Marital Matters

Personal stories about marital matters and separation issues.

May 27, 2010

Will Fergie and Andy Remarry?


Rhoda fails to understand why Fergie and Andy, aka Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, the Duke and Duchess of York, bothered to divorce in 1996 when they have more or less remained living under the same roof ever since and – despite rumors that her recent ‘cash for access’ scandal may force her out of the Royal Lodge at Windsor – will invariably continue the arrangement and may, indeed, cause shock waves at Buckingham Palace by announcing they wish to remarry.

“I have a great deal of sympathy for Fergie because my circumstances are similar to hers,” confides Rhoda. “I married into a very prominent and wealthy family – but not as wealthy and prominent as the royal family, of course – and it ended up very much a marriage of convenience, with both of us leading separate lives, like a brother and sister.”

“I struck a divorce deal with the family to keep my mouth shut about the family skeletons and in return they set me up in a very lucrative catering business,” explains Rhoda. “I kept my part of the bargain and they kept theirs, and it’s very pleasant, but no way would I want to live under the same roof as my ex-husband – not because I dislike him, it’s because it’s just not done!”

“Of course, having two daughters to raise probably made it easier for them to remain together while leading separate lives,” says Rhoda, “but I just don’t know any divorced couples with children who have even considered this option.”

“It’s possible that Buckingham Palace forced them to divorce after Fergie’s topless toe-sucking scandal with her financial advisor John Bryan while Andrew was away – the prospect of having an adulteress in the family was too much to bear I suppose,” muses Rhoda, “but since Prince Charles has since married Camilla, another adulteress, it is a good time for Fergie and Andy to reconsider their options.”

“Fergie is well known for denying any prospect of remarriage, claiming that they are happy to remain close friends leading separate lives,” says Rhoda, “but now that they are both 50 years old, their daughters are grown up, they obviously still care for each other, there are no other suitors in sight and Fergie is getting into serious financial difficulties on her own,” explains Rhoda, “it makes sense that they would want to become an official couple again.”

“Obviously the deal would benefit Fergie a lot more than it would benefit Andrew – who at 50 is still hot property in the marital market,” says Rhoda, “but with old age approaching for both of them, a friendly companionable marriage of mutual support would do them both good.”

“And as for Buckingham Palace, I think they can argue quite forcefully that their remarriage would be applauded by the nation if not the world – far more so than Charles’ marriage to Camilla.”

See also:

Marriage or Emigration for Fergie?

Mother of the Year?

Fergie’s chutzpah survival

what's next for Fergie?

How free is Fergie?

Oprah tops Fergie’s retirement pot

Fergie Flouts Family

Fergie and the global gravy train

Greedy Fergie!

Fergie smokes, so what?

Homeless Fergie?

Fergie’s £15,000 pa was a lousy settlement

Fergie’s menopausal mania

star struck Fergie

cashing in on the family Fergie style!

Fergie’s broken homes

Is Fergie reliving her childhood?

a foghorn for silent whispers

Sarah Ferguson’s Libran Balance

Age Secrets of Prince Andrew

Age Secrets of Sarah Ferguson

Andrew and Sarah, Duke and Duchess of York







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May 24, 2010

Fergie’s £15,000 pa was a lousy settlement

Rhoda was set up in a lucrative catering business by her ex’s family as a divorce settlement and has done very well, despite being wounded by a sham of a marriage to a closet gay, and she feels a fair bit of sympathy for Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, whose divorce settlement apparently amounted to a paltry £15,000 a year – hardly enough to keep up the appearances necessary for the mother of the Queen’s grand-daughters – resulting in her current demise.

“To her credit, Fergie did manage to carve out a career for herself at Weightwatchers and Wedgwood China, and made some money writing children’s books and doing some public speaking,” says Rhoda, “but because she wanted to retain the lavish lifestyle of royalty there was no way that she could finance this on her earnings alone, especially when the bloom of youth wore off, and Buckingham Palace should have seen trouble coming and done something to avert it.”

“My ex’s family helped to set me up in my niche catering business as a means, I suppose, of shutting me up and keeping me busy, and it worked,” confesses Rhoda. “I have huge responsibilities running my business; I don’t have time to gad about like Fergie does; and I don’t have to worry about money because they see to it that all of their wealthy associates patronize me.”

“Had the Royal Family been smart, they would have similarly set up Fergie in a home and business of her own, with strict financial advisors (rather than the toe-sucking variety) and kept her, and them, out of future trouble.”

“It’s well known that Fergie was very wounded by the paltry divorce settlement she received in comparison with Princess Diana’s massive payout,” says Rhoda, “and although she was deemed the guilty party in the divorce, it was very bad form and very shortsighted of the Royal Family to brush her off with to a paltry £15,000 a year.”

“Bearing in mind that Fergie has kept mum about the details of her failed marriage with Prince Andrew – and his subsequent unusual bachelor lifestyle,” confides Rhoda, “she holds the trump card if the Royal Family turn their back on her after her recent indiscretions trying to make money introducing businessmen to him.”

“Will the Royal Family pay off her debts, or risk another scandal?”


See also:

Will Fergie and Andy Remarry?

Marriage or Emigration for Fergie?

Mother of the Year?

Fergie’s chutzpah survival

what's next for Fergie?

How free is Fergie?

Oprah tops Fergie’s retirement pot

Fergie Flouts Family

Fergie and the global gravy train

Greedy Fergie!

Fergie smokes, so what?

Homeless Fergie?

Fergie’s £15,000 pa was a lousy settlement

Fergie’s menopausal mania

star struck Fergie

cashing in on the family Fergie style!

Fergie’s broken homes

Is Fergie reliving her childhood?

a foghorn for silent whispers

Sarah Ferguson’s Libran Balance

Age Secrets of Prince Andrew

Age Secrets of Sarah Ferguson

Andrew and Sarah, Duke and Duchess of York



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