Comments on: The Duchess of York is not having a good week http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/ An Anglophile's Blog From the Wrong Side of the Pond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:47:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: dianaburrell http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-793 dianaburrell Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:20:18 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-793 Jerry, thank you for commenting. I believe Sarah said she'd be drinking before she was caught on tape. Did she mention she had a "drinking problem," a long-standing affair with drink? This sting was set up over weeks, not hours, and I highly doubt she was so out of control of her faculties during those weeks that she didn't have time to think about what she was doing. I'm sorry: I just don't buy her drinking excuse, although I do believe her when she said she was drinking ... she was very loopy on tape. Jerry, thank you for commenting. I believe Sarah said she’d be drinking before she was caught on tape. Did she mention she had a “drinking problem,” a long-standing affair with drink? This sting was set up over weeks, not hours, and I highly doubt she was so out of control of her faculties during those weeks that she didn’t have time to think about what she was doing. I’m sorry: I just don’t buy her drinking excuse, although I do believe her when she said she was drinking … she was very loopy on tape.

]]> By: Jerry O'Mara http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Jerry O'Mara Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:27:49 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-791 I heard you on BBC as I actually am British and do not think you did a great job. To say that someone drinking had time to think about it. Hello she has a drinking problem. While your so into British abd I take it the Royal Family keep in mind she gets £15,000 a year from one of the worst Royals who a few years back spent over £300,000 of our money to go to a golf course. I heard you on BBC as I actually am British and do not think you did a great job. To say that someone drinking had time to think about it. Hello she has a drinking problem.

While your so into British abd I take it the Royal Family keep in mind she gets £15,000 a year from one of the worst Royals who a few years back spent over £300,000 of our money to go to a golf course.

]]> By: dianaburrell http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-789 dianaburrell Mon, 31 May 2010 02:34:35 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-789 LOL on that last bit. I bet he did have an inkling of what was going on. I think Sarah was telling the truth when she said on tape that it was Andrew's idea to ask for £500,000. I got what she was doing. LOL on that last bit. I bet he did have an inkling of what was going on. I think Sarah was telling the truth when she said on tape that it was Andrew’s idea to ask for £500,000. I got what she was doing.

]]> By: Expat Mum http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Expat Mum Wed, 26 May 2010 15:55:14 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-778 I used to feel sorry for her. Since Royals aren't allowed to have a paid job, (or at least she claims she wasn't) she had very little when she was married and not a lot thereafter, yet was expected to live the life. She did a great job of bailing herself out the first time, and that's where my sympathy ends. Since then she has become greedy and extravagent without the means to support herself. What I don't understand however is why her ex and her daughters all don't pony up for an allowance for her. Perhaps they know she'll just fritter it away. As for Andrew being whiter than white - oh Please! I used to feel sorry for her. Since Royals aren’t allowed to have a paid job, (or at least she claims she wasn’t) she had very little when she was married and not a lot thereafter, yet was expected to live the life. She did a great job of bailing herself out the first time, and that’s where my sympathy ends.
Since then she has become greedy and extravagent without the means to support herself. What I don’t understand however is why her ex and her daughters all don’t pony up for an allowance for her. Perhaps they know she’ll just fritter it away.
As for Andrew being whiter than white – oh Please!

]]> By: Amy http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Amy Tue, 25 May 2010 03:02:36 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-774 If William is more in touch with reality, that's a sign of his mother's involvement in his early life. Signed, Diana Groupie All The Way If William is more in touch with reality, that’s a sign of his mother’s involvement in his early life.

Signed, Diana Groupie All The Way

]]> By: dianaburrell http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-773 dianaburrell Tue, 25 May 2010 02:53:59 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-773 Amy, as usual, I agree with you. The royals, moving forward, really need to think about this and figure out a way to make their family more "relevant." Other European monarchies have figured it out (Spain, Denmark come to mind). I have high hopes for Prince William. He seems to be in touch with reality. Elizabeth, sorry to hear England is off the table, really very sorry. :( And J Thomps, thank you for your kind comment. Prince Andrew sold Sunninghill a few years ago (another minor scandal), and now he's living at one of the Queen Mother's properties. I believe Sarah Ferguson has a sort of grace-and-favor room available there ... at least as of last week she did. ;-) Amy, as usual, I agree with you. The royals, moving forward, really need to think about this and figure out a way to make their family more “relevant.” Other European monarchies have figured it out (Spain, Denmark come to mind). I have high hopes for Prince William. He seems to be in touch with reality.

Elizabeth, sorry to hear England is off the table, really very sorry. :(

And J Thomps, thank you for your kind comment. Prince Andrew sold Sunninghill a few years ago (another minor scandal), and now he’s living at one of the Queen Mother’s properties. I believe Sarah Ferguson has a sort of grace-and-favor room available there … at least as of last week she did. ;-)

]]> By: J Thomps http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-772 J Thomps Tue, 25 May 2010 02:44:03 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-772 Heard you on BBC radio. You sounded just fine. What isn't the Duchess living at the home she and the Duke built when they got married? Heard you on BBC radio. You sounded just fine.

What isn’t the Duchess living at the home she and the Duke built when they got married?

]]> By: Elizabeth Rhiannon http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Elizabeth Rhiannon Mon, 24 May 2010 20:32:51 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-770 Yes, she definitely has a fine line to walk. So easy to judge but so hard for people to stop and realize she's a real human being. Interesting story, though. Engagement...Prince William? This goes to show how far out of the loop I've become. I've been so devastated by the fact that we aren't moving to England, now for several years, that it almost pains me to keep up with Brit news/life, etc. Silly, isn't it? Although, I'm slowly getting back into the swing, hence visiting you here ;) Great post, take care! Yes, she definitely has a fine line to walk. So easy to judge but so hard for people to stop and realize she’s a real human being. Interesting story, though. Engagement…Prince William? This goes to show how far out of the loop I’ve become. I’ve been so devastated by the fact that we aren’t moving to England, now for several years, that it almost pains me to keep up with Brit news/life, etc. Silly, isn’t it? Although, I’m slowly getting back into the swing, hence visiting you here ;)
Great post, take care!

]]> By: Amy http://hailbritannia.com/2010/05/24/the-duchess-of-york-is-not-having-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Amy Mon, 24 May 2010 15:11:44 +0000 http://hailbritannia.com/?p=918#comment-768 You know what, all those people who tell her to get a job? If she got one? Would complain she was taking it away from someone more deserving, or that she only got it because of her connections. I feel a little sorry for her too. Between her and Diana, I hope the royals really think about how they handle the younger generations, especially when bringing them into the fold. You know what, all those people who tell her to get a job? If she got one? Would complain she was taking it away from someone more deserving, or that she only got it because of her connections. I feel a little sorry for her too. Between her and Diana, I hope the royals really think about how they handle the younger generations, especially when bringing them into the fold.

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