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...Waleses were not the only offensive royals. The egregious Fergie, Duchess of York, was a scandal mill all on her own, with miserable sexual and financial escapades. The result has been a growing cynicism about the family. Commentator Julie Burchill expressed a common feeling when she said recently, "I hope for the best for Wills, but I would be very surprised if he turns out to be normal, because that's the maddest family since the Munsters. Every day there's something new. We wouldn't be shocked if he turned out to be a cross-dresser who wanted...
Everyone knew that Jackie's belongings would draw crowds. Sotheby's auctions of the effects of the Duchess of Windsor in 1987 and of Andy Warhol did so, and those people were not as famous and charismatic as Jackie, who hovered, Cheshire cat-like, in the public imagination for more than 30 years, her enigmatic smile evanescing into an invisible privacy where admirers were not welcome or allowed. The posthumous chance to enter this forbidden space and ooh and aah over--and maybe buy one of--Jackie's personal possessions figured to be irresistible to plenty of people, and Sotheby...
...PRINCE AND HIS LAST DUCHESS...
Perhaps because royal marriages begin so grandly, their endings always seem a bit pathetic, more fizz than bang. So it was that last Wednesday, 27 reporters and a civilian were the only ones present when the names of SARAH FERGUSON, Duchess of York, and PRINCE ANDREW, Duke of York, were on the list of 29 couples granted a decree nisi (a.k.a. a "quickie divorce") in a three-minute ceremony. The prince was holed up in his navy barracks, and the duchess was smothering her sadness in the snows of Switzerland, accompanied by daughters BEATRICE, 7 and EUGENIE, 6. "Of course...
...trip to an auction house for the first time in their lives in the hopes of owning a piece of Camelot quickly saw their hopes outbid by the frenzied buyers. Bruce Wolmer, editor in chief of Art & Auction, predicts the Onassis sale will far exceed Sotheby's 1987 Duchess of Windsor jewelry sale, which brought in $50 million. Mrs. Onassis' jewelry goes on sale Wednesday night and includes a 40-carat diamond she received as an engagement gift from the Greek shipping magnate. Sales later in the week will include JFK's golf clubs and Mrs. Onassis...