Fergie suffers fat lady syndrome

The Duchess of York, once dubbed by the media as the Duchess of Pork, said she still suffered from "fat lady syndrome" despite shedding nearly 40kg in the past decade.

Sarah Ferguson said that even after dropping from 101kg to 63.5kg remained insecure about her figure.

"I've still got fat lady syndrome, when clearly I'm not overweight," she told the New York Times.

"Once you have a weight problem, you believe you'll always have a problem."

The Duchess now promotes Weight Watchers which celebrated its 40th anniversary today in New York.

She also told the newspaper that there was currently "nobody, absolutely nothing" romantically.

But she said her concerns about her weight meant she could never date Hollywood stars.

"I love actors but I think they're always taken by lovely young people with tiny, little figures."