The Dutchess That's when she's not just a little trifling pop girl doing disposable hits." It was also announced that the album would feature samples from Little Richard, The Commodores and The Temptations. The album's title, "The Dutchess", is a derivation of the noble title "The Duchess of York", as Fergie (a derivative of her last name "Ferguson") and Sarah Ferguson, the real Duchess of York, share a surname and nickname. The album's title garnered media attention, with Sarah Ferguson commenting, "Automatically, everybody in America thinks I'm Fergie, the most beautiful woman in the world, from Black Eyed Peas. [...] You know,
Catherine Graham, Duchess of Montrose married the duke, then Marquess of Graham, on 31 January 1970.. She immediately became Marchioness of Graham, and in 1992, when her husband inherited his father's title, she became Duchess of Montrose. They have three children: Following their marriage, Lady Montrose and her husband moved permanently to Scotland, where they lived at Auchmar House near Loch Lomond. After the establishment of the Preshal Trust, a charity based in Govan, the duchess became one of its leading supporters. The duchess died, aged 79, at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Scotland. Catherine Graham, Duchess of Montrose Catherine Graham, Duchess of Montrose