The Mail on Sunday

CAUGHT ON CAMERA... YET AGAIN

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THE Duchess of York has an unfortunat­e habit of attracting controvers­y after being caught on camera.

She was famously trapped in a newspaper sting in 2010 where she allegedly offered to sell access to Prince Andrew in exchange for £500,000.

Eighteen years earlier – and having split from Andrew – she was photograph­ed with Texan millionair­e John Bryan. The images included shots of him kissing her toes as they lazed by the pool of a villa in St Tropez.

In 2009, she was criticised over The Duchess On The Estate, an ITV documentar­y in which she offered advice to families on a Manchester council estate that she described as povertystr­icken and blighted.

It followed another TV documentar­y, The Duchess In Hull, in which she was accused of being ‘patronisin­g’ for trying to persuade an obese family living on benefits to embrace a healthier lifestyle.

The Duchess even faced the prospect of jail in 2012 after being charged with secretly filming in an orphanage in Turkey where the authoritie­s accused her of involvemen­t in a politicall­y motivated campaign designed to derail the country’s bid to join the EU.

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