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WikiLeaks cables: We can't control Duchess of York, David Miliband told angry Turks
The Duchess of York was disowned by David Miliband after she caused a major diplomatic row by making an undercover television documentary, leaked documents show.
Mr Miliband, foreign secretary at the time,
The Duchess disguised herself with a black wig and headscarf to film secretly inside state-run institutions in Turkey for the ITV1 film Duchess and Daughters: Their Secret Mission, in 2008. The Turkish government was incensed, accusing the Duchess of a politically-motivated “smear campaign” aimed at ruining Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union. In an attempt to placate the Turks, Mr Miliband invited the country’s foreign minister, Ali Babacan, to his constituency home in South Shields.
In a cable from the US embassy in Ankara in November, 2008, obtained by WikiLeaks, diplomats noted: “Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s undercover expose of Turkish orphanages dominated bilateral relations discussions. Miliband underscored to Babacan that Ferguson was no longer a member of the royal family and, as a private citizen, her activities could not 'be controlled’.
“Babacan promised that the (Turkish government) would investigate the accusations, but chided the public invasion of the children’s privacy.”
The Duchess, who has herself fallen victim to an undercover sting when she was filmed trying to sell access to her ex-husband, the Duke of York, for £500,000, later apologised for any “embarrassment” she had caused the Turks, but added: “I stand by my words.”
The US diplomatic cables also disclose that Mr Miliband was rejected by the Czechs for the role of high representative of the European Union because he was “arrogant” and was ridiculed in India for his “immaturity” during a visit there in 2009.
His brother Ed, now leader of the Labour Party, also fell foul of strict diplomatic etiquette when a journalist following him on an official visit to China overstayed his welcome.
As energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband visited Gansu Province accompanied by a reporter for The Guardian newspaper, in May, 2008. However, after Mr Miliband had departed, according to a cable, local officials became angry that the journalist was refusing to leave the region.
A US diplomatic cable said: “Local Chinese authorities had briefly detained a British Consul to express displeasure with the accompanying journalist, who had stayed in Gansu without the authorities’ permission after Secretary Miliband had departed.
“'Local goons’ had come to the travelling delegation’s hotel and threatened to follow a UK Embassy female staffer (but did not). In addition, a British Financial Times reporter in Sichuan had been harassed by local authorities who were apparently upset by the journalist’s interest in reporting on schools destroyed during the Sichuan earthquake.”
The dispatch was one of the few references to the Labour leader in the cables given to The Daily Telegraph.