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26 May 05:45am

Filed under: Duchess Of York, Republic, Royal Family, Sarah Ferguson

One of the great buzzwords of modern corporate wankery is “monetise”, an unattractive, cooked-up verb meaning to make money out of something. While I’m reluctant to contribute to its spread, it’s about time someone came out and congratulated the Duchess of York for finding a way to monetise the Royal Family.

Show me the money. Photo: AP

Her bold move to sell access to her former husband Prince Andrew for £500,000 has been condemned by many as a debasement of everything the Royal Family stands for.

It is obviously just that, as for centuries the Royal Family has stood firmly for the view that it is the God-given birthright of its eccentric members to live high on the hog at terrific public expense.

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Timmo says:

06:57am | 27/05/10

She is very popular in America, they have obviously accepted her. She had to go and find her own place with it all. I think Americans very much like the Royals of all types, boils and all. They should have looked after her a little bit better than what they… Read more »
Feral Wombat says:

04:44am | 27/05/10

You might be thinking of the fee that they used to charge to get into Heaven. I saw JP2 and it didn’t cost me a single lira. Although I did get the full frisk + metal detector search. I suspect that plenty of people request one-on-one meetings with the Pope… Read more »

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