• 'Royals'. 60 years of Sarah Ferguson: sex, scandals and four million euros

Sarah Ferguson's (61) marriage to Prince Andrew of England made her the target of the tabloid press, which quickly criticized her for being overweight, especially after her divorce.

Thus, the Duchess of York became the object of ridicule and known as the

Duchess of Pork

(pig), a play on words that affected her weight gain and marked

Fergie

, as she has recognized years later.

The mother of the princesses Eugenia and Beatriz began to seek

comfort in food

during the years she spent in a boarding school and from that moment she entered into a very harmful dynamic that led her to

eat uncontrollably

only to later suffer enormously while trying to slim down.

"I took refuge in sausages and egg sandwiches with mayonnaise.

It was a dynamic that also continued when I became an adult," she has now revealed in statements to

The Sun

newspaper

.

"When my husband was absent, it would make me sad and then I would eat even more and gain weight.

Food was my best friend

and I would turn to her whenever things got tough."

When she found out that everyone began to refer to her as Duchess of Pork, her insecurities worsened and she ended up sunk: "There came a time when I couldn't even bear to look at myself in the mirror. Luckily, I was able to react."

Sarah Ferguson and her daughter Beatriz, doing sports in Sotogrande.

Throughout her life,

Fergie

has been on all kinds of diets, such as ketogenic, and programs that required her to

count calories

, but now she says she is at a point where she feels her weight is under control.

For that reason, it has joined a national campaign to reduce the

rate of obesity and overweight in children and adults.

"This is one of the biggest health crises facing our country, and obesity-related diseases cost the national health service more than 6 billion pounds a year," he said.

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