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| Duchess defends size 10 Beatrice | Duchess defends size 10 Beatrice |
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| The Duchess of York has accused parts of the media of making "outrageous" claims that her daughter is overweight. | The Duchess of York has accused parts of the media of making "outrageous" claims that her daughter is overweight. |
| In an interview with the BBC, Sarah Ferguson said her eldest daughter Beatrice was a fit and healthy size 10. | In an interview with the BBC, Sarah Ferguson said her eldest daughter Beatrice was a fit and healthy size 10. |
| "The press has been absolutely outrageous, calling her such horrible names... I just think they ought to take more responsibility," she said. | "The press has been absolutely outrageous, calling her such horrible names... I just think they ought to take more responsibility," she said. |
| Her remarks come ahead of a TV show in which the duchess helps an overweight family to improve their lifestyle. | Her remarks come ahead of a TV show in which the duchess helps an overweight family to improve their lifestyle. |
| Beach bikini | Beach bikini |
| The duchess is a spokesperson for WeightWatchers and has long been concerned about the issue of obesity. | The duchess is a spokesperson for WeightWatchers and has long been concerned about the issue of obesity. |
| In recent weeks, some sections of the media have criticised 19-year-old Princess Beatrice's figure after she was photographed wearing a bikini on holiday in the Caribbean. | In recent weeks, some sections of the media have criticised 19-year-old Princess Beatrice's figure after she was photographed wearing a bikini on holiday in the Caribbean. |
| The most important thing we need to do is get people to understand: walk to work, or walk up stairs, take exercise, drink lots of water Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York | The most important thing we need to do is get people to understand: walk to work, or walk up stairs, take exercise, drink lots of water Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York |
| "Her comment was 'will they be happy if I get anorexia because then they would write about that?'" Sarah Ferguson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. | "Her comment was 'will they be happy if I get anorexia because then they would write about that?'" Sarah Ferguson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. |
| "The thing is she is a regular size 10. She's very fit and well and healthy. | "The thing is she is a regular size 10. She's very fit and well and healthy. |
| "I understand freedom of the press but what I don't understand is when it takes a regular, very healthy girl and tries to completely obliterate her confidence." | "I understand freedom of the press but what I don't understand is when it takes a regular, very healthy girl and tries to completely obliterate her confidence." |
| Wake-up call | Wake-up call |
| She also spoke about how the family she helped in Hull as part of the two-part reality TV programme for ITV were typical of many others on low incomes. | She also spoke about how the family she helped in Hull as part of the two-part reality TV programme for ITV were typical of many others on low incomes. |
| She said they had not been educated about the ways they could make small, but significant, changes to their lives. | She said they had not been educated about the ways they could make small, but significant, changes to their lives. |
| "Dad had diabetes and is now getting over it and I had to say to him 'you do realise, if you go on like this, you could be paralysed, you could lose your limbs', and I think it just gave him such a wake-up call, he'd never been told that," she said. | "Dad had diabetes and is now getting over it and I had to say to him 'you do realise, if you go on like this, you could be paralysed, you could lose your limbs', and I think it just gave him such a wake-up call, he'd never been told that," she said. |
| "The most important thing we need to do is get people to understand: walk to work, or walk up stairs, take exercise, drink lots of water. | "The most important thing we need to do is get people to understand: walk to work, or walk up stairs, take exercise, drink lots of water. |
| "And you know, you can turn on the tap and drink water without having to pay for it." | "And you know, you can turn on the tap and drink water without having to pay for it." |