The Duchess of York could face extradition to Turkey after Turkish authorities issued a request for her to be questioned over an undercover television documentary.
The Turkish government was furious after she made a documentary into the state of the country's orphanages which claimed that children were being neglected and maltreated. The Duchess, disguised in a black wig and headscarf, was accompanied by her teenage daughter Princess Eugenie who was moved to tears by the scenes they filmed. She has been accused of breaking Turkey's strict privacy laws by carrying out the secret recording.
The Turkish authorities have now passed a formal request to the Home Office for the Duchess to be questioned, according to reports. The Turkish authorities have already spoken out against the Duchess, accusing her of trying to smear the country's image in order to prevent it joining the EU.
Nimet Cubukcu, the Turkish minister responsible for women and family, said: "It is obvious that in this incidence that she is trying to leave Turkey in the midst of a smudge campaign.''
But her spokesman Kate Waddington insisted the Duchess was not trying to be political: "The Duchess of York is apolitical; therefore she has no political motivations. This is all about the welfare of children.''
The Duchess filmed inside the Saray institution near Ankara, where more than 700 disabled children are housed.
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