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Desperate Sarah Ferguson promises access to Prince Andrew for £500,000
Katie Daubs, Staff Reporter, 24 May 2010
The Queen will not be amused.
Just when it seemed her former daughter-in-law had overcome her toe-sucking indiscretions of the early 90s, the cash-strapped Duchess of York has delivered another royal scandal.
On Tuesday, Sarah Ferguson was videotaped accepting a $40,000 U.S. advance from an undercover British reporter posing as a businessman. As she smoked cigarettes in a luxury apartment suite, she promised the man that a £500,000 payment would guarantee access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew, the international British trade ambassador.
“£500,000 to me, when you can, open doors” she can be seen saying on the video, smacking her lips midway through the sentence.
The undercover News of the World reporter asks if that means Prince Andrew, and she responds “yeah” before shaking his hand to confirm the deal.
Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth and fourth in line to the throne “categorically” denied any knowledge of the meeting that took place between the Duchess of York and the News of the World, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
In a statement on Sunday, Ferguson admitted she had financial woes, but “that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment and I am very sorry that this has happened.”
“I very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused,” she said.
The scandal could mean the icy relationship between the Queen and Ferguson will return. In August 2008, Ferguson was briefly back in the family’s good books after Queen Elizabeth invited her for a weekend at the Royal Family’s summer retreat.
The News of the World said it infiltrated the Duchess’ inner circle after hearing rumours that she was peddling her ex-husband’s influence as a way to rid herself of debt. Ferguson married Andrew in 1986 and they had two children, princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, before divorcing in 1996.
Although she was caught with her toes in another man’s mouth before the divorce was finalized, Ferguson remains on good terms with her ex-husband, and reportedly agreed to a yearly £15,000 divorce payment to ensure a good relationship with the royals.
But the settlement has failed to pay her debts or finance her lifestyle. According to British media, Ferguson is facing legal action in Britain for £200,000 in unpaid bills. Meanwhile, the company she founded to manage her own career in the United States collapsed last year with debts of around $1 million (U.S.) According to The New of the World Ferguson said she didn’t have “a pot to p**s in.”
“As long as Sarah thinks you are rich she will be all over you like a rash. She will say she can arrange meetings with Andrew even though he has no idea what is going on. It’s incredible,” the News of the World quoted an unnamed source saying.
The sting was the latest scoop for Mazher Mahmood, nicknamed the “Fake Sheik” after his signature ruse of pretending to be a rich Gulf businessman to dupe celebrities, politicians and suspected criminals. In the video, his voice has been altered and his face is blurred.
During dinner negotiations with the man, the Duchess asked him to sign a confidentiality agreement, but pushed ahead with the deal when he refused. As the lamb and vegetables arrived, Fergie asked him if he was a reporter, but didn’t look into the man’s credentials. After all, he picked up the £273.25 dinner, a rare move for someone in journalism.
She accompanied the man in a limousine to his apartment, where she ogled the $40,000 advance fee and got back to the subject of more money.
The reporter said he would send a wire transfer of £500,000, and Fergie replied that the channels of communication would be opened to her ex-husband.
“As Andrew said, ‘Listen, if he’s going to be kind enough to want to play, the Andrew will play,’” she said.
In the video, Ferguson is seen leaving the apartment carrying the black computer bag filled with cash. She is concerned that the man might want to keep his computer bag, but he assures her it is old.
With files from the Star’s wire services
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Fergie’s dirty deal
Sarah Ferguson shamelessly plots to sell access to Prince Andrew for £500,000
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Türkiye’de çocuk bakımevlerinde gizli çekim yaparak yayınlayan İngiltere York Düşesi Sarah Ferguson 40 bin dolar rüşvet alırken gizlice görüntülendi.
Zengin işadamı gibi davranan ‘News of the World’ muhabirinden eski eşi Birleşik Krallık’ın uluslararası ticaret ve yatırım Temsilcisi York Dükü Prens Andrew’a ulaşması karşılığında 500 bin sterline anlaşan Ferguson, 40 bin dolar avans aldı.
New York’taki otel odasında zengin işadamı gibi davranan News of the World muhabiriyle buluşan York Düşesi Sarah Ferguson, eski eşi Birleşik Krallık’ın uluslararası ticaret ve yatırım Temsilcisi York Dükü Prens Andrew’a ulaşması karşılığında 500 bin sterlin rüşvet karşılığında anlaştı.
Ferguson, gizli çekilen görüntülerde zengin işadamı gibi davranan muhabire, “Andrew beni sağlama almak zorunda olduğunu biliyor çünkü benim hiç param yok. Eğer onunla buluşmak istiyorsan ‘bana bak’ ve Andrew’da “Sana bakar. 10 katını geri alırsın” diye vaatte bulunuyor. 40 bin dolar rüşvet aldıktan sonra kendinden oldukça emin konuşan Ferguson, “İstediğin bütün kapıları açabilirim. Ve senin için bunu yapacağım” diye böbürleniyor.
Ferguson, News of the World muhabirine yaptığını açıklamada, Kraliyet ailesinden 5 parasız ayrıldığını ve Prenses Diana’nın ise 20 milyon aldığını söyledi. Kraliyet bağlantılarından dolayı yapılacak her anlaşmadan yüzde 1 komisyon alması gerektiğini savunan Ferguson, rüşvetin kalanının ise HSBC Bank’taki özel hesabına yatırılmasını istiyor.
York Düşesi Ferguson’un rüşvet görüntülerini izleyen İngiltere Kraliçesi 2’nci Elizabeth’in, Ferguson’un şaşkınlık yaratan talepleri karşısında ‘şok’ olduğu belirtiliyor.
By Jennifer Still