Sarah Ferguson Flies In from the Cold as Queen Invites Her to Stay

THE SUNDAY EXPRESS: The Duchess of York is spending the weekend with the Queen at Balmoral after being accepted back into the fold.

In an extraordinary comeback for the once-disgraced former wife of Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson is staying at the castle as if she was still part of the Royal Family.

Andrew, Sarah and daughters Beatrice and Eugenie flew to Aberdeen on Friday, hours after celebrating Beatrice’s 25th birthday at home in Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park.

It is not the first time the Duchess has stayed at the Queen’s estate since her 1996 divorce – she was there in 2005 and 2008.

However, a royal insider revealed that on those occasions Sarah wasn’t invited to stay in the main castle, unlike this time.

One Balmoral source said: “It’s just like old times. The Duchess is being treated as if she and the Duke were still married.”

Although the Queen has always had a soft spot for her former daughter-in-law, Prince Philip described her as “odd” and “pointless”.

The Sunday Express understands that Prince Andrew was allowed to take his ex-wife to Balmoral only on condition that she leaves before Philip arrives tomorrow. » | Camilla Tominey | Sunday, August 11, 2013

Steen: 'People Are Jealous of My House'

Arrogant Bastards Are How Arrogant Bastards Talk!
THE TELEGRAPH: Anthony Steen, the Tory MP forced to stand down over his expenses, has suggested people were "jealous" because he lived in a house that resembled Royal residence Balmoral.

Anthony Steen claimed claimed £87,729 over four years for his million-pound country home. Photos courtesy of The Telegraph
Mr Steen became the second Tory grandee to announce his retirement at the next election after the disclosure he spent tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on his million-pound country home.

The MP, who spent nearly £90,000 on his second home over four years from his MP's expenses claims, insisted his behaviour was "impeccable" and he had merely been "caught on the wrong foot".

"As far as I am concerned and as of this day I don't know what the fuss is about," he told the BBC Radio 4's The World at One.

"We have a wretched Government here which has completely mucked up the system and caused the resignation of me and many others, because it was this Government that introduced the Freedom of Information Act and it is this Government that insisted on the things which caught me on the wrong foot.

"What right does the public have to interfere with my private life? None." MPs' Expenses: Anthony Steen Claims People Just Jealous of His Large House >>> | Thursday, May 21, 2009