There are few things I like more than a difficult woman. Celebrity or friend, historic or contemporary, if you show me a story about a woman behaving poorly, the chances are, I will be on her side. A sentiment which very much extended to Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson .

Growing up, I vaguely remember sneering comments about Fergie from the adults around me. Having her toes sucked, doing adverts for Weight Watchers, writing a juicy tell-all memoir. All the sorts of undignified, non-regal transgressions which made her worthy of disdain make her sound, at least to my mind, very appealing. And in later years, I’ve had a genuine admiration for how she’s handled her divorce, managing a kind of civility that many of us aim for but few of us manage at the end of

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