Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, made a surprising appearance at the Book Expo in New York City, New York on May 26, 2010.

Sarah is the emceeing the Children’s Book and Author Breakfast for the event as well as promoting her new children’s book Emily’s First Day of School.

Sarah has recently been on all the headlines after the News Of The World filmed the Duchess of York promising to introduce an undercover reporter to her ex-husband Prince Andrew in exchange for a mass amount of cash.

On Sunday, a British tabloid reported that the duchess accepted $40,000 in cash, with a promise of $717,000 more, from a “rich businessman” (actually a reporter in disguise) for a promise to introduce him to Prince Andrew, her former husband.

Ferguson has apologized, but did not answer any questions from reporters who turned out in force Wednesday. Her breakfast appearance, with three other children’s authors, drew a dozen TV cameras to an annual event that usually draws none.

She joked about being followed by photographers, saying it “was quite difficult” to get to the event. “One or two people were in my way. You might have read about that.”

And she quoted her grandmother, who she said told her in 1991,”When you feel bad about yourself, give to others.” She discussed her efforts “all over the world to give children the rights to books.” She ended her remarks by declaring, “I’m a children’s book author. I’m a mom. I’m Sarah Ferguson and I am very proud of that.”

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