Sarah Ferguson's 9/11 children's book rejected by publishers for being 'too offensive to publish'



Rejected: Sarah Ferguson tried to sell the children's book to several top publishers

Publishers have rejected a children’s book by Sarah Ferguson about a tree that survived the 9/11 attacks because of fears Americans will find it offensive.



The former Royal has now been forced to put it on the internet instead.



The Duchess of York, 51, sent publishers an outline of the 32-page book, The Little Pear Tree, last month.



She told them she intended to present a copy to President Barack Obama at the opening of the Ground Zero Museum in New York in September.



But a source said: ‘The Duchess got her people to contact at least three publishers but none showed any interest because the Americans regard works of fiction about 9/11 as insulting.’



Last night a spokesman said: ‘She is going to publish The Little Pear Tree herself as an e-book on the internet. All proceeds will go to charity.’

A pear tree near the Twin Towers had its branches stripped during the attack. Workers brought it back to life as a symbol of hope.



Sarah is currently touring the U.S promoting her new book, Finding Sarah, and her TV show of the same name.



American tour: Sarah Ferguson poses in New York on a photoshoot to promote her autobiography Finding Sarah: A Duchess's Journey to Find Herself

The six-part series documents her emotional struggle to rebuild her life and in the last episode she was seen ‘offloading her issues’ with a witch doctor in Arizona.

She is reportedly being paid £200,000 to bare her soul on the show, due to be broadcast in Britain later this year.

During the introduction the Duchess admits she has ‘little’ understanding of money because of her gilded life after marrying the Prince.

She said: ‘I went to Buckingham Palace and lived on the second floor and suddenly you have to remember to tell someone if you’re leaving, then you have to order your food in time because the kitchen is two miles away, you have to not open your curtains, you have to have so many restrictions.



'I got to a point where I didn’t know what to do.'



‘When we got divorced I just had to get on with it but ... I didn’t understand things about money, probably because I never had to.’







