Bangkok - Sarah Ferguson wasn't invited to last month's royal wedding so she made do with a retreat to a luxury beachfront resort in Thailand where villas go for $1 000 a night.
The Duchess of York told
The Oprah Winfrey Show in an interview that aired on Wednesday that she sought refuge in Thailand to ease the blow of the wedding snub.
An employee at the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on Samui island confirmed on Thursday that Ferguson had been a guest and rejected tabloid accounts that the duchess spent her holiday sulking.
The hotel took its phone number off its website to avoid anticipated media calls after Ferguson's interview.
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