Put up your Duke!
The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is a whiz at raising money. She's raised tons for various charities throughout the world over the years. Unfortunately she's also a whiz at blowing it. That's sad for her since according to Brit Journo James Whittaker - a self styled expert on Royals - when her marriage to Randy Prince Andy went bust the Royal Family left her with a settlement of 15 000 pounds a year. Great if you're a school teacher living with a cat. Tough if you're raising 2 high spirited daughters with a taste for night life and a number of substance abuse issues.
the Duke of Hazzard
So, using an almost American sense of ingenuity and 'can doism' - or 'can do itiveness' if the main stream media continues to undermine the language - Sarah decided that her talent for raising money should be able to be used to somehow abate her own financial woes. What if she could use that same ability to raise money for others and used it to some how raise some cash for herself? It was a plan crazy enough to work. It only needed a gimmick. Fortunately Sarah has a king sized gimmick at her disposable - her ex Prince Andrew!
makin' her way the only way she knows how - that's just a little bit more than the Royals will allow
So swinging into schmooze mode, Sarah approached a reporter from the News of the World disguised as a sheik - the reporter was disguised I mean. If Sarah had shown up in Lawrence of Arabia regalia then there would really be a story! - and asked him if he'd like to do some business.
victim of circumstance, and a fluctuating dollar!
After checking the guy out - Sarah asked him if he was a Daily Mail reporter or something at the beginning of the video taped interview - the Duchess suggested that the fake sheik could make a lot of money if she took the liberty of introducing him to her ex. The cost of that liberty would be about 800 000 American, but could go as high as 1 000 000 depending on how the greenback does on currency exchange during the rest of the week! Liberty will cost you, and the price is variable!
"Noblesse oblige" means having the class to be bone idle
Naturally when this came out Sarah found herself in a lot of hot water. Now it's not like she tried to engineer a second great train robbery, or fix the World Cup or anything. In fact she didn't even break any laws. The worst you can say about her is that she played the hand she got dealt but played it a little stupidly (instead of close to the chest). Still it's the principle of the thing that seems to be getting up Great Britain's collective nose. Seems that her initiative some how cheapened an institution that consists of a bout a dozen people who don't do anything themselves, except live off of the honour list ie tax money. So once again Britain's favorite good time gal, the girl you love to hate, has some explaining to do. Let's take a look @ that in this following short video:
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a woman no better than should be among a class too good for their own good?
Once again the Duchess didn't break any laws. She just tried squeezing some lemons into lemonade (In fact the whole thing was so harmless that if the sheik had been Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G we'd all have enjoyed a good laugh!). That's called initiative over here, but is known as 'poor form' among the Brit aristocracy, who are too good to have to do anything. So now you know. This info might come in handy if you ever find yourself surrounded by Euro high society or anything!
