There’s no denying the Duchess of York has lived through her fair share of scandal. But as Sarah Ferguson celebrates her 60th birthday this week, the once-disgraced royal looks like she doesn’t have a care in the world
The flame-haired duchess, who was famously ousted from the royal fold in 1992 after she was photographed having her toes sucked by an amorous lover, has a lot to smile about as she enters her seventh decade.
On the family front, she’s thrilled her daughters have found the kind of happiness she always wished for them: her youngest, Princess Eugenie, 29, is blissfully married to tequila ambassador Jack Brooksbank, 33, and her eldest, Princess Beatrice, 31, has just announced her engagement to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 35.
And on the royal front, things are equally rosy given that the Queen and Prince Philip have finally thawed towards her – even inviting her to their summer retreat at Balmoral this year!
No wonder the effervescent duchess, affectionately known as Fergie, is in the mood to let her hair down on October 15.
“Fergie’s planning on seeing in her 60th birthday in style,” tells a royal insider. “She’s hosting a lavish party at one of London’s most exclusive private members’ clubs called Annabel’s. And that’s just the beginning! She’s following it up with another bash at the home she shares with Prince Andrew in Windsor and then, later on in the year, there will be another celebration – in Tanzania.”
Fergie says she’s feeling “sexy, sassy and super saucy” as she turns 60 and has candidly revealed a long list of cosmetic procedures she’s had to look her best ahead of her birthday (see right). Well, she’s never done things by halves.
This story is from the October 21 2019 edition of Woman’s Day Magazine NZ.
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