Ottawa Citizen | 26May2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/letters/naked+greed/3070952/story.html
Her naked greed
Re: Newspaper sting leaves Duchess of York 'devastated,' May 24, 2010.
Watching online videotape of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York,
selling access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew to an undercover tabloid
journalist, I was struck by the absence of style and elegance on her
part. The tawdriness of her money-grubbing was compounded by the vapid
nature of her speech and mannerisms.
As one who grew up in the 1950s dutifully asking that "God save our
gracious queen," when, of course, the British royals were deemed beyond
reproach, it was Sarah Ferguson's lack of graciousness that struck me
most. Alas, no sign of any refinement mitigated her woeful display of
naked greed.
Orest Slepokura, Strathmore, Alberta
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[W.Z. Versions of the above letter also appeared in the Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Edmonton Journal.]
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Toronto Star | 26May2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/814986--fergie-money-grubbing-tawdry
Fergie money-grubbing tawdry
Re: The 500,000-pound Duchess, May 24, 2010
Watching online videotape of Fergie, a.k.a. the Duchess of York,
selling access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew to an undercover tabloid
journalist, I was struck by a total absence of style and elegance on
her part. The tawdriness of her money-grubbing was compounded by the
vapid nature of her speech and mannerisms.
As one who grew up in the 1950s dutifully asking that “God save our
gracious Queen,” when of course the British royals were deemed beyond
reproach, it was Sarah Ferguson’s lack of graciousness that struck me
most.
Alas, no sign of any refinement mitigated her woeful display of naked greed.
Orest Slepokura, Strathmore, Alta.