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- Just one year ago, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, made headlines around the world after she found herself in the middle of a notorious pay-for-access scandal. She was caught on hidden camera accepting money from a tabloid reporter posing as a business tycoon and portrayed as selling access to her former husband, Prince Andrew.
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Jul 28, 2019 · Celebrity Life. Royals. The toe-sucking photo that ruined the Duchess of York. It was an ordinary morning at Balmoral when the Queen opened the paper and saw a photo so shocking its repercussions are still felt. Daniela Elser. 6 min read. July 28, 2019 - 7:30PM. It was grouse hunting season in Scotland.
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Nov 14, 2022 · By this point, he and the Duchess of York, who doesn't appear onscreen this season, are separated. The duchess has even been linked with an American named Steve Wyatt and is now dating her ...
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Sarah met John Bryan (who was described by friends as a "lady's man") through mutual friends. Not much is known about their brief fling apart from the fact that they took a romantic vacation together, along with Sarah's daughters Beatrice and Eugenie. The photos of John getting up-close-and-personal with Sarah's foot were taken as the couple holida...
On the evening of August 19, 1992, royal journalist Richard Kay claimed that he received a message via pager from Princess Diana. It was the night before the photos hit the newspaper stands and Diana's message was short and to the point: "The redhead's in trouble." Richard then received a phone call from John Bryan asking if he could look at an ear...
As reported in Express, when John Bryan saw the published photos, he apparently said, "I wasn't sucking her toes, I was kissing them!" It was easy to see why the intimate photos, plastered on the front covers of British newspapers, caused great embarrassment to the Royal Family. The Queen was said to be so angry, she asked Sarah to leave Balmoral i...
At least one biographer believes the whole incident was a "set up." According to royal biographer, Allan Starkie, who contributed to the documentary Fergie: Downfall of a Duchess, Sarah wanted to get caught with John Bryan so she could exit the royal family. Starkie was adamant the photos were set up by somebody close to Sarah. "When she stepped of...
The "toe sucking" scandal caused an enormous rift between Sarah and the royal family, which resulted in them quickly distancing themselves from her. Sarah and Andrew officially divorced in 1996, meaning Sarah lost her title of "Her Royal Highness." While Sarah has attended some royal functions over the years, her relationship with the Queen and Pri...
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Nov 9, 2022 · The duchess (she keeps Andrew's title until such a time as she remarries) was given a prominent seat at the Westminster Abbey funeral, despite spending nearly three decades on the royal...
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Aug 20, 2022 · Fergie had gone travelling with John Bryan, an American businessman who was referred to as the Duchess of York’s “financial advisor”. As the pair holidayed at Fergie’s villa in St. Tropez,...
Dec 1, 2022 · The Duchess of York was pictured in a compromising position with John Bryan in 1992. Nicole Vassell. Thursday 01 December 2022 10:39 GMT. Comments. The Crown Season 5 trailer. John Bryan, the...
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Dec 27, 2018 · Fergie’s money troubles eventually saw her embroiled in a scandal of epic proportions in 2010, when UK tabloid The News Of The World secretly filmed the Duchess reportedly selling access to her ...
