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Sarah Talks Herself Into Trouble (Again) |
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Written by Joanne Leyland
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Monday, 05 June 2006 |
 Sarah,
Duchess of York, who earns millions as a spokeswoman for health and fitness organisation Weightwatchers, has been condemned by children's charities after
admitting she and her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, spend
anything up to 20 hours at a time in front of a TV.
Speaking to a US magazine, the Duchess displayed her unfortunate knack of saying the wrong thing.
Referring to herself and the young Princesses as "the Tripod", Sarah said: "The Tripod is how you see us today. Totally and utterly connected in every single way. The way we look, the way we move. On weekends we sleep until midday. Then we have shepherd’s pie for lunch."
"Then {Prince} Andrew calls and says: "What are you doing this afternoon?" The answer is always the same: "We’re watching DVDs!" All afternoon. We watch from 2 o'clock through til midnight. It's probably something like 24 or The OC, the whole series of them."
The Duchess, who has been divorced from the Duke of York for almost ten years, admitted she never stopped loving the Queen's second son, declaring: "We never really fell out of love, you know. It was only because of circumstances that we divorced."
Speaking to the Ladies' Home Journal, Sarah offered further insight into what TV programmes and movies she and her children enjoy, admitting they especially favour educational movies, such as Mel Gibson's Oscar winning Braveheart: "...we're really into Grey's Anatomy and Nip/Tuck. We don't move from our chairs. On Sunday it's the same — get up at midday, have roast chicken for lunch. Then DVDs til midnight, unless they're going back to school, in which case we'll stop at six."
"You can learn so much from watching films. Like Braveheart, you see it's not nobility that will win a war, it's the courage from your heart."
In response to the Duchess's admission, Michelle Elliott, a spokeswoman for the children's charity Kidscape said: "If my children were watching so much I would be ashamed to tell anyone – let alone encourage it. They should be going out and doing things together rather than depending on DVDs to bring them together."
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Sarah,
Duchess of York, who earns millions as a spokeswoman for health and fitness organisation Weightwatchers, has been condemned by children's charities after
admitting she and her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, spend
anything up to 20 hours at a time in front of a TV.
