Queen kicked a disgraced Fergie out her home on 'the same day as toe sucking pic'
Queen booted Sarah Ferguson out of Balmoral the very same day the infamous 'toe sucking' picture came out, it has been revealed.The Duke and Duchess of York, now both aged 58, announced their separation in March 1992 after six years of marriage.But only five months later she saw herself embroiled in a national scandal when compromising photographs of her with her 'financial advisor' John Bryan from her holiday villa in St Tropez were published in the Daily Mirror.In the most notorious of the images the Texan millionaire can be seen sucking Sarah Ferguson's toes as she bathes in the sun, while another shows her kissing him in front of then-two-year-old Princess Eugenie, who is watching on.Now, fresh details of how the monarch herself responded to the furore have been revealed in a new TV documentary.In the upcoming episode of Secrets of the Royal Palace, royal experts describe how disgruntled members of the Royal Family waited downstairs at Balmoral Castle on the morning the indecent pictures hit the nation's newsstands.Journalist Bidisha Mamata then shares what happened next, recounting: "Apparently Prince Philip himself walked in, threw a copy of the tabloids at her, and without a word walked out again."Richard Kay, a former Daily Mail correspondent and close friend of Princess Diana's, then revealed that the humiliated Fergie then had a "one-on-one with the Queen" where she was "very frank about the situation, describing it as "possibly the most difficult moment of her life".But it was too little too late, as the Duchess was pictured leaving the royal residence later the same day, with her reputation in the eyes of the public seriously tarnished.Reflecting on her downfall, Richard Kay said: "It did go to show there.
