Hat Trick: How Fergie Got Last Laugh at Wedding

By Rob Shuter Posted May 3rd 2011 09:16AM

Even though The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, was not invited to attend the Royal Wedding on Friday, she had the last laugh when her bold daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie turned up in those ridiculous and show-stopping hats.

"I'm sure Sarah helped pick out those hats," a close friend of Fergie's tells me. "The one thing Sarah hates more than anything is being ignored and this was her way of saying f-you to the family who would rather pretend she doesn't exist."

Beatrice's intricate bow-like hat raised eyebrows from the second she stepped out of her car at Westminster Abby, while her younger sister's royal blue fashion statement included purple flowers and large white feathers.

Reviews were pretty consistently bad for the hats. The Daily Mail called their fascinators "ludicrous" and "flops" and Tori Spelling told E! that "they looked a little crazytown."

There's even a blog for goofing on B's hat, aptly named Princess Beatrice and Her Hat.

"There is a lot of competition within the family to out-dress each other," my insider tells me. "And nothing draws more attention to you than an elaborate hat. I guarantee you that a lot of time, thought and money went into selecting these works of art. Nothing happens by chance in that family!"

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Tags: Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Sarah Ferguson

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Tuesday 03 May

By dharma

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omg i cant believe you people. that drunk, do u know her?? good god what happened to amerian sense of civility do u have any. kids that age would have done that on purpose. or for fun... they are great kids.. having their lives. and if it had been my mum that had been overlooked, i wouldnt have gone at all. maybe the party at night but not the public humilation of being not invited. disgusting british behavior on the inviters part and i am sure william spoke with his aunt and made it all right.

By Taste

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The Royals rocked it, Sarah has ruined her reputation and no suprise she wasnt invited. The Hats rocked it. Wake up to fashion and the Monarchy America, We should have a Monarchy here!

By Mike

Wake up America to a monarchy?lol Really i highly doubt you would have said that when the redcoats stepped off that boat from N.Y. to Boston raping and killing along the way and burning your house down and they brought their friends hessian mercenaries also to help them out they were a nice bunch also!lol

By Mel

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So that Snotty queen has forgiven camilla "The TAMPON" but not Fergie. Get real.I love Fergie & her two beautiful children Beatrice & Eugenie regardless what kind of hats or clothes they wore. Now everybody got their attention !!!

By Lloyd Shipley

Anyone with half a brainwould know that their is no way any mother can tell her grown daughters what to wear. And who doesn't know that in England, hats are always outrageous just like they are in the ketucky Derby. That aside, did anyone notice Victoria Beckhams hat that looked like it was stuck in her forhead with a corkscrew attached to it. LMAO

By joan

Fergie should start acting like the mother of two daughters in line for the thrown. You get the respect you deserve and she has publicly humiliated herself, her children and her ex-husband on more than one occasion. However I do not understand why they allowed the adultress Camilla there.

By themeeker

OMG, that's the second time I've seen the word throne spelled thrown here. Are Americans really that uneducated?

Monday 09 May

By erikamo

Camilla is as guilty as Charles and he is there. What a double standard. He can do what he wants, and totally ruin his marriage, but Camilla gets all the blame. Please!

By Mary T

The generation of royals are bound to be more liberal and edgy than what's gone before. Notice the raccoon eye makeup, as well. I have a hunch that the two girls have their mother's sense of fun and rebellion.

By lonn4670

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Sarah Ferguson should realize that her "beautiful" daughters were laughed at...

By dnclilsistrdnc

The blue hat is OK, I saw others like that, I think we pick on them because who is wearing them. If they like you it is OK, if not they find something wrong.

Sara Daughters had the last laugh for those of you who are keeping score and have no life. They are showing up every where. So who has the last laught?

By turbogtrmstr

The hats made the Wedding fun, I wish we'd do something like that. Sara was in a tuff spot and was desperate, she didn't know what to do, she made an error, lets not stone her in the town square.

By SP

I'm not sure I see how this is Fergie's last laugh - her daughters looked ridiculous to the entire world, when they could instead have dressed appropriately and been showcased as young beauties instead. The only ones being laughed at were Fergie's girls.

Their absurd hats reflected only on them (and perhaps Fergie), and in no way took away from the royal family nor the beautiful bride and her prince.

By colfrmb

It never occurred to me that maybe Sarah chose these hats. I have always felt that the British royalty goes all out for crazy hats anyway and this was just keeping in that theme. These are young girls and they look adorable in probably anything. Although I would never wear them, I LOVE these hats. LOVE them.

By Kelly

This is article is really stupid. Those girls have been wearing that designer's strange hats for quite awhile. Their mom probably didn't have any input into their choices at all. They fit with what the girls have chosen in the past and to try & make their selections some sort of slight towards the royal family is just ridiculous. The fact is just that the girls just have terrible taste.

By adele

LMAO.. FERGIE WASNT HAPPY ENOUGH MAKING A LAUGHING STOCK OUT OF HER SELF BY GETTING BUSTED "SELLING OUT THE FATHER OF HER CHILDREN" NO NO... SHE HAD TO GO DO THE SAME WITH HER DAUGHTERS.. WHAT A MESS THEY LOOKED.. SENDING THEM TO THEIR COUSINS WEDDING LOOKING LIKE CIRCUS PERFORMERS..

By Mary

Wonder what the Queen mum thought about the hats. Bea's hat looks like X-mas ribbion candy. Weird

Uh, the Queen mum died a few years ago.

By mslyn

It looked like one of the 500 hats of bartholomew cubbins!

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