Furious Fergie explodes at Cannes Film Festival audience during Queen artwork auction and tells them to shut up and be quiet as she blasts them for 'looking for the next party' when they should be 'worrying about climate' By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline Published: 10:09, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 12:30, 24 May 2024 e-mail 22 shares 718 View comments Sarah Ferguson furiously silenced an audience at Cannes Film Festival as she thanked an artist for a portrait of the late Queen and lectured the crowd on the environment. The Duchess of York , 64, lost her cool as the crowd continued to speak over her while she stood on stage at the 77th Cannes Film Festival gala auction last night and ordered them to be 'quiet' as she thanked Simon de Pury, who had created a portrait of the late monarch which was auctioned off for €475,000 in aid of charity. The ex-wife of Prince Andrew, who donned a custom-made £13,202 Lilith Cocktail Dress, slammed the chatty audience for looking for 'the next party' rather than listening to her - before going on to apologise to young people about the state of the planet.
The clip, in which a frustrated Fergie orders the audience to 'stop, stop, stop' was posted on Instagram by German-American model Heidi Klum, who attended the event in aid of amFAR, a non-profit which promotes AIDS treatment and HIV prevention around the world. Sarah - mother to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie - can be heard saying: 'Quiet! because the incredible person Simon de Pury has done.