just said out of the country or the caribbean. For all we know they could have flown to scotland.. or around the round about.. Who knows they are back…
August 28th, 2009 00:19
The photo is really blurry, it’s hard to see. I enlarged the photo, you can barely see Wills in the driver seat, and the blurred outline of Kate in the passenger seat:
http://tinyurl.com/kk5ag4
August 28th, 2009 00:20
August 28th, 2009 00:35
Mapleleaf,
I am having a really hard time believing that there are people out there who don’t know that.
August 28th, 2009 01:04
http://www.fashion.ie/aggregator/gossip/198706-william-proposes-kate-middleton
update
had i flight to l.a at 2am today bye..
August 28th, 2009 02:22
hello everybody
I think the audi (photography in the sun) is not william’s car but kate’s one. If you check the photos when kate was caught talking on the phone when leaving her home on her way to work, it’s this audi !!! I’m pretty sure (but if somebody could check this info too, we can feed the press if we want!!!)
August 28th, 2009 02:34
Kate drives an Audi, too, NYme. (And I think the Middleton family has a couple of Audis). But hers is a blue, 4-door Audi… Wills has the gray 2-door one.
August 28th, 2009 03:59
you are right dagsi, I just saw the previous set of photos when she was on the phone and her car is a 4-door!!!
August 28th, 2009 05:38
Rman, I totaly agree with you on this one. Sarah, Duchess of York managed to pull herself out of significant debt by working hard & continuing to work hard to support herself. She is a role model for all divorced women who have suffered the loss of income via divorce, & for single mothers who maintain a good relationship their exs for the well-being of her children. I know we Americans may be more willing to forgive her past transcretions,afterall, it is not our Royal Family, but as a single working Mom w/3 children, I know that if S,DoY can come back better than ever than so can I & other Mom’s in my postion.
August 28th, 2009 08:15
To Clover @ 23:
Unfortunately Clover, I discovered there really are some Americans who have difficulty understanding that the steering wheel is on the right in the U.K. and not the left.
Someone somewhere else (on another forum) who saw the photo actually remarked that the small, round photo that shows the closeup of William was showing him on the passenger side of the car!!
Other people had to explain to that highly confused person that in the U.K., the steering wheel is on the right side of the car and not the left. Believe me, that mistake has actually been made.
August 28th, 2009 09:08
Morning All,
The point is, they are back. I hope they had a good time.
Keysmom, I agree on that. No sense of throwing her painful past in her face, we don’t want anyone doing that to us so we shouldn’t do that to her. I’m glad she got herself back on track and the American people have embraced her and gave her a second chance. I don’t know how the British feel, by the looks of it, forgive and forget is not their kind of thing.
Mapleleaf I know on the other royal forums, they have picked that picture to death. You can clearly tell that’s William & Kate in the car. You can see William driving and Kate is a bit blurred but that’s her.
August 28th, 2009 10:20
^Usually when the human being is in denial mode, mental blocking, they need help. Yes, the couple came back from a holiday.
August 28th, 2009 10:29
Thanks to klisa from another forum for these additional photos. Caption reads: Prince William and Kate Middleton leave Gatwick Airport at 6:00 am after returning from their holiday in Mustique. Prince William drives his new Audi A5. Aug/28/2009 (Although I think they meant Aug 27/2009)
http://i31.tinypic.com/2cxvtpx.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/s1u89t.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/fkvgxl.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/kas2mx.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/2u6zrjp.jpg
It’s definitely shaping up to be like Wills and Kate. 1st pic shows Range Rover behind them (bodyguards), 3rd pic looks like Wills, 4th pic looks like Kate.
August 28th, 2009 10:32
Are we only allowed to post 1 link at a time? My previous post didn’t make it. Trying again…
Anyway…..
Thanks to klisa from another forum for these additional photos. Caption reads: Prince William and Kate Middleton leave Gatwick Airport at 6:00 am after returning from their holiday in Mustique. Prince William drives his new Audi A5. Aug/28/2009 (Although I think they meant Aug 27/2009)
http://i32.tinypic.com/fkvgxl.jpg
Looks like Wills…
** BRW – Hi dagsi, You can only post 3 links per comment. Unfortunately I have to set this limit to prevent spam. **
August 28th, 2009 10:33
Another pic…
http://i25.tinypic.com/kas2mx.jpg
Looks like Kate?
August 28th, 2009 10:34
http://i31.tinypic.com/2cxvtpx.jpg
And the mighty Range Rover is behind them. Protection officers!
August 28th, 2009 10:37
Thanks for the photos! But are we sure the woman in the car with Wills is not Lady Nats???
LMAO!!!
August 28th, 2009 11:27
Sure enough the time of the flight arrival is overseas, not domestic
August 28th, 2009 11:35
Lisa,
I just dont understand your post! why to suggest something like this? why speculate? w and lady n know each other for a long time, they are friends and they share a house with many other friends, they dont spend holidays together it just happened they were in the same house at the same time with many friends. why suggest other things and open a new debate and feed by the way the other stupid forum?
August 28th, 2009 11:57
Dagsi, thanks loads for the pics!! They’re blurry for sure, but that’s definitely Kate, just like it’s definitely Wills driving. We’ve seen them both sitting in Wills’ car often enough to tell.
NYme, I’m sure Lisa was only teasing, but I do understand your concerns.
There are Kate haters who are in denial, and who would take Lisa’s little joke seriously if for no other reason than they prefer denying reality rather than dealing with it.
August 28th, 2009 12:13
I know you’re right mapleleaf. Just to say:
- the 5 days holidays with Lady nat and friends took place at the beginning of july (let’s not forget they were 20 friends invited – the man in the pub said they were nearly 20 to go to his pub at some moments, so maybe something to celebrate and that’s the reason to have invited so much friends)
- the 6th and 9th july William has two appointments : middle temple as royal bencher and water polo match
- the 18th : polo with prince charles, harry, kate and the sun kiss
- the 19th : uncle gary
and then the wedding of van … and now mustique
No problem with this coupe.
- the the sun kiss
August 28th, 2009 12:19
NYme, sorry about the little joke but I have ceased to be able to take alot of this seriously anymore. Some of the comments on the forums are beyond funny and I cannot help but to poke fun at them. BTW, posters were already suggesting that it was not Kate in the car with Will(yeah RIGHT) before I made my little joke.
August 28th, 2009 12:22
There on there way to the Scotland.
August 28th, 2009 12:25
KM and “Lady Nats” are both tall and similar in appearance (long dark hair draped over one eye), and the pictures of the woman in the car are beyond blurry. Under the circumstances, I am surprised that none of the tabs have not already published a story stating the same thing. I know I thought it when I first saw the picture.
August 28th, 2009 12:25
I would imagine you are correct,Me. Do you know for sure?
August 28th, 2009 12:26
LOL, we know you are joking around Lisa. I will never understand that forum. I often wonder if many of them are nipping on the cooking sherry? Just too much hate.
August 28th, 2009 12:28
OK,Phoebe,I’ll play,LOL. The reason we know the woman in the car is Kate is because lady Nats,lol is Wills friend and Catherine Elizabeth Middleton is his lover and future wife.
August 28th, 2009 12:30
People just need to get a grip.
August 28th, 2009 12:30
Cooking Sherry,Rman? No my dear the stuff they are on over there is far stronger then cooking sherry.LOL. You can’t buy that stuff,lol.
August 28th, 2009 12:33
LOL, Phoebe I think the media know that Lady Nats is just a friend. It would be pointless to start up any speculation on their part.
August 28th, 2009 12:36
LOL, I suppose your right Lisa.
The couple may head over to Balmoral. William probably haven’t seen his grandmother in awhile.
August 28th, 2009 13:02
@keysmom
Of course, Sarah still receives a monthly payment, as a former wife of the Duke of York. You think she did not receive anything? And I would think that the RF was rather generous.
It is nice to see that she still wants to pursue a career, but perhaps a career a bit out of the limelight would have been more appropriate. The Brits have enough aristocracy and nobility for charity (let alone celebrity), they do not need a royal ex-wife that seems to love the limelight.
And of course it is great to see, that she has a good relationship with her ex-husband, but again, out of the limelight would have been better. And please do not forget that Prince Andrew, who used to be hugely (!) popular in the past, has become … well… somewhat… a “nobody” among the royals. He is not exactly the hardest working royal, and he does not seem to show a passion for anything.
Perhaps this is a bit difficult to understand for Americans, but this is how the majority of the Brits think. There is a difference between being a celebrity and being a princess. And the Brits feel that she is using her royal title to be a celebrity. They are quite sensitive in this regard.
Anyway, as Rman said, I am sure the RF has learned from that. Obviously, they will show future royals the ropes, but also make sure that they will not keep their title in case of a divorce. Or at least, they will get a less glamorous title.
August 28th, 2009 13:26
Chris I don’t think Sarah seeks the limelight but have fully accepted that she will always be in the limelight. The media have an interest in her and they will not leave her alone, even if she wanted out of the spotlight.
I think Sarah works extremely hard for the charities she supports and I think she deserves some royal recognition for her work. I did see the move The Young Victoria, and I think Sarah did a great job by bringing the love story of Victoria & Albert to life. Thanks to Her Majesty for letting Sarah have access to the royal archives.
Andrew royal job is pretty much working for the British Trade and Investment. Although people complain about his travels, he works hard to bring high quality investments to the UK.
I think these peope do a very good job, of course everyone have their opinions but I just choose to recognize their efforts.
August 28th, 2009 14:00
Rman,
then lets agree to disagree.
I think you prefer to see all things concerning the RF through rose-coloured glasses, probably like many other Americans. That is okay.
August 28th, 2009 15:30
I happen to agree with Chris.
I think Diana was on the same road path (celebrity) before the tragic accident.
August 28th, 2009 15:43
Nats Rufus went to her friend’s hen weekend on Aug 21, so she could not be anywhere else but in UK.
August 28th, 2009 15:59
That’s okay, we can agree to disagree on this but the media pretty much treat the royals like celebrities today. The paps follow them like they are celebrities, the tabs write about them like they are celebrities and the royals are pretty much popular like celebrities. Of course we can try to set the royals apart from everyday celebrities but all together, they are just well known people that do different and extraordinary things.
I just see Sarah has a true survivor for making out alive from the hole she was in all those years ago. The royals treated her badly and the media got very nasty with her. Even though she has fought her way back to the top and live a much healthier lifestyle, I just find it cold to throw her painful past back into her face. The British press always manages to do that and I hope the British people is not that cold.
Diana was on a path to gaining her life back and looking for more serious causes to support, that all came to an end in Paris.
August 28th, 2009 22:14
well what the next events of wills and kate after the mystique vacay
August 28th, 2009 22:47
At the moment they are sleeping in Balmoral in separate rooms, perhaps they crawled throught the secret passages.
August 29th, 2009 01:18
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royals/2613303/Prince-robbing-pair-arrested-in-seconds-by-security.html
August 29th, 2009 01:52
Hello everybody,
I inquired a bit, and know why kate was not with william and friends during the week holiday in cornwall … she was at the marketing show (1er of july on wednesday) and on the 3rd she was with friends clubbing at the raffles and we known william was back on duties on the 6th of july (so probably back around the 5th).
August 29th, 2009 10:41
Chris, Sorry was unaware that S,DoY still received money monthly from the RF. I assumed her divorce settlement was the end of the RF’s financial commitment to Sarah. Like Rman, I will agree to disagree. But it seems to me that no matter what Sarah chooses to do for work the media will find out & comment on it. What could the poor woman possibly do to avoaid the limelight? Once bitten…..
August 29th, 2009 23:26
well this slow news week
August 29th, 2009 23:39
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/equestrianism/6105384/Zara-Phillips-just-wants-to-be-one-of-the-gang.html
update
August 30th, 2009 09:40
Roman has made excellent coments concerning Sarah. There is no reason she should not be called Duchess. Why should she give up being called Duchess, when she does not have to?
Diana was divorced but still known as Princess. Neither Diana or Sarah were HRH after their divorces, but they do have every right to be referred to as Duchess and Princess, just as the Earl Spencer has ex wife called Countess Spencer.
Why should Sarah be singled out and not allowed to be called Duchess, this is a simple right she has as former wife of the Prince.
She is not HRH, but she is still Duchess.
Sarah also went to the US because it was an opportunity for her to pay off her enormous bank debts. after the divorce(which the UK press was on her constantly about.) She did what she needed to do and paid her debts. If she had stayed in the UK and remained in debt, not paying them off, the press would still have complained about her. She did what was best to pay off her enormous bank drafts. The Americans were willing to pay her well, so she took the U.S. contracts and now she is debt free.