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Duchess of York attacked by Turkey
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Remove those dreadful images of the Duchess of York being savaged senseless by a demented piece of poultry from your head right away – this is a very serious issue.
Outspoken royal Fergie is at the centre of a diplomatic storm after Turkish officials took offence to an ITV documentary the she’s been filming in the country. Duchess And Daughters: Their Secret Mission, which is on TV tomorrow, sees Fergie and her daughters go undercover to unveil the appalling conditions in the orphanages of Ankara and Istanbul.
Turkish officials have even accused Fergie of being at the forefront of a campaign to scupper the country’s bid for EU membership. Nimet Cubukcu, Family Affairs Minister for the Turkish government grumbled: “It is obvious that Sarah Ferguson is ill-intentioned and is trying to launch a smearing campaign against Turkey by opposing Turkey's EU membership.”
ITV bosses staunchly deny the claim, saying that the Duchess “has no political motivation. This is a valid area of public interest at a time when the UK Government is endorsing the accession of Turkey into the EU, a process which is conditional in part on Turkey improving its human rights record with children.”
You can see what all the fuss is about on ITV1 on Thursday 6 November at 9pm.
by Stewart Turner, Wednesday 5 November 2008
Source: Daily Mail
