Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, a.k.a. Fergie, has been surrounded by scandal for the past 20 years, but through it all, she says she did the most important thing right: raising her children well.
"The only thing I know I've done 100 percent right is be a good mother. I'm proud to say I'm the best mom I know," says Ferguson, who has two grown daughters with ex-husband Prince Andrew. "People say to me, 'What is your brand identity?' And I say, 'I'm a global mother.'"
In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Ferguson admits she was sad to be left off the guest list for the recent royal wedding, but says she's proud to have been represented by her children, princesses Beatrice, 22, and Eugenie, 21.
"They're a part of the royal family and they're a tremendous credit to me," says Ferguson of her daughters, who are both attending college in the U.K. "I understand that (Kate and William) didn't invite me. I'm divorced from Prince Andrew. I think it's a new chapter and a fresh page."
While Prince William is making a new start with his bride Kate Middleton, Ferguson is making a clean start on reality TV. Her new show Finding Sarah, on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network, pairs the former Weight Watchers spokeswoman with Oprah's favorite self-help experts to help her get her life back on track. She says the show has helped her to confront her painful past with the royal family, even as William and Kate's wedding has brought back "huge memories."
"I look at it and think, I was once that bride. It's very sad," admits Ferguson. "You're happy for them, of course, but it's sad because you'd love to do it all over again, but with the awareness that you have now."
Since becoming a celebrity, Ferguson has been at the center of two major tabloid stories: her 1992 separation from Prince Andrew (precipitated by naughty paparazzi photos of Fergie with another man), and the 2010 News of the World video in which Ferguson allegedly tried to sell access to Prince Andrew. Though she once told Oprah that her 2010 behavior was a result of drinking and desperation, Ferguson now says that she was set up.
"I didn't do that, selling access," she claims. "(The fake businessman) said he wanted to start a business with me, and I said, 'If you're going to invest in my business, with that comes my family, because we're all a team together.' But the way it came across in the video, it was so horrible, because they cut it and edited it and changed it, chopped it."
Even so, Ferguson has learned to be grateful for the things she has. "I have a very lucky life," she says. "I'm able to travel. I have great friends who have been very generous. I've got a wonderful family. Andrew and the girls are really the most extraordinary people you'll ever meet."
Source: http://www.ivillage.com/sarah-ferguson-talks-motherhood-and-royal-wedding/1-a-351445
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