How Fergie sister’s love ‘died’ in front of her after eating ‘too much pizza’
THE Duchess of York has watched the controversies surrounding her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, with increasing alarm, but her sister has experienced even more drama with the man in her life.
Jane Ferguson has revealed that she watched her long-term boyfriend, Ramin Marzbani, ‘die’ in front of her, after he suffered a catastrophic heart attack.
‘He thought he had eaten too much pizza and it was just heartburn, but then he collapsed,’ she says of the horrifying events.
‘He didn’t want to go to hospital, but I drove him there, rather than calling an ambulance. Ten minutes later, he had a heart attack and died right there on the table.’ Medical staff in the A&E department at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital in Australia, where the couple live, brought Marzbani, 57, back to life before placing seven stents in his heart.
Like Sarah, twice-married Jane is the daughter of the late ‘Galloping Major’ Ronald Ferguson, polo manager to Prince Charles, and his first wife, Susie. She says she struggled to force entrepreneur Marzbani into a period of convalescence. ‘Afterwards, they asked how I was ever going to keep Ramin at home to recover, because he is a workaholic,’ she says. ‘Their best advice was to get him a dog and to take him on holiday.’
The sisters’ relationship had been frosty since Jane disputed Fergie’s claim that their late mother ‘physically assaulted’ her.
However, Jane says the Duchess is an admirer of Marzbani. ‘Oh yes, [Sarah and Ramin] have met and they got on like a house on fire,’ says Jane, 64.
The whole family met up for niece Princess Eugenie’s royal wedding three years ago. ‘Sarah calls Ramin “The Headmaster”. Why? Because his general knowledge is incredible. He is like someone I’ve never really met before and he brings out the best in me, that’s for sure.’