cashing in on husband's name

Rhoda doesn’t see anything wrong with the Duchess of York's attempt to make an independent living out of using her former husband, Prince Andrew, the Queen's second son, as a lure – with or without his knowledge – because she, too, cashes in on her ex’s family name in order to attract investors and clients for her niche catering business.

“Unfortunately, my ex’s family name is not as famous as Fergie’s,” laughs Rhoda, “so I can’t pull a cool £500,000 for handling an event like she tried to do, but I do okay and it’s all above-board, too.”

“The success of my business is due entirely to my retaining my married name after divorce,” explains Rhoda. “It works because I remain reasonably friendly with my ex and his family, and they helped to set me up in my niche catering business as a means, I suppose, of shutting me up and keeping me busy.”

“They move in high circles and have a never ending supply of rich clients which they push my way when catering needs to be done,” explains Rhoda. “I’m a Cordon Bleu chef, but of course I don’t do any of the food preparation myself. I manage the business and liaise with clients who are fascinated by my past relationship with such a prominent family.”

“I was star struck when I first realized who Evan was – or, more importantly who his parents were,” laughs Rhoda. “I can admit now that I was more in love with the status that marrying him gave me than with him as a person – and I think Fergie fell into the same trap.”

“Unlike her, though, I wasn’t unfaithful and I didn’t go in for toe-sucking,” laughs Rhoda, “and I have a head for business and ethics that poor Sarah Ferguson lacks big time.”

“I don’t believe she’s hard-up financially,” says Rhoda. “I think she’s just greedy and grubby and way out of her league in trying to set herself up as a business intermediary.”

“There’s nothing shameless about using the family name to make money – it’s the way she’s gone about it that’s tacky.”

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