SAM MARSDEN

The Duchess of York said yesterday she wants to return to Britain as a campaigner for healthy eating after 12 years living mostly in the US.

Sarah Ferguson hopes to launch a UK media career with an appearance in a new TV documentary where she gives advice on battling obesity to a family living on benefits in Hull.

The ITV1 programme, called Duchess in Hull, follows her from her apartment overlooking New York's Central Park to the deprived council estate where the Sargerson family lives.

The duchess, who has battled with her own weight, helps them cut back on smoking, start exercising and budget to feed six people healthily on £80 a week.

She revealed yesterday she has sub-let her US flat because she plans to spend "more and more" time at her home in Egham, Surrey.

"I would love to do more work in this country to just share some of the knowledge that I have gleaned over the last 15 years - how I'm still standing really, and what do I do with my health and fitness regime," she said yesterday at a press screening of the documentary.