So lets get this straight. Prince Andrew spends years vilified and made fun of for his Marriage to Sarah Ferguson, suffered total indignation when the image of her Toe Sucking Texan Adviser was splashed for the whole world to see coupled with her cheapening of her royal status as a 'for hire' Duchess.
Despite all this Prince Andrew , like his Mother, has remained dignified throughout, keeping his former wife in his own home with an annual living allowance and taking on the full costs of their children.
The latest furor over the Duchess' antics involve her falling for a well known undercover reporter (The Countess of Wessex was well and truly sprung by this smooth operator a few years back) and offering access to her Trade Ambassador ex-husband for 500,000 Pounds and a $40,000 USD down payment.
There would be few men who would after all this continue to have nothing to do with a former spouse However Prince Andrew proves himself to be of extraordinary character and all seems to be forgiven.
Sarah Ferguson has done much to make her own way in the world and that should be applauded, lets just hope that this is a wake up reminder that she needs to continue to make it on her own, however the one good that can come of this is the acknowledgement that our Queen is not an anomaly of her family, but her dignity and ability to face the world regardless, have been passed on to her children.