Listen up, friends. In a heartfelt letter published by the UK’s Hello! magazine on February 11, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, spilled the tea about her past relationship with her late sister-in-law, Princess Diana. And let me tell you, it's a story that needs to be heard. Sarah, who's no stranger to the spotlight, revealed just how tough it was for both of them to navigate life under constant public scrutiny. People would constantly paint them as rivals, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
“You know what? People tried to portray Diana and me as rivals all the time, and that’s just not who we were,” said Fergie, now 59 years old. “It’s not okay to pit women against each other like that. And honestly, it’s not okay to troll people viciously online either. We’ve got to do better than this.”
Fergie’s Powerful Message Against Cyberbullying
Here’s the kicker: Sarah’s letter wasn’t just about her personal experiences. It was also her way of supporting Hello! magazine’s new #HelloToKindness campaign, which is all about stamping out cyberbullying. In her essay, the proud mom of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie reminded us that posting abusive comments online isn’t just mean—it’s downright dangerous. Because you never know what someone else might be going through.
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“Let me paint you a picture,” she wrote. “Take a look at any website, and what do you see? Extraordinarily abusive comments. Not just aimed at celebrities, but regular people too. Bullying, sniping, trolling, sexism, racism, homophobia—it’s all out there. Online, it seems like anything goes.”
“Now, I know there are plenty of kind people out there, but there’s also a loud minority who think the rules of basic human decency don’t apply on the internet,” she continued. “Honestly, I rarely—if ever—scroll through those comments on social media or news sites. It’s just too much negativity.”
A Call to Action for Modern Royalty
Emily Nash, a royals reporter at Hello!, said launching the campaign with Sarah’s help was crucial because of the negative backlash Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have faced recently. “It’s wild to me how sexist some of these comments are,” she told CNN. “People compare them in ways they wouldn’t compare men—‘her walk is weird,’ ‘her heels are too high,’ or ‘her legs are too thin.’”
And honestly, we couldn’t agree more. Hopefully, Sarah’s powerful words will remind everyone that the royals are people too. They have feelings, dreams, and struggles just like the rest of us.
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