Fergie ‘plans UK fat campaign’

The Duchess of York plans to return to the UK as a campaigner for healthy living, after spending six months with a family on benefits for a documentary.

Sarah Ferguson says she hopes to launch a UK media career in order to “share some of the knowledge that I have gleaned over the last 15 years” after living in the US.

Fergie has battled with weight problems in the past and has been a spokeswoman for WeightWatchers in the US for more than a decade.

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“I would love to do more work in this country to just share some of the knowledge that I have gleaned over the last 15 years – how I’m still standing really, and what do I do with my health and fitness regime,” she told a news conference.

“Not just that, but how do I stand up in front of millions of people and talk about what it’s like to go through the adversity of life and be smiling and be happy.

“I would love to share that, and if I can I would love to do it – and perhaps also support Britain. I love Britain.”

During her on-and-off stay with the Sargerson family, as part of the ITV1 documentary, the Duchess slept in a £40-a-night B&B in Hull.

After making the two-part documentary on obesity and eating, the Duchess said Britain was eating itself “to death”.

The series starts on 19 May.