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According to a new biography about the Duke and Duchess of York, Fergie claimed she was “in love” with the golf champion and that she went to another country to go on a date.

Sarah Ferguson once flew 1,500 miles in an attempt to go on a date with golfing legend Tiger Woods, a new tell-all book has claimed.

The biography, ‘Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York’ by Andrew Lownie, has made several allegations about Fergie and Andrew’s unusual relationship, including the rampant affairs that they both had behind closed doors before the breakdown of their marriage.

And according to the royal author, Fergie flew halfway around the world to pursue the “gorgeous” Tiger Woods a year after her split from Andrew. Confiding in Piers Morgan before embarking on the ambitious journey, she even allegedly said she was “in love” with the athlete.

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According to Lownie, the author claims that Fergie was a hot pursuit of famous potential lovers over the years in the biography, which was the result of four years of research and hundreds of interviews.

The writer alleges that the Duchess declared she was “in love” with Tiger, and flew 1,500 miles to try and arrange a date. She is said to have confided to broadcaster Piers Morgan, telling him: “I’m in love.”

Morgan reportedly inquired, “Who is the lucky guy?” Fergie responded, “He doesn’t know yet,” to which Fergie replied.

Then, according to the allegations, Fergie said, “follow him around the course for a while and see how I get on.” Poor old Tiger won’t know what hit him, Morgan joked.

Morgan’s advice seemed to help Fergie, as rather than being seen as a romantic couple, the unlikely duo became good friends, with the Duchess seen supporting him at golf competitions.

Woods and Ferguson were pictured embracing while Ferguson was sporting a beaming smile after winning another match at the Byron Nelson tournament in Texas in 1997.

As recently as 2019, Ferguson was seen congratulating Woods’ jaw-dropping comeback to win the Masters, which is his most recent major triumph within the sport. On Instagram, she wrote: “Never have I been more proud. Good days and bad days, Tigers’ heart is loyal, steadfast, and he is an amazing friend.”

According to the book, Fergie began making hints about marrying her ex-husband Prince Andrew just three years after their final divorce, despite her clumsy almost-date with Tiger Woods just two years after their tragic relationship ended.

The Duchess also claims that John F. Kennedy Jr., the handsome son of the murdered US President John F. Kennedy, was visiting New York in 1997.

He is understood to have accepted the invitation when she found out who he was at her hotel for drinks or dinner. According to the Duchess, she said, “That’s not going to bother me” when she found out that Kennedy was seeing the actress Daryl Hannah.

Hannah was actually upset, so Kennedy canceled, claiming a previous engagement, because of it. According to Lownie, Fergie then instructed staff to “spy on his apartment all night to verify that he had told the truth.”

Fergie claimed in a tell-all interview that she had to get divorced in 1999 to celebrate her 40th birthday because “Andrew and I thought it wasn’t appropriate for me to be a commercial while I was still in the Royal Family.”

Despite this, Lownie claims in the book that Sarah had not ruled out remarrying Prince Andrew in the future, and also hinted at the fact that she was open to trying for a third child.

While Fergie may have been open to remarrying her ex-husband, the royal family were far less keen on the idea, according to claims from Lownie’s biography, with one senior royal in particular stepping in to stop the reunion.

The author claimed that the Duchess of York was “living in the land of Nod” and that the marriage was “a squalid public relations exercise” and that Prince Philip was determined to stop Andrew and Fergie getting married again.

The author also claims that Charles, Princess Margaret, and Prince Edward were against the idea of the couple getting married again despite Sarah being the bridesmaid.

Despite finalising their divorce almost 30 years ago, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson still live together in the Royal Lodge: a 30-room mansion on the grounds of Windsor Castle.

While the pair have described themselves as the “happiest divorced couple”, their unusual living arrangement has often raised eyebrows, especially with reports that King Charles is desperate to kick the disgraced duke out of the royal abode.

The royal author claims that the former couple have insisted on maintaining their peculiar arrangement for one major reason. Lownie asserts in his new book that Andrew’s reliance on Sarah for “stability” is one of the main causes of their continued relationship.

Buckingham Palace and Sarah Ferguson’s team declined to comment.

Andrew Lownie’s “Entitled” (William Collins, £22) will be released on August 14.

Meat Loaf, a singer and actor, first gained notoriety in 1968 and remained so until his passing in 2022, but fans are only now understanding what his name means.

Fans still have no idea where Meat Loaf came from or what its significance is despite having been a well-known musician and actor for more than 60 years.

The American-born singer first released music with his band, Meat Loaf Soul, who had their first performance in California in 1968. At the same time, the singer also started his acting career, with the singer mainly starring in different musicals. Throughout his career, Meat Loaf released 12 studio albums, which included hit songs like ‘I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)’, ‘Paradise by the Dashboard Light’.

After having sold sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time, the singer died at age 74 in January 2022. While no official cause of death was released, he was reportedly sick with COVID-19 earlier that same month.

The performer, who was born Marvin Lee Aday and later referred to as Michael Lee Aday, was known by his unique stage name. What does the name mean and where did it come from, though?

Taking to Reddit’s Today I Learned forum, one user was eager to reveal the supposed origin of the singer’s name.

When he was born, his father thought he was “nine and a half pounds of ground chuck,” according to the singer Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday), and gave him the nickname “Meat” (Til). The players and coaches changed the name to “Meat Loaf” years later when he was a heavyset teenage football player.

Over the years, Meat Loaf offered various explanations for his moniker and even told The Guardian in 2003 that “names and ages piss me off. So I just continually lie.”

Meat Loaf appears to have started using the nickname years before his music and acting career even started, despite the name’s constantly changing origin story.

Meat Loaf claimed he got the first half of his name from his father shortly after he was born. The musician said on Oprah Winfrey’s Where Are They Now series in 2016 that he was “born bright red,” explaining that his father told the hospital to put a “Meat” tag in front of his crib because he “looked like nine-and-a-half pounds of ground chuck” as a newborn.

When Meat Loaf “stepped on a coach’s foot and he screamed, “Get off my foot, you hunk of meatloaf! “, he told Winfrey, in eighth grade, that he had received the “Loaf” half of his nickname.

However, the singer made a different interpretation of the tale available to the public in 1978. He claimed at the time that his name was influenced by his size while attending Dallas University. The rocker claimed he has never been weighed below 185 pounds.

He also spun another tale about his name’s origins, according to The New York Times, which reports that the artist also claimed an incident with a Volkswagen was responsible for his nickname.