Duchess of York’s private dresser killed her boyfriend, Tom Cressman, at their Fulham flat in September 2000.
Sarah Ferguson has confronted a brand new blow previous to the discharge of a brand new drama on ITV (Picture: GETTY)
A brand new documentary will air this weekend simply days earlier than an ITV drama centered on Sarah Ferguson’s former aide Jane Andrews. The programme, which is titled “Crime of Ardour? The Trial of Jane Andrews“, examines how the royal’s former private dresser killed her boyfriend, Tom Cressman, at their Fulham flat in September 2000.
Jane, now aged 57, hit him with a cricket bat earlier than fatally stabbing him with a kitchen knife as he lay in mattress. She was later convicted of homicide in Might 2001 and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimal time period of 12 years.
Bruce Houlder KC, who led the prosecution, says within the documentary: “Clearly, this was completely different due to its connection to the Duchess of York.
“She’d been liable for taking care of the Queen’s grandchildren and had a really high-profile life.”
Jane started her function alongside the previous Duchess of York in 1988 after replying to a job commercial in The Woman journal.
Aged 21 on the time, her appointment coincided with the beginning of Princess Beatrice in August 1988.
Working with the royals, Jane labored carefully with each of Sarah’s daughters – additionally together with Princess Eugenie, who was born in 1990.
Jane Andrews pictured in September 2003 (Picture: GETTY)
The grand premiere of The Woman with the restricted sequence will air on Sunday, February 22, on ITV and ITVX.
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The Woman will comprise 4 episodes with instalments one and two broadcasting on Sunday, February 22, and Monday, February 23, and episodes three and 4 the next Sunday and Monday.
The drama was created by the identical manufacturing crew behind Netflix’s acclaimed The Crown.
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