Duchess of York 'Devastated' Over Tabloid Sting

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AOL News

(May 23) -- A spokeswoman for The Duchess of York said today that the ex-royal is "devastated" over a British tabloid video that shows her offering an undercover reporter access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, in exchange for hefty sums of cash.

The video captured by the tabloid News of the World shows Sarah Ferguson, 50, telling an undercover reporter posing as a businessman that she will help "open doors" to her ex-husband, an unpaid international trade envoy, for a fee of 500,000 pounds (about $723,500.) The footage also shows Ferguson leaving a London apartment with an initial payment of $40,000 in a black computer case.

Ferguson's spokeswoman, Kate Waddington, confirmed the recording was authentic, according to an Associated Press report, saying the duchess was "devastated" and regretted the embarrassment she had caused. Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, is Queen Elizabeth II's second son and fourth in line to the throne. He and Ferguson divorced in 1996 but have spoken about their amicable relationship.

Buckingham Palace did not comment on the story today, saying it does not speak for Ferguson, who is no longer a member of the royal family, according to published reports.


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Video of the sting here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW1BiteQNZE&feature=player_embedded

[tabasco]

1. She should pose for Playboy if she needs cash. n/t

[virgogal]

2. The Royal pains in the ass never cease to amaze me.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Devastated that she got caught.

Just like when her toes were being sucked.

[opihimoimoi]

4. She should do the right thing and jump the Tower of London on a full moon

a waste of bread water and air

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. As "devastated" as the photos of that guy sucking her toes a few years ago?

The ones that were all aver the tabloids?

Of her lying on her stomach on a lounge chair, and her less-than-regal lover standing over her, leg raised in the air, sucking her toes?

Was she "as upset, less upset or more upset" than she was when those photos were made public?

[LuckyLib]

6. This woman is so incredibly stupid -- video footage on the evenings news

indicates she was plastered. Is no one babysitting her?

[boppers]

7. Uhm, UK, seriously, why are they still there?

Other than tabloid fodder, are the "royals" actually useful in any way?

[depakid]

14. The regent is the titular head of the Westminster system

and from time to time (traditions aside) the crown's representative (in Australia and Canada known as the Governor General) does actually wield a bit of power when there are deadlocks in Parliament.

[Maccagirl]

8. She's not the sharpest knife in the drawer is she?

It's always about $$$$$$$$$$$.

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[Hardrada]

10. She was just in Iowa selling cook books or fitness books or some such

commodity. I guess she didn't raise enough MOOLA! At least Fergie is putting in some hustle to raise $$$ though, thus doing more than some other royalty or ex-royalty!!

[Yeahyeah]

11. What's her ex-husband's cut?Unpaid trade envoy my peasant ass.

[rug]

12. Is lobbying illegal in the UK?

[Alamuti Lotus]

13. Who cares? Why are these idiot royals still around?

[donheld]

15. Worst Ecological disaster on Earth, A horrific economic situation in many years

And now this. Ask me why I don't care what Fergie did.