Sarah, Duchess of York January 1988, during the trip to New York to attend a fundraising event, the Duchess was attacked by a young man at the entrance of her hotel. The man, who was screaming "murderers 3/8" and had the Irish Republican Army flag in his hands when he rushed at Sarah, was "charged with attempted assault on the Duchess and assault on a federal agent". Later a State Department press officer stated that "she was unharmed in the incident". In March 1988, the Duke and Duchess of York visited California. The trip was described by two British newspapers as a "brash, vulgar,
Sarah Ferguson (journalist) literature at King's College, London. She married fellow journalist Tony Jones in 1993 and they have three sons (one from a previous relationship of Jones). Sarah Ferguson (journalist) Sarah Ferguson is a Nigerian-born Australian journalist currently working with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She is a reporter and presenter on ABC's "Four Corners", and on 10 February 2014, took over as the host of "7.30" while Leigh Sales was on six months' maternity leave. Ferguson began her career in newspapers in Britain, writing arts reviews for "The Independent" before moving to France where she worked for the BBC. In Australia,