{"id":1962418,"date":"2025-08-15T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1962418"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:22:06","slug":"the-palace-is-furious-over-duchess-fergies-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-palace-is-furious-over-duchess-fergies-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Palace Is Furious Over Duchess Fergie&#8217;s Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">Today in <em data-node-id=\"0.1\">Royal Drama: the Never Ending Story,<\/em> palace aides are allegedly upset with Duchess Sarah Ferguson (better known as &#8220;Fergie&#8221;) over a pair of shoes she recently wore.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">In case you missed it due to understandably not keeping up with the footwear choices of random members of the royal family, Fergie stepped out in a pair of shoes embroidered with &#8220;Never Complain, Never Explain.&#8221; This quote is an obvious reference to the unofficial motto of the royal family\u2014 who are famously tight-lipped when it comes to drama.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">And apparently, palace aides are upset that Fergie made the sartorial reference\u2014and specifically feel it&#8217;s insulting to the memory of Queen Elizabeth II, who very much lived her life by that motto.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-13\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">&#8220;It\u2019s cheeky at best, deeply disrespectful at worst,&#8221; a royal insider told Rob Shuter&#8217;s<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-vogue-succession-plan-backfires\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-vogue-succession-plan-backfires\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\" ShuterScoop\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\"> ShuterScoop<\/a>. &#8220;Her Majesty lived that phrase with dignity. Fergie and Andrew\u2019s track record? Not exactly in the same league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">There&#8217;s also the fact that Fergie has remained loyal to her disgraced ex-husband Prince Andrew amid his many controversies\u2014which has people feeling like her shoes are &#8220;tone deaf.&#8221; As another source put it, &#8220;It\u2019s almost mocking the Queen\u2019s legacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">Meanwhile, the &#8220;mood inside the palace&#8221; is said to be &#8220;frosty,&#8221; and an aide said &#8220;This was a silly, unnecessary stunt. And the timing? Couldn\u2019t be worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-i9p093 emevuu60\">This has been a shoe-based update.<br data-node-id=\"7.1\"\/><\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-xmoip0 e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-as8qcb e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">Related Story<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cosmopolitan.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in Royal Drama: the Never Ending Story, palace aides are allegedly upset with Duchess Sarah Ferguson (better known as &#8220;Fergie&#8221;) over a pair of shoes she recently wore. 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