TALK OF THE TOWN: Scandal hit Prince Andrew insulted top fashion designer Jenny Packham after she was ‘ordered’ to a Moscow drinks reception
Despite being forced out of public life a year ago, scandal-hit Prince Andrew’s indiscretions continue to come to light.
Fashion designer Jenny Packham, whose clients include the Duchess of Cambridge, has revealed she was once pulled away from the maelstrom of an imminent catwalk show and ‘ordered’ to attend a drinks reception with then-trade envoy Andrew and some Russian models. Once there, he asked her: ‘Are you one of those designers who makes clothes nobody wants to wear?’
In her new book, How To Make A Dress, Packham recalls feeling offended by the slight, delivered in a hospitality suite at Russian Fashion Week in 2006. She says she ‘feigned a smile’ in response and vowed to write him an ‘unsendable’ letter, to retort.
Prince Andrew, pictured, is claimed to have insulted top fashion designer Jenny Packham in Moscow in 2006 at a drinks reception
Jenny Packham, pictured, has written about the incident in her new book citing a letter she almost sent the Duke of York asking whether he is one of those princes ‘who wears clothes nobody wants to wear’
The letter was never sent but may as well have been, as she includes a full copy of it in the book. It reads: ‘Dear Prince Andrew, it was so lovely to meet you earlier today, and a surprise! It is quite late now and I’ve had a few drinks at the after-show party, so I’ll keep this short. Rather than answer the question you posed earlier today, I wanted to ask you, are you one of those Princes who wears clothes nobody wants to wear?’
A source close to Andrew said tartly: ‘We note Ms Packham has a book to promote and wish her every success with the sales.’
His spokesman declined to comment.