EP4: The MEAN Housekeeper & Itchy Shirts! SARAH My Story
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Welcome to episode 4 of "Sarah, The Duchess Of York, My Story" book review series produced by The Vintage Read Show.
In this third episode reviewing Sarah, My Story we are introduced to Sarah's school life and the heartbreaking absence of her Mother. Sarah missed her very much and everything in her life became rather "grey".
After graduating she went to Queen's Secretarial College to learn typing and shorthand and the process of learning those skills resulted in her throwing two old typewriters out the window!
I will be reviewing Sarah Ferguson's book in detail every Monday evening at 9.45pm AEST time
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Shauna x
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I was sad to hear how Sarah's mother treated her and her sister. Especially at such a vulnerable age. Quite inciteful into her actions later in life. The motherly affection of the late Queen must have been a true comfort.
Yes they had a strong affection for one another. Perhaps QE was in tune with that need
Hearing about Sarah’s upbringing made me feel quite sad for her. Both Sarah and Diana were very damaged by their childhoods and it’s little wonder they weren’t equipped to deal with all the pressure and media attention that went with being royal wives. One saving grace for Princess Catherine is she has the strong foundation of her family and of course Prince William who is determined to his family first 🙌
Yes!
💯 agree with you. Catherine can and will be able to handle anything, because of her strong loving family who are always there for her.
Sarah had a very privileged upbringing, I feel for all girls whose parents divorce but some of us weren't lucky enough to have horses, housekeepers, boarding schools, colleges, not to mention a house in Chelsea and extended stays in Argentina. You just have to get on and do your best!
Not really gelling with this book or Sarah in the past. Bit of a pity me fest, yes very privileged but did go off and do the US circuit with various projects. Never seems to learn by mistakes.
I cannot understand why anyone would think that a 16 year old girl could anticipate that her father would have a girlfriend in his bedroom just down the corridor from hers. Her mother abandoned her and ran off with a polo player, and her father entertained women in his bedroom just down the hallway from her. Under the circumstances, the toe-sucking incident probably seemed like a minor infraction to her...until she got caught. With such poor role models as parents, my heart really does go out to her.
Well said.
She could have learned 'how not to be' instead - that's what I did!
In the aristocratic milieu in which she grew up, her parents' behaviour was not at all unusual.
@@mbd6054then her‘s was neither, wouldn’t you agree?
@@Celisar1 Her social activities were pretty irrelevant. What were not irrelevant were her associations with very disreputable individuals, and her very questionable financial affairs, throughout the years.
Yes, Sarah's arrogance didn't see the consequence of expecting Wendy Berry to iron 2 suitcases of clothes.
Sarah and Diana were raised with financial and social privilege, but with huge emotional childhood trauma and abandonment. CPTSD often takes decades to deal with in a healthy way. Being in the royal family fishbowl added TONS of constant critical pressure.
I agree beside the constant medical diagnoses made by laymen.
Not every hardship in life is a trauma and there is exactly zero evidence that Sarah ever suffered from PTSD.
But you are right about the enormous pressure such an exposed position comes with which could make the most stable person crumble at times.
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I smiled quietly to myself when u read out a suggestion that perhaps Sarah had been "undiagnosed" ... I said out loud to myself " everybody was undiagnosed in my day" I am afraid I sometimes tend to think that nowadays there is some over diagnosing goin on 😜
There is definitely some over diagnosing going on. Bit of a pendulum swing, I think. Hopefully it will settle out soon.
Everyone is a bit of something -because we're all different! I believe people make too much of it, and thus take too little responsibility for their behavior. It seems that now you don't just don't like your thighs, you have body dysmorphia. You're not just absent minded or asocial, you're neurodivergent. And a long etcétera... it's like a badge of honor instead of a basis from where to work on yourself.
And your would be very right in thinking that.
I work in psychiatry and hate how every Joe and Jane makes medical diagnoses based on absolutely nothing.
Ill mannered child?: on the spectrum or ADHD
Any hardship in life?: trauma and, of course, PTSD!
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Yupp, and the newest one I have learned about:
if you are always late you
- don’t have bad time management and
- you don’t have poor manners
Instead you are now suffering from time blindness!
If only I could have used that excuse in my childhood!
@Celisar1 On the other side of it, my grandson has, after nearly 9 years, been diagnosed with a learning disability and ADHD. It took a battle for us to get the Child Development 'experts' to agree that he had behavioural issues and it was only through the intervention of a pediatrician and a school that they finally acknowledged the problem. Nine years of missing out on the training techniques and support that could have prevented a lot of grief and distress over his early years. I'd rather people were diagnosed as having a problem when they don't than for people to be told there's nothing wrong with them when there is and help is withheld.
It explains why Sarah never left Andrew and the children.
Sarah would never put her girls through what her mother put her through.
Sadly she never saw her mother consequences, but repeated the same mistake with men never solving her problems herself until learning some public life lessons.
I think she stayed to control Andrew . Plenty of ex wives who just refuse to let go. They think because they gave birth , it gives them the permanent right to keep the man forever by using the kids as the connection. She cheated on Andrew and in a very visible way . She shamed herself and the family and I think she should have moved on . Both their lives could have been different if she just tried to put her energy into other hobbies that didn't include American men. I don't think Andrew was able to move on , remarry and start again because she would not let go. Andrew could have gone on to remarry and the girls could have had a stepmother. But it seems Hurricane Sarah wasn't about to ever let they happen.
She has solved her problems herself and with no financial and very little emotional support from Andrew‘s side of the family.
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She and Andrew are clearly very close and no one has ever seen even a hint of control from Sarah‘s side.
I wonder why some people make up negative stuff.
@@Celisar1 " some people like myself have opinions . I think you need to look at " moll Fergie" in full action , recorded in a hotel room selling access to Andrew . There's no making THAT up.
I was discouraged from spending time with my children when separated from their father. I tried so hard but I believe they were told untruths. My children have grown up to be very wonderful parents and I am so blessed to be part of their lives. We all make mistakes when we are young but decorum is important. Sarah has made horrendous mistakes even to this day.
Please tell. I am only aware of ONE horrendous mistake and it appears that even that episode was a setup.
Sarah has done her best in life. She has made many mistakes but her most important job she did well. She raised her girls who seem to love and cherish her. She was a great Mom. I wish I had the relationship with my Mom that Sarah has with her girls.
They had a house in London, but not just any part of London - Chelsea is one of the most chi-chi, expensive and fashionable parts of moneyed London. I wonder how 'little' it really was?! I have to say I don't buy Sarah's 'wild country girl' schtick. If that were really true, how come as an adult after her divorce she didn't settle down to live a quiet country life with horses and dogs, etc wearing comfy country clothes and being a simple earth mother to her girls? Or building up a solid country-based business, perhaps. Instead of which, she spent all her time hobnobbing in cities, going abroad, buying expensive clothes, socialising at jet set parties and getting into stupid amounts of needless debt. Also, Sarah claims not to be angry with her mother, but this entire chapter is a velvety soft assassination job on her. Remember, this is only Sarah's side of the story, from a child's perspective, and she wrote it to rehabilitate her public image. I'd want to hear Susan Barrantes' side too, before passing judgement.
I kind of agree. Being a victim of a difficult childhood doesn't mean you don't know the difference between right and wrong. Sarah knew what she was doing all along, and then felt sorry for herself when the consequences caught up to her.
Her mother dumped her family for a polo player and didn't wait until her kids were grown. There isn't too much else to know.
Sending children to boarding school is criminal. No excuses.
If you can't look after your own children you shouldn't have them.
So many people from boarding schools are complete screw ups.
I'm with you. And I do note she says "old mansion" in the next quote...
My heart broke for Sarah and I was and am appalled by those that still want to stick it to her after all these years.She revealed herself in this book and on Oprah and has taken more abuse for her trying to tell her story and heal despite the sniggering women with a sense of superiority and judgment by a cold calculating press.
The machine killed her marriage with her whole 42 days a year with her husband. Had her and Andrew been afforded the same luxury Elizabeth and Philip were to live as husband and wife and have their little family started, Sarah very well would have come along in the training for her role much as Philip and Catherine did.
Have heard that Prince Philip was actually adored by staff. Like Princess Anne, he was a direct, often brusque sort of person but it had to do with his personality not the relative "station" of the person he was speaking to. He was well-known for inviting all sorts of staff to parties and for sharing jokes; some have suggested he actually respected staff more than nobility, because the former were engaged in honest work while the latter were often disingenuous. There have been complaints (some people just don't get along with that personality type and take it personally) but many members of his staff stayed on for years and were quite happy. Princess Anne is very like her father in personality, I suspect.
Many people didn’t like that part of his personality.
He was even internationally criticized for his often tasteless jokes and brusque behavior.
If many staff members left that is clearly the opposite of him being „adored“.
I can see him being adored. He spoke his mind and was very logical. For staff they would have always known where they stood with him. This makes it easier to work for someone.
@LS-mp7co I've always enjoyed working with that sort of person.
I’m still not sure whether I like Sarah or not. I definitely have sympathy for her as her childhood years sound very difficult. I’ll keep an open mind!
I think she is likeable but she needs to learn from her mistakes. I still won’t trust her though. She can flip flop depending what will benefit her more.
I think sarah was craving attention thats why she did so many silly actions and her little out bursts were for attention
attention and cash in cases 🫣
I think Sarah played second fiddle to Diana much, much better than Meghan does with Kate. Meghan is consumed with jealousy whereas Sarah was pretty much a class clown type.
Absolutely-still doing it occasionally
Definitely attention seeking.
Sarah, Diana, plus M...all from broken families, craving attention, wanting 'something out' of the royal family plus in need of $$$
Sophie & Catherine from loving families and willing to put in the work to support their new Family...The Royal Family!!!
It's always seemed that Sarah had some sort of mental 'imbalance' issues. Adding to that is the emotional turmoil stemming from her mother's abandonment of the family, plus a life under a microscope in the RF. It's a recipe for disaster. Being married to a boorish, entitled man like Andrew, it's no wonder she has a few screws loose. It must be comforting to have her two daughters that seem devoted to her, and an ex-husband that keeps a mighty grand roof over her head. All in all, her life isn't all that bad.
If they hadn’t been under the royal microscope, Sarah and Andrew would probably have joined the local swingers club and stayed together.
I went to Queen's Secretarial College in 1983, on a six month course (largely for graduates (!)) to learn shorthand (I could already type but that was included, as was double entry book-keeping and a couple of bare-bones financial seminars), and I quite understand throwing a typewriter out of the window!!! We all LOATHED shorthand, and I seemed to spend most of my spare time penciling in translations so I wouldn't go blank when called upon in class. I stayed next door where the college rented rooms out, and although we did not enjoy the "work", being in London was absolutely magical, and of course, we all bonded over enduring such a traumatic six months!!.
I went to secretarial college in the early 1980s and tool shorthand and did well. I certainly wasn't spoiled enough to damage property over it. Oh, and I had divorced parents as well. Many people did
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Divorced parents and left by mother who now lives on another continent are two different things
@@Celisar1 No they are not.
You can live in the same city as a parent and never see them.
@@Primrose37823And that is equally hurtful. If they could see you but chose not to is very hard to deal with.
@@Missydee-72 They wanted to..their father was in control. They were only 9 and 12.
She wasn't a nice lady or a caring mother. A flaring redhead who exploded. You see things differently as you get older. Yes life is a journey. As they say when you know better you do better! Loving the book Shauna. Treat people as you wish to be treated❤
You are right: she wasn’t a nice lady- she is.
Show me any malice or meanness in her character.
She made some mistakes but she was also treated very badly, both by the media and the RF.
She got very little support from the RF when she was newlywed and could see her husband only 40 days per year!
Instead of growing into her position with a supportive husband at her side she was completely alone and the press was terrible.
Even during her pregnancies she was alone.
When it comes to being a mother she was always caring.
@@Celisar1Nicely said. I completely agree!
I saw Sarah and Prince Andrew in Canada years ago, they were newlyweds. Sarah was very pretty, classy and relaxed. Pictures did not do her justice. She did not appear clumsy to me. Very enthusiastic.
Thanks, Shauna. I'm really enjoying Sarah's book. We are all products of our childhood, I think. In my experience, most children from broken homes have one problem or another. You can see that the young Sarah is just crying out to be loved. I am not a mother myself but I really don't understand any mother who could go off and leave her children, especially when they are very young and vulnerable.
I'm also not high-born or wealthy but I do think that people who are, are not always brought up to realise that the "staff" are real people and not just there to satisfy their every whim.
Especially when she had experienced a horror housekeeper in her childhood and watching Andrew's example of how he treated staff.
Her Dad seems to have been a kind man who loved her from what she says and her grandmother, but, yes it must have been terrible for her mother to choose to leave her
If I had been separated from my children, all I would be able to think of would be my children.
Prince Andrew, for all his faults, did not actually desert her! That’s some comfort for her. They were together through thick and thin and still are.
Hello everyone watching from South Africa its 2 in the afternoon here
Poor Sarah had a rotten time as a teen 😢
Sarah didnt learn empathy or compassion from the years of maternal neglect, family chaos, self disgust and shame. She treated staff badly, often treated other women badly and sucked up to men, status and power. She took a leaf from her mother's book and often abandoned her baby daughter, Beatrice, as she followed Andrew's ship from port to port which was remarked on at the time. And what kind of mother takes her daughters aged 4 and 2 on holiday with their current lover? And what kind of father allows it?
Her mother died in a head on collision driving back to her ranch some years after Hector Barrantes passed. There was speculation at the time that it wasn't accidental, that she found life empty without him.
Sarah was wronged as a child. Creating feelings of shame and disgrace in the child. Hopefully, with age and shocking experiences, Sarah has now learnt empathy, compassion and loyalty.
You speak of empathy and yet you display little. A young wife and mother who is rationed 42 days a year with her husband...would want to go to see her husband. Seems like this is more a dump on a vulnerable person. Yes, Sarah is a terrific and very much loved mother and wifey ex wife for her man Andrew.
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Just this small bit made me realize that’s why she’s so close to her girls. And, why she stayed with Andrew as a “family” even though they’re divorced. Plus, she doesn’t have any money.
I hadn’t realized that Jane was only 19 when she got married it must have been devastating for Sarah to see her sister who was her confidant and stalwart move on and leave and have find someone to love, something no doubt that Sarah wanted and maybe conditioned to want.
I’m 72 , it’s difficult to understand nowadays what it was like to have a strict upbringing with upper/middle class British parents we were packed off by 11 if not younger like our parents before us. Affection was considered a bit soft school was believed to “toughen you up” OK for some, gruesome for others.
Learning about Sarah’s childhood explains a lot and I really felt sorry for her.
Whike I feel sympathy for her, I do wonder if there has been a little over egging of the pudding, so to speak. To sell books you have to be a good story teller and she has been successful. Our recollections may not be entirely accurate. I know that my older brothers are always correcting my memories but maybe they're wrong! I'm looking forward to the next instalment. Thanks for your review.
Hi Shauna, ready for this, watching at 10.47 pm in Sydney Australia, I just had a coffee to stay awake to watch this, but I know it will be worth it, so interesting, thank you xo
Me too..... looking forward to daylight savings to end on the 7th lol
Hope you enjoy!
Good morning from US..Eastern side..having coffee on my deck and listening to Shauna. 55 degrees partly sunny, birds chirping, flowers blooming, lovely morning and that's not an April fool! Have a great day all!
Sounds great!
You have a lovely day too, it sounds blissful so far x
You can see why she is super close to her girls , and maybe she loved Andrew but being alone too much made her look else where for the love she needed.
Sarah's mother sounds very self centered. The young Sarah certainly had a difficult time of it and it seems to have left a lasting impact on the adult Sarah ( not an excuse for Adult Sarah, but you can see where it comes from).
Good morning from beautiful and sunny Nova Scotia 😊. Poor Sarah, she couldn’t win. I am REALLY hoping,as she aged, she realized it had NOTHING to do with her. It was always about “them”. This was triggering. Bless her heart 💕
I am thoroughly enjoying the Sarah book! I find it sad how she and Diana had absentee mothers. It's heart breaking really and I can see how that could affect someone poorly.
We would think that a girl growing up with her circumstances might be more ladylike but when we hear that her mother abandoned her, much like Diana's mother did to her children, we see how that had such a profound effect on Sarah as she grew up. I have sympathy for her in that regard. That shaped her personality, the person that she is, and how she has gone through her life. She has been made fun of and shamed but overall I think in the end she and Andrew and their daughters have done as well as they could have. Great reading, Shauna, it is a fascinating story.
Diana’s mum didn’t abandon her. She took the kids with her but visited Althorp with them for the holidays, the Earl refused to let her leave with them and managed to get custody because of his influence and the horrible betrayal by her own mother. Frances was also a battered wife with good reason to escape the marriage.
I laugh at her being dramatic when she was a teen or young adult. Who isn't abit dramatic at that age? However, I could never be careless with schooling and breaking stuff because I grew up less than rich. She is rich and bratty enough to be careless with typewriters and money. I don't even want to know what my parents would do if I did that. She didn't need to worry about the possibility of not getting a job.
Oh dear, I began my eating disorder at boarding school too, I can relate a bit. When you're unhappy and squash it down with food. Annoyingly I've never managed to overcome the issue 40years on . I expect she still struggles( but she looks good on it)
I'm sorry to hear that! I wish you peace and healing.
I love your entertaining and enthusiast videos Shauna. I appreciate your fairness in approaching this book about Sarah and giving her the benefit of the doubt. Although I disagree with Sarah's victimhood because in spite of the negatives in her young life, Sarah had many fine role models around her that she could have aspired to learn from. Teachers, friends, relatives. That's how I survived my sometimes hard childhood in much less wealthy circumstances. I often wondered where Diana's mother was during all her upheaval in her life and with Sarah as well. Those absent mother's I believe played a part in their failed marriages.
Poor Sarah, i think it muat be difficult growing up in a split family. Though those around her seemed quite loving most of the time
I had the same thought: ADD/ADHD....poor impulse control, not thinking consequences, etc.
Not everything in life and especially not every personality trait comes down to a medical diagnosis.
Some people are thoughtful, thorough and plan meticulously, others are spontaneous without thinking about consequences and no worry in the world. I often think these are the lucky ones 😁
I can’t help but wonder whether Sarah’s Mum distanced herself from her daughters as a way of managing her new life. In those times she wouldn’t have got custody, so initially she walked away. She then came back into their lives. If only she had explained this to her daughters, things may have been better for Sarah.
This is my first Housekeeper video. Have to catch up on the others. I don’t even know who the Housekeeper is! Lordy. You are right. Girls need their mothers. My 36 yo mother suddenly died when I was 10yo. Don’t remember her at all. My father immediately remarried my evil stepmother. Never felt any love from her. Really damaged me. Look forward to catching up. 🇺🇸
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It occurred to me that while Diana complained about not seeing her mother after her parents divorce, Lady Spencer actually did see quite a lot of Diana and her brother Charles. It sounds like Sarah, on the other hand, truly was abandoned by her mother. That is so sad, and my heart goes out to Sarah. As for her rudeness to the staff -- I always thought she probably picked that up from Andrew! He had a reputation for that. 😊
after watching this i have a new appreciation for sarah , i always found her fun and a bit wild and a lovely additioin to the royal family . i am happy to see her back in the royal fold after all these years. this is so much fun to listen too , thanks for sharing shauna. ♥ and omg , sarah piffing a typewriter out the window had me in fits of laughter ! now i think fergie is even more fabulous lol
I think Sarah suffers from childhood trauma/depression and her behaviour is a result of that I know a lot of people won’t agree with me but if you look into childhood trauma you will find many similarities in Sarah. I like Fergie she’s a fun loving solid person!
I agree about what you said on character and how you treat others. My mother always said to observe how a boyfriend treats his mother and that’s how he will treat you. Very good advice! Love the insight this book gives on Sarah. Thanks for sharing it. ❤
Very good advice indeed!
But sometimes it takes an bit of time to see how someone really is.
My brother has always charmed our mother into getting everything he wanted and to get away with everything but behind her back he was totally different.
It amazes me how poorly the aristocracy seem to treat their kids. Ps another fab show Shauna xxx
Re: "The Mother"
Just because a person is "lovely" in "polite society," does not mean the person is "lovely" in private. Many people have a "company" face, which is nothing like the face shown to the "nearest and dearest."
Thank you this is a very interesting book about her life. It sounds like there was a lot of pain in her earlier life yet her form of medication was fun and antics. Some of her days of school reminds me of the younger girls from belles of St Trinians naughty, unruly and wild. 😂
I loved typing at school. Our teacher, Mrs Probst was an older, larger woman who wore leather and rode a scooter. She made typing lessons fun by playing the latest music by request (as long as she had the record of course). Motorcycle Mama (by Sailcat) was always first. Mrs Probst had a temper though and we certainly learned not to play up in her class.
How fun !
Typing was my least favourite subject in the first year of high school. My teacher would explode into a fiery rage every time I ripped the paper out of the typewriter just as they do in Hollywood movies. I dreaded the thought of taking on sewing or typing in my second year, so I protested insisting on being allowed to do carpentry instead. They never had a girl in carpentry class before and it created a furore but the teachers relented in the end. While the boys made beautiful furniture, I was relegated to making kitchen cutting boards. However, if I had to take up sewing, I would’ve done exactly the same as Fergie and throw the needle out of the window. Such was school life back then. By the way, to this day, I still have no use for blanket stitching.
I found it tedious and frustrating at the time, but I've always appreciated having made it through.
@@kappy-nf6uh So sorry you had such a bad experience. Goes to show how much of a difference the teacher makes. I took sewing (using a sewing machine) in first year too and it took a whole term to make a pillow slip (something that now takes me 10 minutes!). We only had 4 machines for the whole class so we had to line up for the machine, sew one line and then get in line to show the teacher the line we had sewn. Total waste of time. My mother who was a dressmaker really wanted to march down to the school & complain, but refrained.
I was NEVER a book-club kind of girl but you've changed my mind!! Great channel!!
I had a friend that treated waiters really bad. After the second I jumped down her throat in front of him and made her apologize to him. Then I writer her off. It is true that how you treat people is telling I really wasn’t that interested in Sarah’s book, but I started anyway, and am now hooked! Thank you!
Shauna what we all need to keep in mind is this Sarah telling her story so entirely from her perspective and through her personal filters.
Hi Shauna, damaged, insecure children don’t know how to behave and are often rebellious but turn out okay in the end.
Some don't, especially if they don't have any good examples.
Sarah was reported as saying something like, "The Queen was more of a Mum to her than her own Mum." I have to say, that a lot of children of parents that abandon them would be bitter and angry at that person. The fact that she wasn't is impressive. Also,I think it was Eug her named her second son after her grandfather and Sarah was said to have been over the moon happy about that.
The whole "woe is me, the wildflower amongst the English roses" doesn't sit right somehow, and boy does she belabor the point. And, sorry, sooner or later we all need to grow up, wild as one may be, and even if one's mother was less than sweet. She seems to play the oblivious and free-spirited card when it's convenient. I think she simply hates responsibility of any kind.
I enjoyed this episode Shauna which left me feeling sorry for Sara, and I agree with you about how people treat those who they see as 'serving them' (hence my lack of feeling for Megan). My dad was long term military (who was away during WWII when I was young ).
He put women and very small children on a pedestal so my older sister took advantage of him and bullied myself and my younger brother. Somehow I never seemed to please him, but now I am older I think I understand him better.
I am sorry to hear that happened to you! Agreed about treatment of "serving people."
The last bit made me think "wish I knew then what I know now"! Love your in depth reviews and all your content!
Perfect, just watched your other vid with breakfast, now I'm beginning work and listening to this, love these series youre doing🎉
Does anybody else wonder why people who have pots of money send their kids off to boarding school. Why have them if you kick them out of the nest at the first chance. They must miss home 😢
I think Sarah's behaviors are classic signs of bipolar type 1. Depression along with overspending and risky sexual behavior. Either she's up or she's down and when she's up Nothing is sacred. I am bipolar as well, that's why I made the connection.
👍🏼 TRG; just gave you a huge shout out at the end of her show today! Congratulations 🎉
Hello its 1pm here in the UK, nice cup of tea .
It’s sad that parents send their children to these very expensive private schools but don’t take the time to find one that suits the educational needs of the child! The lost potential is staggering 😕 I can’t help but think of Harry and how he may have turned out had he been sent to a different school then Eton.
Good morning, Shauna. This is a fun book ,I really enjoy it.😊❤
Morning Sharon ❤
Me too 🇺🇸
I was directed to your channel by The Royal Grift regarding the Sussex Squad and stayed (& subscribed) for the book. I’m from the US so I really only know about Sarah from the “scandal” from way back when and her appearance on talk shows, so this is very interesting to me. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the book and reading the comments.
When talking about childhood of Sarah ,Charles and many others , I feel that to have really good parents-like to win jackpot in lottery. So sad! 😢
Oh gosh, your shirt is stunning, these are your colors, they make you shine .
So funny! When I heard about Sarah taking the secretarial course I got excited! I couldn’t WAIT to take a course like that! I wanted to channel Della Street on Perry Mason! LOL! I can still type like a madwoman! 😂!
That sounds delightful!
There's a streak of ginger running through my own family. Like Sarah, those cursed/blessed with it do tend to reinforce the stereotype.
The parallels with Diana and Sarah's childhoods are quite interesting. It breaks my heart that their mothers abandoned them. I know Diana's mother wanted custody, but she WAS the one that left. I treasure every moment with my child, now 22 and finishing university across the country. He has always been the center of my life, and his father's. Maybe it's the boarding school thing in the UK. These women felt, well they are off at school anyway. I feel Sarah is always there for her girls.
Knowing that the late Queen Elizabeth II continued to be fond of Sarah despite Prince Philip's distaste, and that their relationship continued until her death, has a lot of weight with me. Her Majesty was an astute judge of character and if she cared for Sarah and enjoyed her company, that leads me to give her benefit of the doubt. Despite her flaws she has never badmouthed the famiiy, was always loyal, and didn't brag about the warm relationship she had with the late Queen. When compared to the Harkles she is a paragon.
Hi Shauna, watching from Tuncurry nsw. ❤
Hey there!
I agree that Sarah's mother's behavior after the separation and falling in love with her next husband was awful. But we all go through things and it sounds like she was going through some kind of life crisis. Her bad behavior, like storming away without stopping to be with her daughters, may have only been a couple of instances. Who knows what was going on between the two parents. As far as moving into the other house, these people are used to sending their children to boarding schools and being separated and though I can't imagine doing that myself, thinking it was wrong may not have been on her radar. The aristocracy isn't known for passing down good parenting skills.
I love your show @Shauna
When I was a teenager I read a lot about the royals as Diana was my favourite. The magazines always compare both Princesses. There was a time when "Fergie" was called "Porky". Yes, the foreign media wasn't nice to her.
I can't see her mother being a nice person. A woman leaving her child behind to be with her lover says anything. And when Sarah was pictured with her lover John Bryan sucking her toes I was thinking "Like mother like daughter" only with one difference, that she hasn't abandoned her daughters. Back then I had some sympathy for "Randy Andy" as he was good looking. 😂
Sarah, Sarah, whose childhood was fun but ended too quickly when her Mother left. It partially explains why she and Andrew coparented and cohabitated. I read this book when it came out and I see different things now in each chapter
What a mother. You feel some sympathy for Sarah no one to guide her to point her away from wrong choices. Glad she has a more positive relationship with her daughters
Hi Shauna catching up in the Redlands - great channel - love the snarks and the particularly "the Royal"
Glad you like them!
❤ I'm really enjoying this so much, and I'm really beginning to feel for her. I was a bit plump 😢 too right up to my nineteenth birthday ❤
I always liked Sarah and still do and I remember feeling very sorry for her that her mother left when she was so young.
Hi Shauna. I am enjoying this book much more than I thought I would and you are an excellent storyteller! As a mom I can’t ever imagine leaving my children for a man and I’m sure this loss greatly impacted Sarah’s life. I truly feel for the child Sarah but am on the fence on how I feel about adult Sarah. Looking forward to learning more!
Poor Fergie. Those things make me itch too. So I feel for her.
Those wool laden clothes tend to make everybody uncomfortable, especially clothes made before about the 1990s, which is when I first found woolen clothes that weren't like that. But if Sarah had an allergy? Yikes on bikes.
To be open, I am in my sixties, so I'm old enough to remember.
Somehow, I can't quite picture her throwing a typewriter out the window. I had always seen her as very exuberant, a bit clumsy and a bit of a people pleaser. I did typing at school, and not even the worst rebel would have dared do such a thing. I think instant expulsion would have been the result. Perhaps Sarah is more complex than I thought!
A ginger here: at work I threw a computer off my desk with such force that it shattered. I can defintely see becoming so stressed that a reaction had to be made or I would disintegrate.
😂Back in your place Housekeeper 😂 Love, love your take on everything!
FIRST: Great blouse that coordinates perfectly with your backdrop!!!!!!! SECOND: I am ENJOYING your "read-throughs" very very much !!!!!! Thank you. I used to be quite an intense reader, but do not read as much as I have in the past. Thank you again for these marvelous posts.....
Loosing two wives in car accidents could be considered 'uncanny' but could also be consider suspicious maybe !!!!!!!!! 🤔
Elements of Sarah's story echo Megan's beginnings!
Yes! In so many ways!
I feel the same as you about Sarah throwing the typewriters. Maybe it was because she knew her parents could afford the replacements and repairs. Maybe its because she didnt have a Mother like me with a smacking hand!! Going back to the stocking full of car stuff, the first time I spent xmas away from home my Mum made me a stocking too and it was filled with things like toothpaste a new toothbrush soap etc. I was out on my own and having to buy these sort of things for myself from my wages so I thought it was a great stocking. I did get a main present too but funnily enough I cant remember what that was. Only the stocking filled with useful stuff that saved me money 😂. I was working in a hotel at that time and the staff house was filled with other girls also working over Christmas. You wouldnt believe how many boxes of chocolates we amassed between us!
Sarah's mother may have been a lovely person to those around her and still been a lousy Mum. I know a handful of women who DEFINITELY should never have become mothers.
Once again, you have made this book really interesting, I really look forward to it every week. Thanks Shauna ❤
I love your blouse! It really suits you.❤❤❤
Shauna love how you make the books come to life ❤ sorry fergie was embarrassing at the Christmas Sandringham walk back from church, so gushing grabbing gifts and flowers which I think were probably for Princess Catherine and the other royals, even Princess Beatrice grabbed her to hurry up
I still think Sarah's version of herself is the way the press characterised her, not the real person. She has taken the label "bouncy, flame haired country girl/tomboy" & ran with it. We have never seen her, (since her marriage to Andrew) involved in any country pursuits, instead she went on chat shows in America & was always hanging around businessmen & nightclubs. Trying to make money with dodgy business ventures & bringing her girls to Soho house & Epstein island! She could have afforded a country house & all that went with it but she'd rather stick with Andrew & his lifestyle.
Very well observed comment. I agree completely.
Going on chat shows was for the money.
A lot of what she did was to make money.
Don’t forget how little she got in the divorce and that she was used to a more grand lifestyle from childhood on- yes, on the countryside but nevertheless grander than what she had means for after the divorce.
@@Celisar1 She received a £2 million settlement, almost 30 years ago. A further £1.5 million was used to set up trust funds for her two daughters who also received funds from inheritances. Sarah continued to live free, at Royal Lodge, as she does to this day. She has had no normal living expenses, her whole life. With respect, she was hardly hard done by. For most people, even now, the money she and her daughters received would keep them in comfort, for life. Sarah was incredibly wasteful and extravagant, and accumulated outrageous debt, without a thought for paying it off. So, it's impossible to have any sympathy for such spoiled, childish behaviour.
I agree with you that Sarah may have had ADD. It was too bad her schooling was so slap dash as the right schools might have taught her a lot. She certainly wasn’t given many choices.
I remember not enjoying learning to type. I longed for a portable typewriter to practise on at home but couldn't afford one. Ended up using one at work. Many years later I got a used typewriter at home and then came to enjoy using it and speeding up. Then my own electronic, then computer keyboard, when I rather took off. It just didn't come easy.
I love your narative style of reading Shauna, thank you. Sarah has the same 'jolly hockey-sticks' manner of writing that is evident from her observed behaviour. Listening to her reflections I do think Sarah is an undiagnosed ADHD sufferer, flitting from one idea or project to the next seemingly on impulse and without much forethought. She absolutely has ants in her pants when it comes to physical activity. I've always been irritated just watching her work a crowd and thought members of the public would warm to her so much more if she'd just slow down, look folk in the eye and speak to them not past them. Having said that I'm also amazed she's achieved what she has with such incompetent parents and I have a better understanding of her unquenched love and respect for our late Queen Elizabeth who was a remarkable judge of character and reader of people, and clearly built a relationship with her that she hadn't enjoyed with her own mother. It's amazing that, inspite of her childhood traumas Sarah isn't a malicious person. Andrew was never going to be a good match but she has certainly been a very supportive ex-wife to him and loving mother to their girls. She exited that marriage with next to nothing, unlike Diana who squeezed every penny possible out of Charles.
It’s so interesting hearing her own thoughts rather than through a deceptive tabloid lens. Looking to reevaluate to a more balanced view by the end of her book. Knowing a few people with ADHD, it wouldn’t surprise me if she has it, hearing some of her typewriter throwing antics and approaches to life!
Her mother sounds like a monster. She didn't even give her Christmas gifts?? Poor kid.
Thank you so much! I am really enjoying your presentations of books,this one especially. Must admit that I've always felt ambivalent about Fergie. This book sheds some new light.
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Here it is 5:00 pm here in North Carolina..... I have spent ALL day with you listening to all of the Kitty Kelley book (thus far) and now up to this part of Sarah's book WOW.... I never got out of my pj's.... what a day listening to you
Welll I feel very encouraged, thank you so much! 😊💕 That’s a lot of “me” 😂
The trick is to know how to silently get to dad's bed & wake him up w/o mom stirring :) Then I get him to come w/ me to get the baddies out of my room & fall back to sleep. If mom wakes 1st, I get the stare & I had to quietly trudge back :(
I would have never dreamed of chucking anything to break, that seems a little entitlement coz she knew it would be taken cared of. I agree w/ you - don't like her mom either and I think Sarah made excuses for her. Thanks as always.
Her Father sounds really dear. He tried so hard.