2 Sep, 2009 @ 12:49
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Fergie escapes with the ex

AFTER the much-criticised TV programme about her time spent on a council estate in Manchester, this is one estate the Duchess of York must have felt more comfortable on.

Sitting in the hills above the millionaires’ playground of Sotogrande, the six-bedroom mansion is the perfect place to hide out after her drubbing over the documentary Duchess on the Estate.

She was said to be inconsolable after being criticised for attempting to give sage advice to struggling working class people on the Northern Moor estate.

It was naturally not long before Fergie took off for somewhere to get over her ITV show pain.

And Sotogrande, for its polo tournaments and yachting in August, has been a regular fixture for the mother-of-two over recent years.

In fact, the only real surprise about her choice of holiday was that she brought along her former husband Prince Andrew.

It is the first time the divorcees have taken a holiday together without their children, Beatrice, 21, and Eugenie, 19.

They rented the secluded mansion in an exclusive enclave overlooking the village of San Enrique de Guadiaro, sitting in the hills above the coast.

Surrounded by 150 hectares of woodland, lakes and fragrant pine trees, it has a high electric gate and a mile-long drive.

Valued recently at 40 million euros, it also conveniently has its own polo ground, enormous swimming pool and separate staff quarters.

One stunned royal watcher revealed: “It is absolutely unprecedented. They have never gone away à deux before. This is very peculiar. I don’t know what it means, but it will set tongues wagging.”

Indeed, it is an extraordinary situation, even for two people described as ‘the world’s happiest unmarried couple’ by daughters Beatrice, 21, and Eugenie, 19.

It is especially so given that Sarah is supposed to be in a two-year relationship with Findus frozen food tycoon Geir Frantzen and Andrew has a parade of pretty young women at his beck and call.

“It is absolutely unprecedented. They have never gone away à deux before. This is very peculiar. I don’t know what it means, but it will set tongues wagging.”

In truth, Andrew and Sarah, both 49, have never made any secret of their post-marital amicability.

As well as sharing a home, they have been known to take annual family holidays with their daughters.

Beatrice and Eugenie are, however, currently being entertained by Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson on Necker Island, his private holiday resort in the Caribbean.

According to reports, Andrew and Sarah fell in love with the house, which is owned by the family of a French businessman who died last year, because it offers almost complete privacy.

Rumours suggested that the couple were not paying for the home, in exchange for helping to find a buyer from among their rich friends.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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