In 1992 when the secret love affair between Sarah Ferguson, wife of Prince Andrew, and an American man named John Bryan slipped into the popular media and tabloids, one news story said that Sarah was "cavorting topless in the south of France."
There's a phrase.
"John Bryan was described as Fergie's financal advisor," stated one commentator. With a droll hint of a smile playing about his lips, he added, "Now, I've heard some euphemisms in my time, but - financial advisor, that was a new one."
Dickie Arbiter, journalist and commentator on the British Royal Family, says the photographs from the south of France sojourn and the public reaction effectively pushed Andrew and Sarah to divorce.
He went on: "I don't think anybody was particularly sorry when she went, but she didn't go quietly, and she hasn't been quiet ever since!" - with a slight twitch as his face wants to smile.
This is typical of the idiosyncratic relationship these "royal experts" or "royal commentators" seem to have with the royal family and the public. The audience perceives the commenter to be criticizing, even shaming, the person they're talking about (Sarah, in this case) and yet there's an attitude of bemusement at the actions, and lingering affection for the perpetrator of said actions.
"...She didn't' go quietly, and she hasn't been quiet ever since!"
In one podcast, a participant stated that "Fergie" (Sarah's nickname) is his favorite royal, and he will "stand by that."
It's like, they pretend to be shocked or scandalized, but really they are mightily entertained, and helping to provide these reports for the "entertainment" of the public - the "subjects" of the Queen.
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And a "cherry-on-top" of the Andrew-Sarah story is, that after their 1996 divorce was finalized, they continued to live together!
They had two daughters to bring up, and Sarah has said "we're a happy divorced couple."
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson (1986)
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