Even though her ex-husband and two daughters were invited, Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson was pointedly NOT invited to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It might been for any of the following reasons: Fergie is crazy; Fergie is too deranged to keep her lies straight; Fergie whores out her connection to the royal family for profit; Fergie might in fact be an actual hooker. So, basically, I wouldn’t want her at any wedding either. She’s a disaster. But being publicly shunned isn’t going to stop Fergie! No, she appears on Oprah this week to discuss how it was “so difficult” not to go to the wedding, and then she precedes to speak about Princess Diana like she’s channeling Diana’s ghost or something. Bitch please.
Did Sarah Ferguson — the Duchess of York — put a curse on the House of Windsor after she was excluded from her nephew William’s royal wedding?
Not exactly, but it wasn’t a feel-good moment for Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice’s mom — who divorced Prince Andrew after 10 years in 1996 and was mired in scandal last year, when she attempted to sell royal access to a journalist.
“I was not invited,” Ferguson, 51, says on Wednesday’s The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Instead, during the festivities when Beatrice, 22, and Eugenie, 21, rocked talked-about fascinators outside Westminster Abbey, “I chose to go and be in Thailand in a place called Camelia . . . the jungle embraced me,” Ferguson explained.
The snub “was so difficult,” the former royal continued. “Because I wanted to be there with my girls … to be getting them dressed and to go as a family.”
She added: “Also, it was so hard, because the last bride up that aisle was me.” (Ferguson and Prince Andrew, 51, tied the knot in Westminster Abbey on July 23, 1986.)
Ferguson and her ex-husband, who remain amicable, were in contact during Prince William and Kate’s historic day. “When Andrew went with the girls, we were talking all morning and he was saying, ‘It’s okay. Just remember we had such a good day. Our wedding was so perfect.’ Because we’re such a unit together. He made me feel very part of the day on April the 29th.”
She did, in fact, catch the coverage from Thailand — and looked back fondly on Prince William’s late mother, Princess Diana. “I think Diana would be so proud of her son. Both of them, you know? They did a great job.”
Ferguson has frequently spoken of her kinship with the late Diana, who passed away in 1997 at age 36. “I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there,” she told Oprah. “But I’m here to say how proud she would have been and Kate looked utterly beautiful.”
In the midst of her scandal, she admitted that she understood not being invited by her former in-laws. “I went through the phase of feeling so totally worthless and that [it] was quite right they didn’t invite me. Why would they — why would they invite me?”
Of her embarrassing flub, she explained: “I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?”
She’ll explain all in her new OWN network TV show, Finding Sarah, which debuts in June.
[From Us Weekly]
Dear God. Over the course of years, I’ve gone from feeling genuine sympathy for Fergie (she was mistreated) to outright disgust with her. The bribing scandal was terrible, and she still hasn’t really answered many of the direct questions about getting paid for influence peddling. But this – “I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there… But I’m here to say how proud she would have been and Kate looked utterly beautiful.” Jesus. You don’t talk that way about someone like Diana. Fergie’s still selling, selling, selling her connections to these people, and now she’s even whoring out Diana’s memory? While Diana and Fergie were close at one point, they fell apart in later years, and in retrospect, that was a great decision for Diana. Fergie is crazy, and she’s a balls-out user.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
“I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there…”
That is one of the tackiest statements ever. And that says a lot coming from her.
For someone who has so many money problems, what is she doing with a crocodile purse and shoes? The purse is probably worth 20-30 grand alone.
Oh yea, Cnn had some video about how Sarah picked out her daughters fugly hats to get back at the queen for not being invited. They sat behind the queen so everyone the camera panned to the queen, those fugly hats could be seen behind her. Funny if true.
Okay, wow, she is something else. She looks and acts like the wicked witch of England. No wonder her daughters have absolutely no sense of self, judging from the (what adjective can I find?) hats they wore to the wedding. Tacky, stupid, ugly, pathetic, but also sort of evil- the hats and the Fergie.
That title could and should read: Sarah Ferguson is Tacky. End of title.
WHOA she is not aging well. Beatrice this is your wake up call for proper moisturizing and sunscreen usage.
She’s only 51??? Girlfriend isn’t aging well.
And yeah, I don’t like her comment about Diana!
Wow, she looks 60 years old in those photos. The trouble she’s had was caused by on one other than herself. She was an embarresment to the Country and soiled Andrews good name.
It must be hell to be the unfortunate-looking one in a crowd of beautiful royals. I do feel sorry for her for that, because she doesn’t seem like she has the backbone and self-regard to carry it off. Camilla’s not the prettiest bon bon in the box, but she seems very confident.
She is utter white trash. It was obvious back in the 80’s and it has caught up with her. Diana was used by the royals. Fergie was a joke and was actually favored by the Queen. That doesn’t say much about her taste either.
Ugh that’s the reality of divorce whether or not you are royalty you rarely end up going to your exes nephew’s wedding that’s just life. Fergie I know the royals are class A jerks but at some point you have to get over it and live your life.
Why is Sarah Ferguson so interesting to Oprah? Fergie was not missed at the wedding (I don’t recall hearing her name mentioned once throughout the whole event)so why does Oprah think we want to hear Fergie’s rambling about not being there?
Wow, she is definitely not aging gracefully.
I actually do feel quite sorry for her. She seems rather down on herself. I think the royals should of made her a part of the day regardless of her past mistakes…
I didn’t invite my uncle’s ex-wife to my wedding either. That’s the extent of her ties to the Windsors. And even if she wasn’t bonkers and a total embarassment, do ex-wives of groom’s uncles merit invites? Were any of the ex-wives of William’s maternal uncle Spencer (also bonkers) invited? Come to think of it, if all William got from his crazy lineage is thinning hair, he’s awfully lucky.
Wow.
What is there to love about Princess Diana not being there?!? It was her son’s wedding…There’s nothing nice about Princess Diana not being there.
It must have been such a bittersweet day for Prince William…
“I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there…”
What and incredibly obscenely maudlin thing to say.
Oh. My. God.
Can any one person be possibly any more vulgar and ill bred? What a stupid creature.
so she’s happy that William’s mother wasn’t there either? that’s really frigging classy. The only reason she wasnt there is because she’s dead. Way to be awesome.
She is a strange strange lady who is not ageing well – get thee out of the sun and get thee some moisturizer!
She may have been a trashy whore but so was her husband. They didn’t call him Randy Andy for nothing. He’d screw anything in a skirt. They totally deserved each other.
She’s turning into quite a rather….umm…handsome woman. She might want to sell that purse and invest in a little sunscreen and filler.
She’s got a great colorist, though. Personally, I’d consider toning down that red at her age, but it looks great. It matches the color of her youthful hair well.
Yes, I love that my former SIL is dead so neither of us could be at the wedding. No matter her two sons are without their mother. It was great she was missing out w/me!
Did she seriously just basically say I’m glad his mom wasn’t there? I’m glad she’s dead?!?!?!? What. The. Hecck???? Who says that?
Yeah, i’m sure Prince William is thrilled to pieces that his mom wasn’t there…just like you. Nutbar.
Wow. I really didn’t get the extent of how inappropriate the Diana remark was until I read the comments – and then… WOMAN. Nothing, and I mean *nothing*, even in your warped brain, is positive about the groom’s mother not being at his wedding due to her being DEAD. Thoughtless, gross woman. At a stretch I could understand the royal-contact-selling business as an act of desperation, but this… eurgh.
The royal family circumvented Sarah whoring out insider details of the wedding to the press for money – I would not have put it past her to sell out Wills and Kate.
Throw her in a dungeon and lose the key for her insensitivity and just plain balls.
is she on crack?
That comment about Diana is horrible. I hope neither of Diana’s boys ever hear she said that, but I’m sure they will. Just awful.
Her daughters are in their 20s, they don’t need her to “dress them”. It’s her own fault she wasn’t invited, she’s a scandal magnet.
Wasn’t she really broke, and that’s why she was selling “access”? Perhaps she shouldn’t be jetting off to Thailand to pout.
Lol oh god these coments! Bahaha love!
Wow, did she really say that she was happy that the groom’s mother was not at the wedding?
It is not customary to invite ex-family members to a wedding. Was Princess Anne’s ex-husband invited? I doubt it. She was not snubbed.
What a tacky nutcase! Me Me Me, its all about Me!!!!!
I’m too busy to google, but is/has Sarah ever had issues with drugs.
She’s like a red-headed Courtney Love.
Well, that’s Fergie for you!
Ok Fergie:
A: this wedding was not about you.
and
2: you should be glad that all the Royals are doing is snubbing you.
Linda: is she on crack?
I should surely hope so. Because I would hate to think that pervasive kind of free flowing stupidity is inherited.
Yes, it must be crack. Either that or she’s been licking Toads.
How unclassy, but so typical of Fergie to be still putting her foot in her mouth repeatedly.
Poor Di, and Wills and Harry.
“I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there,”
Um, Diana is FUCKING DEAD, OMG. How classless of a statement. What a stupid, horrible comment to make. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I’m sure Fergie didn’t mean she’s glad Diana is dead BUT she should really learn to choose her words more carefully. Also? The wedding isn’t about her but she’s sure making all about herself. Oy!
Love it how everything is always about Sarah Fergie. Even somebody elses royal wedding day.
“I wanted to get dressed and go as a family”
Well maybe she shouldn’t have been so hungry for other men and cheated mercilessly (even when she was heavily preggers – yuck yuck yuck) on her dorky and ironically tacky husband.
She shouldn’t have demanded a divorce and expected to still have the priviledges of being married. Phillip always said she had mental health issues. But you don’t need to have this bird in your family to know that.
“Why is Sarah Ferguson so interesting to Oprah?”
Because Fergie is the only “member of the Royal Family” (cough) who will talk to her. And because even Oprah loves a trainwreck.
BTW, Her bag is a Ralph Lauren crocodile “Ricky” bag. MSRP: $16,995.00. Why yes, it DOES match her skin.
What’s up with Oprah having this classless woman on her show to talk such nonsense? Oprah is equally as responsible for this idiot’s words by giving her the platform to express them, and she’s giving the woman a show on her network! Good going Oprah…..
Weirdly, I had a conversation today with a media friend who attended the wedding and who ended up talking to a high up insider all day. I’m told their conversation was meant to be private so I’m not going to repeat, but I came away feeling much more empathy for Sarah Ferguson. Apparently she takes the fall a lot.
(by “attended” I mean as a member of the media of course, not that she actually went to the wedding)
Horrifying note: A student and I were talking about the hats that B & E wore to the weddings and I referred to them as “Fergie’s daughters”. She thought I meant Fergie from Black Eyed Peas.
She’s interesting to Oprah because she is going to have a reality show on Oprah’s network. I can see why the channel is struggling.
Holy crap-16K for a bag?!
I agree with everyone-ex-wives of uncles don’t get invites. Just because she’s slightly more famous than Spencer’s ex-wifes or Ann’s ex-husband-doesn’t mean she gets to come. It’s not a snub. Because it’s not just about her. Gah. this woman.
Lol ‘the jungle embraced me.’ I guess the jungle is all you have when you are an international joke and the bane of your former in-laws and home country.
“Apparently she takes the fall a lot”
It would be helpful and less painful for all involved all things considered if she could somehow learned to place one foot in front of the other rather then falling over herself stinking both feet in her mouth at every turn..
Fergie is just too careless..
A $17,000 purse? Wow. I felt bad for my husband splurging on a Gucci for me for Xmas, much- much less money than that (but still too extravagant for a purse…).
But doesn’t she cry the blues re money?
Funny that she held out hope for an invite, so did I! I think my odds were better.
Silly woman. Tacky comment re Di, bet she hopes she hadn’t said it.
Fergie wasn’t the last Royal bride..so much for memories of the royal family..Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son was married on June 19, 1999 to Sophie Rhys-Jones – They became the Earl and Countess of Wessex..Fergie married Prince Andrew on July 23, 1986. Only Edward remains married to his first spouse. Charles, Anne,have been divorced and remarried expect for Andrew, Sarah’s former husband, the Duke of York is still single.
At least she’s not totally deluded – she hit the nail on the head as to why she wasn’t invited! The fact that she’s venting to Oprah about the snub is exactly why she was left out.
I used to think that she was mistreated by the Royals, but given how we have seen her behave over the last 10+ years, lord knows what she put them all through — they were probably too good to her.
She is quite an unfortunate looking woman. Unattractive both inside and out.
Oh ffs will she SHUT UP! In case she didn’t notice, William’s other cousins Zara and Peter Phillips didn’t have their father Mark there either (who like Fergie is a divorcee of a Royal) but do you see him bitching about it any time someone will listen? No!
As for that comment about Diana? Disgusting
Its ALWAYS poor “her”..
she reminds me of “Ruby” from the weight loss reality show on television.
She not Ruby’s size but her face reminds me of “sweet Ruby’s”.
Definition of tacky.
Ghastly woman, and Prince Andrew is equally reprehensible. (I think La Fergiana has swallowed too much therapy-speak and self-love mantras, preventing her from speaking sense.) One thing though…she is certainly no longer the Duchess of York, yet she seems to ‘permit’ the title to adhere to her, and by God she trades on the misapprehension. She should be imprisoned in the Tower of London for tackiness!
@Rosalee: In all fairness, she wasn’t referring to being the last royal bride.
She said “That aisle,” meaning Westminster Abbey. Edward and Sophie were married at Windsor Castle.
Jules, I was about to say the same thing. The Judds, Shania Twain and now Fergie? Who’s next-Jenny McCarthy? Susan Lucci? Why does OWN think there’s an audience for them? (Well Susan after All My Children might be interesting) At least enough that will help the network? No wonder it’s going bust!
I don’t understand what she said that was so horrible?
people like fergie will be around because she can not stand not to be, her comment about Dianne was in poor taste, she needs to accept her situation and move forward.
See that Weight Watchers is no longer working. (Being snarky only because I have no respect whatsoever for this woman.)
If Fergie is so bankrupt and if she is attempting to clean up her financial situation,how can she afford to jet off to Thailand???????
@Kathy: She said, “I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there…” as though they were members of an exclusive little girls’ club that’s horribly mistreated by the royal family. SHE wasn’t invited because she’s considered a media whore and general troublemaker; Diana, the mother of the groom, wasn’t there because the poor woman DIED in a horrible car crash at the age of 36. The comparison is self-centered at best and morbidly grotesque at worst.
Per S—–, Sarah may get the short end of the stick from the royals (plausible enough), but she alone is responsible for the unbelievable bullshit that comes out of her mouth. See Exhibit A, above.
(And oh, how I wish S—- could dish for us!)
I think that’s Carrot Top in drag!!
Yeah she’s a bit of a mess, but I admit I felt a bit sad seeing clips and photos from their wedding when a lot of stations and websites were running recaps of royal weddings. They really looked happy on the day.
@ Edith P. Haha! The same thing happened to me! I was trying to interest my stepdaughter (27) in the royal wedding and every stink’in time I mentioned Fergie, she thought I meant The Peas! And then I couldn’t remember Fergie’s real name–Sarah!
Her outfit choice is revolting, as is her attitude.
The Diana comment was utterly disgusting.
@cailinos – Too funny about the Tower of London. During the wedding hoopla they showed the engagement interviews of Fergie and Andrew, Princess Ann and whoever she married and of course Princess Diana and Prince Charles and it was obvious all of the marriages would end in disaster. The first two couples sounded immature and bratty and Charles and Diana were so awkward it was bizarre. I was only 4 years old at the time so am curious if everyone was talking at the time how these two were not a good fit.
That comment about loving that she and Diana weren’t there is beyond the pale.
Goodness. Is she a long-lost Lohan? What was she doing in Thailand? Smoking up?
$16K is still a good deal for that purse, according to this website:
http://www.bagsnob.com/2007/03/ralph_lauren_ricky_alligator_b.html
I didn’t know it was still cool to wear/have exotic animal skin products.
I can’t imagine how many hungry stomaches can be fed with that much money,,a snob is a snob is a snob..
TG: Yes, indeed, there was lots and lots of talk about that Charles/Diana interview. Especially his answer to the interviewer’s question “Is this a love match?” She says “Yes” with a demure smile. He, in a dead-pan manner, answers “Whatever love means.”
Based on having read numerous books on the subject, just about everyone in Charles’ “circle” knew of his ongoing fascination with “The Rotweiler” except poor Diana.
To this day I cannot stand either one of them. And I think there are a whole lot of Brits who feel the same way.
Diana may not have been there physically, but she was certainly there in spirit, and in the hearts of her two boys.
What a slapper she is Go away looser You have humiliated the Royal Family and totally embarrassed your daughters,
Stop and think just how embarrassed your daughters are of you, Selling and making $$$$ from being the ex-wife pf Andrew.
Using the fact you were drunk makes you even more pathetic.
In my books Diana wasn’t much better than you Both using the media to try and gain advantage for yourselfs
Debbie
They had a falling out because while they were having simultaneous affairs–Sarah was getting nailed to the wall for it but Diana’s was overlooked since she was the Princess of Wales.
Meh, she shouldn’t have been invited even if she didn’t have that scandal. She’s an ex wife. No need for her to be there.
Revolting woman.
So she’s happy that Diana is dead and wasn’t there? She had the gall to compare her situation to Diana’s?? Fergie is an idiot. She left behind a life that would have taken care of her for the rest of her days, and instead went on to become a pariah and a joke. She’s an idiot.
In spite of her stupid comment about Diana not being there, I have always had a soft spot for Fergie and I’m not sure why. She’s hapless and a shopaholic, but I can’t help thinking that she has gotten a raw deal from the royal family. Other members of The Firm have made similar mistakes without the same consequences.
Interesting comment by S—– @38. I’ve gotten the impression over the years that Fergie has, indeed, taken the fall for, I’m guessing, Andrew. Her influence selling scandal last year is a case in point. I think Andrew not only knew she was trying to sell access to him, but he was in on it. Hence his continually bailing her out of bankruptcy. He also has other questionable relationships with less than virtuous political operatives through his so called job as UK business ambassador. There is one thing about Andrew that saves him: He is his mother’s favorite, so he can do no wrong. Maybe that was Fergie’s unforgivable sin, cheating on the Queen’s favorite child. Oh, and apparently Prince Philip loathes her.
So THAT’S why she picked those fug atrocities to top her daughters’ heads! (BTW, I think “fascinators” should have been dubbed “fascinatingly fug” when discussing their toppers.)
She’s not ageing well at all. But I do feel bad for her. She’s the architect of her own misery in a lot of ways but… still.
Prince Andrew is no prize. Check out this link and others about Andrew and his creepy young girl shenanigans…
http://www.anorak.co.uk/274780/royals/teenage-prostitute-virginia-roberts-says-prince-andrew-is-a-creepy-letch-no-news-there.html
I like that Fergies face isn’t all jacked up and filled with restylane and such.
@JulieM – I was just about to post similar. I also think Andrew was in on it too. He seems to get away with a lot. Every time a story comes out about his dodgy dealings or inappropriate friendships and relationships it disappears pretty quick…so much for living in a democracy.
As for Fergie, apart from being completely lost and having no social or self awareness, I honestly think she has a low IQ, not being mean but a person of normal intelligence wouldn’t constantly shoot themselves in the foot with their mouth, if that makes sense.
That comment about Diana was horrible, but honestly, she’s no worse than Andrew or the rest of them.
I would bet that Andrew was in on all of her scandals — he probably planned it and their schemes were designed for her to take the fall if they were discovered. After all, she still lives with him and they’re basically married, except in name.
Doesn’t Sarah realize she is making the royals look bad by accusing them of being mean? If anything, this ploy is going to backfire because it’s yet another good reason for the royals to dislike/ostracize her!!
This woman’s sense of entitlement is breathtaking. She is the ONLY person I know of to complain publicly about not being invited. I’m sure there were plenty of others who were not invited who would have loved to go.
@Alix,
Thank you. I wasn’t understanding all the hate until your explanation.
I’m just glad this whole wedding crap is over…too much hype for a bunch of self-centered people (the queen, Charles, and that skanky DOG Camilla!!!!)
“I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there”
Dear God, Fergie, shut up. Please. Every time she opens her mouth something like this comes out. Can she really be this entitled and oblivious?
I’m sure the royal family gives her hell from here to breakfast, and I’m sure Andrew is no prize, but Fergie is just so classless. Someone mentioned the engagement interviews, and I saw the one with Fergie and Andrew. She acted like a 7th-grader, clowning and pulling faces and actually punching him in the arm once. I expected her to blow a raspberry at any moment. It was so bizarre.
She wasn’t invited because she was the ex-wife of the groom’s uncle. I didn’t invite any of my aunt’s ex-husbands to my wedding and I don’t think they were surprised or hurt. Only Fergie would be that clueless. Had Diana been alive, she’d have been at the wedding because she was the mother of the groom, and Fergie probably STILL would not have been invited. Please.
Also? MAJOR crazy eyes in that first picture. Wow.
@Deeana – Thanks for the insight into what people were thinking about Charles and Di’s engagement too bad the queen wasn’t more aware of how obviously mismatched those two were.
I watched an interesting documentary about Diana over the royal wedding weekend; it talks about how Diana, as kind & lovely & generous as she was, was actually really manipulative when it came to the media, etc–kind of like a cleverer Paris Hilton when it concerned the paparazzi.
There were quite a few people on it claiming that the only reason Fergie started being insane in the first place was because Diana kept egging her on to pursue certain affairs so that she could see how the media & the rest of the public would react to a Windsor wife cheating. After the backlash Fergie received, Diana knew she had to be a lot more discreet, & this happened on a number of occasions; Diana used Fergie as a “guinea-pig” of sorts. So, if that’s to be believed, I kind of feel sorry for Fergie. She didn’t seem like the smartest girl in the first place, & she just made some very bad choices at first, then some really stupid ones, then some plain crazy ones. Oh well.
GOD that first picture scared the shit out of me. Kaiser, you should give us a warning when you intend to show us such horror, akin to looking into the face of Medusa. *shudder*
I’m totally agreeing with everyone who said this was horrible:
““I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren’t there…””
What an awful thing to say, that she’s glad Diana wasn’t there for her son’s wedding? Trying to associate herself (& her not being invited) with Diana (who wasn’t there because she’s dead). She really *loves the feeling* … that they both weren’t at the wedding.
She wasn’t invited because she’s a whackjob no one wants around, she needs to accept this & move on.
I think all of you misunderstood what she was trying to say. I thought her appollogy about her behavior was sincere. She was taking responsiblity for her behavior. She wasn’t blaming anyone but herself.
Regarding her purse. I don’t know how much she paid for hers but I have a croc purse and I paid $100. Everyone is so quick to assume that she paid $17,000 for it? Maybe it was a gift. And maybe her ex sent her out of town so that she wouldn’t be in London during the Hoop La.
Her ex husband was a momma’s boy who wouldn’t stand up to his mother and rumor has it that he is gay. Fergie and he had an agreement that they could live their own lives.
thanks Kaiser, the whole bitchy article was most enjoyable – i mean this with sincerity but was the Jesus bit necessary? i didnt like that and there is actually no reason to use the Lords name in vain. Fergie is what she is – a leper to society. the queen should have her mouth zipped.
Please people. The woman did not mean that she was glad Diana was not at the wedding. She meant that she loved Diana and her sons. She felt an emotional connection to Diana on that day and it made her feel better. Sarah isn’t exactly articulate, but she desrves more credit than most people are willing to give her.