Duchess Sarah Ferguson divulges royal secrets of getting out of a conversation, leaving a party early
foxnews.comSarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is sharing several tricks she’s used over the years in her royal duties to avoid offending people during parties and other events. "Politely," Ferguson laughed when her "Tea Talks" podcast co-host entrepreneur Sarah Thomson asked the duchess on Wednesday what the proper etiquette is for trying to get out of a conversation with someone you’re tired of talking to at a party. "Well, it depends which country you’re in, of course.There’s all different cultures you must always be aware of," the 63-year-old explained, adding that at a party in England "you’d get to a point, and you’d say, ‘Do you know, one second, could you hold that thought?
Because I’ve just got to go see Fred over there because I’ve got to give him a message,' and [by that time] the person you were talking to has gone on to the next subject, they’ve forgotten that you were coming to tell something about Fred." She then explained how a duchess would avoid answering a "really tricky question that you don’t want to answer." She said she would say to the questioner, "'Oh, that’s so interesting, I’ll tell you what, I’m going to throw that to … Matilda.
Matilda, what do you think about that question?’ And you’ve thrown the ball again." The duchess’ "last really good one" she said was told to her by an Italian man.
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