Duchess of York "SELLS" Prince Andrew for £500K

[mad1]

"Andrew said to me: 'Tell him £500,000'. Look after me and he'll look after you"

Desperate Fergie lies to make money out of Prince

SHAKE ON IT: Fergie agrees her shady deal with our man at his plush Mayfair apartment






By Mazher Mahmood, Investigations Editor, 23/05/2010
THE Duchess of York is shamelessly plotting to sell access to her trade envoy ex-hubby Prince Andrew for £500,000.

Greedy Sarah Ferguson, 50, was filmed on Tuesday night taking a $40,000 cash down-payment from an undercover News of the World reporter.


Sarah Ferguson shamelessly plots to sell access to Prince Andrew for £500,000


Unknown to the Prince, Fergie PROMISED to introduce us to him, CLAIMED he'd help fix lucrative deals and DEMANDED a cut of all profits. She vowed: "Look after me and he'll look after you. . . you'll get it back tenfold. I can open any door you want."
As the Duchess of York set out her stall, she blatantly put a price tag on an introduction to Britain's unsuspecting trade envoy Prince, opening the door to lucrative international deals.
CASHING IN: Fergie thrills to sight of $40k

Behind her ex's back, Fergie claimed to have discussed it with him and lied: "Andrew said to me, 'Tell him £500,000.'
"He knows that he's had to underwrite me up to now because I've got no money. So if you want to meet him in your business, look after me and he'll look after you. . . you'll get it back tenfold."
The greedy 50-year-old Duchess, who believed she was dealing with a rich businessman, was then filmed at a secret meeting pocketing an extra $40,000 down-payment in cash.
Along the way she also INSISTED on one per cent commission on any deals we might strike due to her royal connections, and DEMANDED we wire the main £½million backhander into her private HSBC bank account.
After the shady deal was sealed with a handshake just before midnight on Tuesday Fergie again tried to drag unwitting Prince Andrew, also 50, into it. She bragged: "That opens up everything you would ever wish for. And I can open any door you want. And I will for you."
Her astonishing offer will shock the Queen, the royal family and the Government, for the loose cannon Duchess's ludicrous claims that Prince Andrew - unpaid UK Special Representative for Trade and Investment - could be party to such a scam jeopardise Britain's global reputation for honesty and fair play.
And her willingness to give an unvetted businessman access to her Who's Who contacts book of the world's most influential figures raises huge security fears.
IN THE BAG: Fergie grabs the cash

We began investigating the scandal after a close royal associate blew the whistle and told us Fergie was already cashing in on unknowing Andrew by setting up deals with foreign businessmen. She even claimed she had set up a new company last month to handle the dodgy transactions.
And the News of the World has details of TWO tycoons she boasted she had introduced to Prince Andrew.
After our investigators infiltrated her close circle of associates, Fergie agreed to a private meeting with our man, posing as an international tycoon, without once checking his credentials.
That first meeting was at a New York hotel, after Fergie had primed her aides to try to persuade our man to pay a hefty advance fee of $40,000.
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Then - again without any security checks - brazen Fergie texted our man on Monday to arrange a dinner meeting back in London at the exclusive Mosimann's dining club the following night. In a bid to keep the deal under wraps, she sent an advance party of two assistants to the Belgravia restaurant with a detailed seven-page confidentiality agreement they claimed the Duchess wanted signed BEFORE the dinner date.
The contract would effectively prevent our reporter ever discussing anything he had spoken about with Fergie to anyone - a voluntary gagging order.
But even though our reporter refused to sign the document, cash-strapped Fergie still turned up and willingly chatted away.
At a discreet corner table the grinning Duchess - who was wearing a blue suit - immediately dragged her unsuspecting former husband into the negotiations by claiming: "I did ask Andrew about meeting you."
FERGIE: I never talk about money ever, but since we've got business hats on I'm going to...
REPORTER: Sure.
FERGIE: So I said to Andrew, well what do I do because really I think you two could really do some good business together and I think, I think what would happen is that you would. He never makes money because he's ambassador for trade.
REPORTER: Of course, sure.
FERGIE: So he wouldn't want to.
REPORTER: No of course, no, no.
FERGIE: But I can. So he would. . . introduce you to whoever, but it wouldn't be about HIM it would be about ME.
DINNER DATE: Duchess at Mosimann's

The Duke and Duchess of York divorced in 1996 but have remained close friends.
And as she tucked into her £12.50 pea soup accompanied by a £95 bottle of burgundy, she made it clear she was willing to try to exploit that closesness.
FERGIE: I could bring you great business. I'd like to think that if I, for example, if I introduced you to...
REPORTER: Andrew for example?
FERGIE: Andrew for example. . . and he opened up doors for you which you would never possibly do.
Then, depending if it was a very big deal with I don't know, I can't imagine, then each deal you and I discuss the percentage of it.
REPORTER: Absolutely.
FERGIE: And so that's what we would be doing.
REPORTER: That's absolutely clear, no problem whatsoever.
Fergie then insisted any such arrangement must be kept secret - even from the aides who had just left the restaurant.
And she proceeded to describe how she planned to manipulate her relationship with the Prince to her advantage behind his back.
FERGIE: Perhaps he might just mention to me some of the, you know. . .
REPORTER: Viable projects?
FERGIE: Some really interesting things which I might find interesting. And I'll look into them and maybe then they will ask me to find investments, in which case I might come to you.
At that point the Duchess made her totally unfounded allegation that Andrew suggested the £500,000 introduction fee. She assured our man it would be "a good investment".
As the £30 main course of lamb and vegetables arrived, attention turned to the $40,000 advance.
When told that the bundles of $20 notes were waiting for her at our man's apartment around the corner, she promised him a kiss on payment.
Throughout the dinner suspicious Fergie kept asking if our man was a reporter from the News of the World or another paper. But the thought of cash in hand proved more convincing than her fears.
At one point conversation moved to Fergie's daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. Beatrice recently became the first royal to complete the London marathon.
When our undercover reporter said he wished he'd sponsored her, greedy Fergie quipped: "No, you're sponsoring the mother!"
After our reporter picked up the £223.25 dinner bill plus £50 tip, Fergie happily jumped into the back of a limo with him - again carelessly risking her personal security - and was chauffeured to the Mayfair flat.
There she boasted about her privileged position and proclaimed: "I'm a complete aristocrat. Love that don't you? I love it. It's tremendously fabulous. But I've never admitted that to anyone by the way!" As she relaxed on the sofa with a glass of wine, Fergie asked our man to donate one per cent of profits from any business deals to her charity, set up to build schools in Asia.
But she soon remembered that charity begins at home.
FERGIE: Next! On to the next thing, £500,000, when you can, to me. . . open doors.
REPORTER: It would be Prince Andrew?
FERGIE: Yeah.
REPORTER: Is that a deal?
FERGIE: Yeah.
REPORTER: But I've got to give you $40,000.
FERGIE: Yeah.
REPORTER: Which I've got now as a deposit. Which is in my safe. But how am I going to give it to you? I haven't got a bag.
At that point the grinning Duchess made a silent "Gimme!" motion with her hand. She then accompanied our man into the next room, watched as he pulled out wads of crisp notes from the safe and carried them into the lounge, and then gasped: "Oh my God, you are a genius!" She said the money would go towards paying school fees for an old friend in the States. But as she stared at the pile of cash before her Fergie was prompted to get down to business again - and the outstanding £500,000.
FERGIE: Yeah OK but then if you want to go and do a big deal with Andrew, then that's the big one.
REPORTER: I do. Of course. OK, no, of course. So you need 500,000 in pounds. . .
FERGIE: But that's in wire transfer.
REPORTER: That has to be in wire transfer, I mean obviously.
FERGIE: That's a wire transfer that's completely above board. And that goes straight to wire transfer.
REPORTER: Who do we send that to?
FERGIE: You send it to the bank account that I tell you to send it to.
REPORTER: If you give me the bank account details I'll arrange that, no problem at all.
FERGIE: Then that, is then like, then you open up all the channels whatever you need, whatever you want, and then that's what and then you meet Andrew and that's fine. And that's, that's when you really open up whatever you want.
The Duchess then boasted of her special bond with Andrew. "He's so amazing," she said. "We're the happiest divorced couple in the world."
But then she stretched credulity by claiming her ex told her he'd happily play along with her cash-for-access plot.
FERGIE: And as Andrew said, 'Listen, if he's (our reporter) going to be kind enough to want to play, then Andrew will play.'
REPORTER: Let's play!
FERGIE: And he (Andrew) says, 'Let's play, we'll play' as long as it's nothing to do with him. . . But you will be his friend.
I will listen to the friendship talk between you two. And then I do it.
REPORTER: OK.
FERGIE: You two talk.
REPORTER: Right
FERGIE: I listen.
REPORTER: OK.
FERGIE: Then I activate. . . he meets the most amazing people. And he just throws them my way.
REPORTER: He throws them your way, fantastic. Well, and you throw them my way.
FERGIE: Yes. But, we, we, I've never said that. . . he never does accept a penny for anything. . .he does not and will not and he is completely whiter than white.
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How she lied about Prince Andrew

FERGIE: So I said to Andrew, 'Well, what do I do?' Because really I think you two could really do some good business together and I think, I think what would happen is that you would, he never makes money because he's ambassador for trade.
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FERGIE: If you want to go and then if we want to do a big deal with Andrew, then that's the big one.
REPORTER: I do. Of course. OK. No, of course. So you need 500,000 in pounds. . .
FERGIE: But that's in wire transfer.
REPORTER: That has to be in wire transfer, I mean obviously.
FERGIE: That's a wire transfer that's completely above board. And that goes straight to wire transfer.
REPORTER: Who do we send that to?
FERGIE: You send it to the bank account that I tell you to send it to.
REPORTER: If you give me the bank account details I'll arrange that, no problem at all.
FERGIE: Then that, is then like then you open up all the channels whatever you need, whatever you want, and then that's what and then you meet Andrew and that's fine. And that's, that's when you really open up whatever you want.
................
FERGIE: And as Andrew said, 'Listen, if he's going to be kind enough to want to play, then Andrew will play.'
REPORTER: Let's play!
FERGIE: And he says 'Let's play, we'll play' - as long as it's nothing to do with him.



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[A*O]

Ha ha ha, she doesn't change does she. And I'm not totally convinced Prince Andrew doesn't take his cut on these deals either. They are both totally still banging each other.

[Yoko Ono]

Wow, this is way bigger than any sex scandal. I can so see Fergie losing her Dutchess of York title over this.
Funny how I haven't heard this on the news yet though. This is HUGE.

[faithanne]

Originally Posted by A*O

Ha ha ha, she doesn't change does she. And I'm not totally convinced Prince Andrew doesn't take his cut on these deals either. They are both totally still banging each other.

Yeah I love the tone of outrage that poor Andrew is being unknowingly duped. There was nothing in that whole exchange that convinced me she was lying about Andrew. He probably figures if she can make money this way then she won't be such a drain on him, and he can take a healthy cut for himself.

[mad1]

Originally Posted by Yoko Ono

Wow, this is way bigger than any sex scandal. I can so see Fergie losing her Dutchess of York title over this.
Funny how I haven't heard this on the news yet though. This is HUGE.

Lucky you. The Beeb has been bleeting about this all morning. I woke up at 6am and heard it on the radio, switched on the tv and there it was. Then they got to the paper review - up it popped. Maybe I should stop watching breakfast news...

[NoNoRehab]

Wow. I think Fergie put the nail in her own coffin on this one.

Whether she's bullshitting about Andrew or not, without proof I don't see her having any choice. If she wants her daughters to have any future in the Firm, then she'll come out and say Andrew wasn't involved. She's already screwed, and if she in turn screws Andrew then she must realize that she's destroying her daughters' futures.

[Chilly Willy]

Uh oh. This is not good, Fergie.

[Brookie]

Hilarious. Somewhere, Diana is laughing her ass off.

[Sarzy]

Lol oh dear. I'm almost embarrassed for her.

[roslyntaberfan]

Prince Andrew is totally in on this.

[Mrs Fawlty]

Hahahahaha....gotcha!

[Brookie]

I'll bet Liz and Phil are pooping their royal drawers.

[MrsDark]

Originally Posted by roslyntaberfan

Prince Andrew is totally in on this.

That's what I think too.

[Brookie]

Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[Chilly Willy]

You'd think she was set for life. I love how they keep calling her "greedy Fegie".

She also seems to be quite dumb. I mean, what's the point of setting up cofidentiality agreements, if no one signs them? She's either horribly naive, or her staff set her up. Maybe they told her they were signed...

I wonder how often she has done this before.