"I can't think of anybody else I would sooner not appoint to this post," fumed Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, a high-ranking Tory member of Parliament, on the floor of the House of Commons. "The Duchess of York is a lady short on looks, absolutely deprived of any dress sense, has a figure like a Jurassic monster, is very greedy, has no tact, and wants to upstage everyone else.”