The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is not popular with Turkey for filming a documentary critical of conditions in Turkish orphanages. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
- Fergie accused of secretly filming orphanages in Turkey
- Faces a maximum of 22 years in prison if convicted
- Fergie allegedly secretly filmed orphanages for a TV show
A TURKISH court has pressed charges against the Duchess of York for secretly filming orphanages in the country.
The court today accused Sarah Ferguson in absentia of going "against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy" of five children.
She faces a maximum term of 22-and-a-half years in prison if convicted. No trial date has been set.
Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, made an undercover trip to Turkey in 2008 to examine orphanages for a British television program.
Secretly filmed images that were broadcast appeared to show children tied to their beds or left in cribs at an orphanage near the capital of Ankara.
It is not clear why it took more than three years to file charges against Ferguson.
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