Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is talking about how she has avoided offending people at parties and other events over the years as part of her royal tasks.
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Ferguson laughed when her "Tea Talks" podcast co-host, entrepreneur Sarah Thomson, asked the duchess on Wednesday how to end a chat with someone you don't want to talk to at a party.
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Well, that depends on what country you are in. You must always be aware of different cultures," the 63-year-old said, adding that at a party in England, "you'd get to a point and say
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Hey, could you hold that thought for a second? Because I just have to go see Fred over there because I have something to tell him .
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By the time you get there, the person you were talking to has moved on to something else and has forgotten that you were coming to talk about Fred.
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She then told how a duchess would avoid answering a "really tricky question that you don't want to answer."
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She said she would tell the person asking the question, "Oh, that's so interesting! I'll tell you what, I'll tell Matilda. What do you think, Matilda, about that question? You've thrown the ball again."
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She said that an Italian man told her the "last really good one" about the duchess.
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