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Tuesday 25 February, 2014
The Mail took a break from its limited stock of photographs of Harman and co as twentysomethings yesterday and instead had a nostalgic poke at the Duchess of York and her 'startling new look'.
A further photograph appeared on page three, coupled with a headline asking "Has Fergie taken the dieting too far?"
"Wearing her hair scraped back off her face, the Duchess of York looked tired and drawn as she left a restaurant in Manhattan..."
The photograph showed no mercy. After the "Wow! Look at Julie Christie at 60" nonsense last week, here was a woman of 54 looking like a woman of 54. She had, the copy explained, been on a "gruelling three-month boot camp in the Swiss Alps" and had lost about 30lb.
This was all the excuse the paper needed to produce a follow-up spread today, regurgitating thirty years of highs and lows in the Duchess's life through her face and figure.
The Mail took a break from its limited stock of photographs of Harman and co as twentysomethings yesterday and instead had a nostalgic poke at the Duchess of York and her 'startling new look'.
A further photograph appeared on page three, coupled with a headline asking "Has Fergie taken the dieting too far?"
"Wearing her hair scraped back off her face, the Duchess of York looked tired and drawn as she left a restaurant in Manhattan..."
The photograph showed no mercy. After the "Wow! Look at Julie Christie at 60" nonsense last week, here was a woman of 54 looking like a woman of 54. She had, the copy explained, been on a "gruelling three-month boot camp in the Swiss Alps" and had lost about 30lb.
This was all the excuse the paper needed to produce a follow-up spread today, regurgitating thirty years of highs and lows in the Duchess's life through her face and figure.
The Duchess shows no signs of retiring from public life and it could be said that there is still a public interest in her activities since her daughters are both high in succession to the Throne. So maybe there is a defence to this - the positive pictures do outnumber the unhappy ones. But how helpful this is in Eating Disorder Awareness Week, I'm not sure.
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