The stylish Sarah Ferguson celebrated the paperback release of her Mills & Boon novel with a special event in London.
The Duchess of York first published her first fictional historical romance novel, Her Heart For A Compass, in August and celebrated the new installment on Monday night.
Fergie, 62, was joined by her co-author Marguerite Kaye at London Bridge to celebrate the release by speaking to fans about the book, followed by a meet-and-greet with Sarah.
The Duchess’s first novel, based on her own life and incorporating research into her ancestors, is a fictionalized account of the life of the Duchess’ great-grandaunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas-Scott.
Sarah Ferguson celebrated the paperback release of her Mills & Boon novel with a special event as part of her Historical Romance Book Club with the publisher
The Duchess of York published her first fictional historical romance novel, Her Heart For A Compass, in August and today celebrated the book’s paperback release
The novel received mostly negative reviews after hitting shelves in August – critics branded the book as “boring” and “slogan” with a “bland” main character and a tone that oscillates between “archaic and contemporary”.
But both Sarah and co-author Margarete, who has written more than 60 historical romance novels, remained “unified” behind the work.
She is expected to publish her second historical romance later this year, again co-written with Kaye.
Her appearance comes after Sarah said she still struggles with her body image and that her weight is still a “trigger point” ahead of the release of her first young adult novel next month.
Fergie, 62, was joined by her co-author Marguerite Kaye at London Bridge to celebrate the release by speaking to fans about the book, followed by a meet-and-greet with Sarah
The Duchess’s first novel, based on her own life and incorporating research into her ancestors, is a fictionalized account of the life of the Duchess’ great-grandaunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas-Scott
The Duchess of York is celebrating the paperback release of her best-selling novel, Her Heart for a Compass, with co-author Marguerite Kaye
The novel, titled Demons Land, is part of a 22-book deal the Duchess of York has signed with Australian publisher Serenity Press and is co-authored by Michelle Worthington.
The fictional book was reportedly inspired by the 1998 death of her mother, who was raised with an eating disorder, and will explore the effects of “generational trauma.”
Speaking to Metro, she said: “I’ve always felt judged, so I support the LGBTQ+ community. I know what it’s like to be apart. I’m 62 now and it still hurts when someone hits me.
The mother-of-two admitted her weight is “a trigger point and where [she goes] for the first when [she wants] to self-sabotage.’
The author admitted that her looks had been a problem since she was a child and that she blamed a bad haircut for the downfall of her parents’ marriage.
The Duchess of York is celebrating the paperback publication of her best-selling novel, Her Heart for a Compass, in London today
Sarah’s mother Susan Barrantes eloped with Argentine polo player Hector Barrantes in 1972, leaving her husband Ronald Ferguson to raise Sarah and her sister Jane alone.
Sarah was 12 at the time and admitted in the interview that she thought her hair was so bad she thought her mum had left the family because she couldn’t bear to look at it.
Fergie grew up with these guilt feelings, and when she stepped into the limelight with Prince Andrew’s wife in the 1980s, comments about her appearance and, with it, her anxiety intensified.
Sarah has previously been open about developing issues with eating as a child and turned to food for comfort when her mother left.
In a podcast with the Ayurveda doctor and naturopath Dr. To Vijay Murthy she said: “I was an eater. I was never able to get bulimia because I just didn’t have the mental state to go that far, but I always wished I could.
“But that just shows you how dangerous and where I’ve come to. Wishing you could have mental illness on that level is a very serious point to get to.
When asked how she got into such a state, she replies, “My body and mind were in that place, but I couldn’t really make myself sick.”
Regarding her own children, Fergie said she is proud of her two daughters, Princess Beatrice, 33, and Princess Eugenie, 32.
She shared how she supported Princess Eugenie with her spinal surgery for scoliosis as a teenager and praised the mother-of-one for her bravery.