When Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana's former love James Hewitt were scheduled for back-to-back appearances on the same US TV interview show, the former Life Guards officer took the opportunity to ask for an off-screen chat. However, the flame-haired Duchess apparently had no interest in meeting – and made her opinions known live on the air.
Sarah – who took part in the programme Larry King Live the night before Hewitt – revealed during her interview that Diana's ex had called her and asked her to go out for a drink. "Don't you think that's funny?," she said. "I mean, the answer is, no James, I don't want to have a drink with you. If I did, it would probably end up in the newspaper the next day."
The popular Weight Watchers spokesperson also had no qualms about giving her thoughts on Hewitt's intention to sell intimate letters the late Princess sent to him during their relationship. "I think he should just be quiet and go away… betrayal is, I think, the most horrible, horrible thing you can do to anyone."
The following evening, Hewitt gave his response. "The sad thing is that, you know, last time I saw Sarah Ferguson she came bounding up to me in a hotel in London and was very friendly," he said. "I thought it was just only good manners since we're in the same city abroad that I should ask her for a drink. It's sad that she should feel fit to reply to that private invitation on air."
The former military man also defended his right to sell Diana's correspondence, which was written between 1989 and 1991. Saying he doesn't want the letters to "rot in a safe" – ideally he would sell the "historical documents" to a private collector or museum – he said: "I think it might be irresponsible not to sell them."
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