The real Fergie, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is teaming up with recent Oscar winner Martin Scorsese to produce a film called 'The Young Victoria'. The project tells the story of the rise of Queen Victoria, and will star Emily Blunt of 'The Devil Wears Prada'. 'The Departed' producer Graham King also will join the project.

"I met Graham King and said, 'Why don't you produce a movie about Queen Victoria?'," the Duchess explained. "All people see of Victoria is a melancholy queen in mourning, dressed in black. She should be remembered as a beautiful girl, skipping through the grass in bare feet. Hers is a wonderful love story."

Sarah is something of an expert on the royal matriarch, having written a book about her entitled Travels With Queen Victoria. In her forward to the 1993 work, Sarah wrote: "Queen Victoria has always fascinated me. I admire many of her qualities, and in some sense feel a bond of friendship with her. I was able to understand her longing to escape from the pressures of royal life and found her desire to broaden her horizons inspirational."

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