NIGELLA LAWSON AND SARAH FERGUSON
in the past, nigella has made headlines for her unusual methods of avoiding the sun — in 2011 she was photographed in newspapers around the world wearing a burkini-style head-to-toe swimsuit on Bondi Beach (above, apparently because her then-husband, advertising mogul Charles Saatchi, ‘liked his women pale’). however, on this week’s return trip Down Under, she showed her porcelain skin to full effect.
in a 2016 interview she said: ‘ i am so sun-phobic i need to wear a factor-50 sunblock even in winter. in summer, i slap more sunblock on top.’
By contrast, the Duchess of York (right) —
who is known to indulge in many a sun-drenched mini-break, including frolicking in Saint-Tropez in a teeny-tiny bikini with John Bryan, her financial advisor, in 1992 — just looks frazzled.
Fergie’s drooping jowls, sunken eyes and deepset wrinkles add years to her face, while her red locks, dry and frizzy from over-exposure to the sun, simply can’t compete with Nigella’s thick, lustrous curls.
In her 2003 book, What I Know Now, Fergie made reference to ‘suntan oil’ — which is used to speed up and enhance tans by attracting UV rays to the skin — suggesting that she’s been rather lax when it comes to protecting her skin.