Grand old Duke of Yorks women march to party at the palace

By Richard Eden Published: 10:58PM GMT twenty-seven February 2010

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The Duke of York"s daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, organized a sharp-witted birthday celebration for him at St James"s Palace this week end and they invited most of the women in his life.

Their mother, Sarah, Duchess of York, who divorced Prince Andrew in 1996 but continues to live with him, attended the soire. Tactfully, she had incited down his call in to a unison at Buckingham Palace the prior evening.

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That event, that featured performances by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the English National Ballet, was hold in the participation of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Prince Philip is accepted never to have forgiven Fergie for the annoyance she caused the Royal family when she was photographed topless carrying her toes sucked by John Bryan, a monetary adviser.

"Andrew did entice Sarah to Buckingham Palace, but he accepted because she felt incompetent to attend," one of his chums tells me.

Among the guest at St James"s Palace were his former girlfriends Catrina Skepper and Caroline Habib.

Other guest enclosed Naomi Campbell; Goga Ashkenazi, a former chick on the side of Timur Kulibayev, the son-in-law of Kazakhstan"s president; and Heather Kerzner, the mother of the gambling lord Sol Kerzner.