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Fergie says royal wedding snub was 'difficult'

Tue May 10, 2011 9:10 AM EDT
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Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press

In this photo taken May 6, 2011 provided by Harpo Productions, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey talks with Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, during taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at Harpo Studios in Chicago. The show will air nationally on Wednesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc. George Burns)

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CHICAGO — Not receiving an invitation to the royal wedding was "difficult," Sarah Ferguson tells Oprah Winfrey in an interview scheduled to air Wednesday.

The Duchess of York says on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she went to Thailand instead of attending last month's marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge.

"It was so difficult," Ferguson said in quotes provided by Harpo Productions. "Because I wanted to be there with my girls and to — and to be getting them dressed and to go as a family."

Ferguson's daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, attended the wedding with their father and Ferguson's former husband, Prince Andrew. Ferguson said she spoke with Prince Andrew and her daughters throughout that morning.

"He made me feel very part of the day on April the 29th," Ferguson said.

But Ferguson, who last spring talked to Winfrey about being caught on video offering access to Prince Andrew for $724,000, went on to say she thought it "was quite right they didn't invite me."

"I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes," Ferguson said. "That I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake?"

Ferguson also discussed Prince William's mother, the late Princess Diana.

"I think Diana would be so proud of her son," Ferguson said. "And I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren't there. But I'm here to say how proud she would have been and Kate looked utterly beautiful."

Ferguson's new series "Finding Sarah" is to premiere in June on Winfrey's new cable station, OWN. Winfrey is ending her talk show May 25 after 25 years.

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sms29s66

Poor Fergie. She always seems to be stepping in it. And yet, she is so likeable. She reminds me of a puppy--clumsy, naughty, and loveable. I always thought that left to their own devices, she and Andrew could have either stayed married or remarry. I believe they still share the same residence.

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Reply#1 - Tue May 10, 2011 1:38 PM EDT
Thunder Storm

Poor Fluffy fell Flat when she tried to basically undermine her Royal High Nest. She reminded me of some loveable Country Bumpkin who walked like a clod and was so out of place in their world.

She is better off without their pretentious and delusional belief that they will every understand the working class and poor in England. They are out of touch and need a new King and Queen to set them straight.

Sid Vicious said it right "God Save the Queen, the ffascist Regime" but after saying all that, the wedding was fantastic! Sorry Fergie, it is not nice to fool "The Queen Mother of her Nature to behead".

    Reply#2 - Tue May 10, 2011 5:30 PM EDT
    TDK22755

    Unfortunately this woman made some very poor choices. She is no longer an HRH and has basically no connection to the royal family except for the two children. She does understand why she was not invited and I believe is was proper that she not be invited.

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    Reply#3 - Wed May 11, 2011 2:14 AM EDT
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