Off with her head!

I have to admit that I’ve never been much of a fan of the British royal family.
Blame my Irish roots, but I rate the Windsor’s as nothing much more than a bunch of spoilt, inbred, toffs. In spite of all their wealth and privilege, they have proven to be one of the most dysfunctional families on the planet.
And to add to their woes, despite cutting her loose from the “firm” many years ago; the royals are still burdened today with the on-going embarrassment and antics of one red-headed train wreck known as Fergie! Even with my personal disdain for the royals, I do not believe they have deserved to have been cursed with their former daughter-in-law.
From day one – I never got what Prince Andrew saw in Sarah Ferguson. At best she was just a dumpy, plain, ginga with a very dodgy old man. While I seemed to have been one of the few who thought Princess Di was over-rated and nothing more than a ditzy, neurotic, headline chaser. But compared to the red dragon; the late Princess of Wales was a dream.
Ever since Fergie was given the Spanish archer (el-bow) by Andy, she has lurched from one disaster to another – hence the train wreck analogy I used earlier. She has never been far from the headlines – and these have not often been positive.
Be it been caught on tape sucking the toes of a Texan banker, to only a couple of months ago trying to sell access to her ex-husband to a trashy tabloid reporter in exchange for money.
So how come the former Duchess of York was caught on tape by the News of the World, offering to “open doors” for a “businessman” to her ex husband Prince Andrew, in exchange for nearly $750,000.
Why? It is simple, really. Because Fergie needs the money!
Apparently, her divorce settlement with Prince Andrew saw her “only” get around $20,000 in living expenses a year. But it also put a roof over her head…a very nice roof in the form of the Royal Lodge, Andrew’s 30-room house in Windsor Great Park that used to belong to the Queen Mother. And she has had her own streams of income, her nearly $3 million a year contract as an ambassador for Weight Watchers which she held for 11 years until 2007. She received nearly $3 million for her memoir, “My Story” and she is still able to command speaking fees in the range of $65,000.
Her financial problems are mainly due to spending habits. Her New York company Hartmoor, which she created to deal with her various ventures—folded with debts of $936,000 last October. She faces legal proceedings in London for unpaid bills amounting to almost $288,000. She reportedly owns five cell phones, has spent $70,000 on dresses in one fell swoop and will only fly first class. Her entourage reportedly numbers 12 people, including a personal stylist and a butler. A friend told the London Daily Mail that Fergie lives “like an Arab princess. She still travels with an entourage, still spends money like water.”
“It costs a lot of money to be the Duchess, money Sarah doesn’t have,” explained gossip columnist and royal watcher Rob Shuter of AOL’s Naughty But Nice column.
And that about sums it all up. Fergie seems to forget she is no longer a royal and has access to the public tit. I doubt she has never thought about cutting her cloth to fit.
As someone once commented: One Red Dog is not just a restaurant chain - eh Fergie!
Meanwhile, I am sure Prince Andrew - and the rest of the royals - wish they could deal with Fergie like some of their earlier predecessors. I recall Henry VII dealing with a number of recalcitrant ex-wives in a far more efficient and ruthless manner. I never heard reports about Anne Bolen trying to hawk off access to Henry to various courtiers for 30-pieces of silver. Mind you; that is pretty hard to do without your head on your shoulders and you don’t spend a lot of money either!