Sarah, Duchess of York 11: July-October 2008

[Warren]

Welcome to
Sarah, Duchess of York part 11

commencing July 2008

Part 10, covering the period February to July 2008 can be found here

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[muriel]

Talk of a wedding may be jumping the gun a bit. I am not sure she is ready to loose her DoY title - worth a lot to her for her US business. Also, has Sarah done her diligence on Geir? Is he really as wealthy as the press make him out to be? Rumour has it that the Findus business in the UK (the bit he owns) is not doing that well. So this could end up being a marriage for true love!!!!!!

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by muriel

Has Sarah done her due diligence on Geir? Is he really as wealthy as the press make him out to be? Rumour has it that the Findus business in the UK (the bit he owns) is not doing that well

People do fall in love and get married without letting the monetary value decide them either way.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

People do fall in love and get married without letting the monetary value decide them either way.

You are absolutely right, people do (even Royals!) marry for love. Its just not a quality I would associate with Sarah!

[iceflower]

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, outside Claridges Hotel
London, England - 23.07.08 - she's been quite busy..

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[Bella]

Originally Posted by iceflower

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, outside Claridges Hotel
London, England - 23.07.08 - she's been quite busy..

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Thanks, Ice. I must say, a skirt a bit below the knee is quite flattering for her.

[jcbcode99]

A great look for Sarah--and I have to say that I do love the white coat; we seem to be seeing it a great deal.
I do think that Sarah and Andrew were completely in love with each other when they got married and I think that this why they are able to remain such good friends--but I think it is interesting that post- Sarah he is seen with a completely different type of girl.

[Odette]

I find Sarah unkept to say the least. A woman her age who has hair that long, should make an effort to at least keep them more tame. Besides, all these years she still does not know how to walk a bit gracefully. These long strides, the flowing dry red hair, no make up.........She should try a bit harder.

[Monika_]

Originally Posted by Odette

I find Sarah unkept to say the least. A woman her age who has hair that long, should make an effort to at least keep them more tame. Besides, all these years she still does not know how to walk a bit gracefully. These long strides, the flowing dry red hair, no make up.........She should try a bit harder.

I agree. I think the long hair and no makeup ages her unnecessarily. She looked good when she had it shoulder length. It was 'perky' and suited her perfectly, yet it was also a classic look.

[Odette]

I agree Bella. Sarah always seemed like the carefree lady and I always wondered exactly what did Andrew see in her.
However when one of the boyfriends (either Wyatt or the Financial guru) gave an interview and said he was in bed with her while she was on the phone with P Andrew, that sealed the deal for me. It was not even as bad (IMHO) when the photos came out of her receiving "financial" advice poolside in France.

[jcbcode99]

I did not know that she was in bed with another man talking on the phone with Andrew; that is pretty low class.
My feelings about Sarah vary--on the one hand, I like her "spunk" as a woman; on the other hand, I wish she were more careful about how she portrays herself. She's an interesting character, to say the least

[Russophile]

Originally Posted by jcbcode99

I did not know that she was in bed with another man talking on the phone with Andrew; that is pretty low class.
My feelings about Sarah vary--on the one hand, I like her "spunk" as a woman; on the other hand, I wish she were more careful about how she portrays herself. She's an interesting character, to say the least

Janet, there was another book that had that in it besides "Blood Feud" Is that correct? I've forgotten the title, it's over on the "Socialties" thread.
I think it was called, "Fergie and Me" or "The Duchess and me" written by the buddy of Johnny Bryant.
I think Sarah fell in love with Andrew AFTER all the crud happened. I think she loved him, certainly, but fell IN LOVE when the proverbial stuff hit the fan when he showed that he would stand by her.
Doesn't she hit 50 this year?

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Russophile

Doesn't she hit 50 this year?

A touch premature! She was born 15 October 1959, so currently she's 48.

[qui mal y pense]

I get the feeling that she's getting older and may realize that the young playboys with money might not be interested in her for too much longer. It's just a matter of financials not love. I think the only one she loves is herself.

[Odette]

At some point after Andrew when she was trying to reinvent herself there was an Italian noble she was hanging around with. There was even talk of marriage. What happenned?
I must admit, I admire her ability to dig herself out of the debts she had accumulated, keep a friendly relationship with her ex husband and seem like she got a handle on her life. However......she never stopped being common.
On American TV her British accent sounds "upper class" but overall her antics betray her. I agree she will not give up the title of "Duchess" unless a better prospect rolls along.

[giov]

Originally Posted by Odette

At some point after Andrew when she was trying to reinvent herself there was an Italian noble she was hanging around with.

Gaddo della Gherardesca!
Odette,
I am your assistant today!

[Odette]

Oh dear...You make me proud.............Odette's mind is running out of space...........LOL Too much trivia accumulated up there..........I need to clean my hard drive, pronto..........lol
What happenned to Gaddo?? It looked serious.
BTW Is Alitalia still flying??????????LOL

[muriel]

I think Sarah is a slightly difficult one to judge. I do admire how she has rebuilt her life, post divorce. However, she really does demonstrate a complete lack of judgement in some of the things she sometimes says. When I started this debate, I was not questioning whether she was in lvbe with Andrew when she married him - it was really directed towards Geir. None of us really know the true state of their relatio nship and this is all mere conjecture. That said, I would think if like Sarah you have a public position (if one can call it that), you have worked hard to rebuild your life and being the DoY is very much part of brand Sarah, you are not really going to give it all up easily to be Mrs F - and to then find you have to financially suppor him and by marrying him,you have in any way sullied brand "Sarah". I think if you are at the age and stage of like Sarah is at, you could probably do with the companionship, but often women don't really want to complicate their lives with another marriage.... unless you are getting something you would not otherwise. I also think money is very important to Sarah - and IMO it would be a consideration if she were to remarry.

[Odette]

Is Sarah having any TV projects at the moment? Looks like she no longer advertises Weight Watchers and I do not know what else she does to earn money. However, I agree with you the brand of Sarah Duchess of York is currency she cannot and perhaps should not give up easily......unless she trades up.

[rmay286]

I saw just the headline of the Daily Mail article before I opened it and it was, "Sarah Duchess of York to marry Findus boss" or something like that, and I thought, "What, is this true?" I thought if it were this would be one of the first pieces of royal news to really surprise me.

Of course I've heard enough from around this forum to be skeptical of the Daily Mail and of course the headline was misleading, the article just quoted some unnamed "friend" who believed this Mr. Frantzen wanted to marry Sarah...

But actually when I saw that headline I realized how totally surprised I'd be if Sarah actually remarried someone other than Andrew. I don't actually think Sarah is "in love" with Andrew now exactly, but I don't think we'll ever see her married to anyone other than him.

I also think that while Sarah would do a lot of crazy things to maintain her lifestyle, she wouldn't marry for financial reasons. She's much too emotional for that. Also, I can see her having serious romantic relationships, but I can't see her marrying even a serious boyfriend. In fact, I believe she said in an interview several years ago that she isn't interested in remarriage.

Originally Posted by Odette

Is Sarah having any TV projects at the moment? Looks like she no longer advertises Weight Watchers and I do not know what else she does to earn money. However, I agree with you the brand of Sarah Duchess of York is currency she cannot and perhaps should not give up easily......unless she trades up.

I read that there will be a sequel to Sarah's "Duchess in Hull" reality show to be aired around Christmas--she'll check up on the family she visited. I don't live in Britain, though, so I could be wrong about this.

Sarah's going to find it more difficult to earn money as time passes, I think. Especially since a whole new generation of royals, including her own daughters, is taking over media attention...even in the U.S. I think once William marries people are going to be a lot more interested in him and Harry than in someone who was a member of the BRF fairly briefly back in the 80s.

Plus, it's true that women are perceived more negatively as they age than men, especially if you frequent the kind of Hollywood circles Sarah seems to like.