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News & ArtsMonday, May 24, 2010
News Fergie's Downfall
Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM
So Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, was caught on videotape crassly selling access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew. She accepted $40,000 in cash, asked to have another $500,000 wired to her bank account, and said...
“If you want to meet him in your business, look after me and he’ll look after you,” the paper quoted her as saying in reference to Andrew, the Duke of York. “I can open any door you want.”
Hard to see how she finesses this one. But going forward the Queen and the rest of the Windsors might want to reconsider the size of the firm's divorce settlements:
Since her divorce, the duchess has written children’s books, worked as a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers and produced movies, among other things. The News of the World quoted her as saying that she gets £15,000, or about $21,500, a year in her divorce settlement. “I have not got a bean to my name,” she is quoted as saying.
If that's true—if the Windsors really cut Sarah her loose/off after 10 years of marriage to Andrew with 21K a year to live on—they should come in for a share of the blame here. What did they expect her to do for money? Busk?
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If that's true—if the Windsors really cut Sarah her loose/off after 10 years of marriage to Andrew with 21K a year to live on—they should come in for a share of the blame here. What did they expect her to do for money? Busk?
I cannot believe we are even having this conversation.
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Exactly. Fucking pathetic that the only way she can figure to bring in income is to sell rights to her husband.
Without their titles and money, these "royals" are WAY more pathetic than the rest of us working sods.
Exactly. Fucking pathetic that the only way she can figure to bring in income is to sell rights to her husband.
Without their titles and money, these "royals" are WAY more pathetic than the rest of us working sods.
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Ten years of marriage until she repeatedly cheated on HIM, and she gets a ballpark of $30,000 to $32,000 USD (depending on exchange rates from £21,000) annual support from him. She wasn't really wealthy before the marriage. Despite that her spending put her routinely in deep debt--there was one crazy anecdote from an American interview in some ultra-high end furniture store where she loved the chair she was being interviewed in and wanted it for a friend, so she opened a $10k USD line of credit on the spot and charged it, for like $9,000.
Andrew's earnings that he draws for his title are £249,000.
I'm all for proper and fair spousal support but she's the one that cheated, and the kids they had, those princesses, get their own support. £21,000 doesn't sound unfair at all.
Andrew's earnings that he draws for his title are £249,000.
I'm all for proper and fair spousal support but she's the one that cheated, and the kids they had, those princesses, get their own support. £21,000 doesn't sound unfair at all.
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Technically, she didn't try to shake him down for $500,000. She was talking British Pounds. That's more like $700,000+.
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