Sarah moved out of Royal Lodge in Windsor earlier this year (Image: Getty)
Sarah has largely kept herself away from public view this year.
Sarah Ferguson has kept a low profile since being left no choice but to leave her home at Royal Lodge. The former Duchess lost her royal standing after her and her ex-husband. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor‘s links to convicted peadophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have kept a distance from their parents, Sarah and Andrew, following the scandal. The sisters have reportedly offered some support to Sarah. Sarah was seen at a luxury Swiss clinic earlier this year before taking refuge at the £15 million ski chalet belonging to her close friend and former boyfriend, Paddy McNally.
But, the Formula One tycoon died in July with Sarah moving back to a rented house in the Home Counties. According to reports, both Beatrice and Eugenie have visited their mother, says royal commentator Phil Dampier.
Beatrice and Eugenie have kept some distance from their parents (Image: Getty)
Speaking to HELLO!, he said: “Friends tell me they have both been to see her at her new house in the past couple of weeks. I don’t think they want to be seen with her in public at the moment, and she probably realises it’s not a good idea either, but behind the scenes they are talking and trying to be supportive.”
Phil added: “They’re very embarrassed and are obviously sort of reevaluating their own lives and their own contacts and the things they get involved with because they don’t want to be tainted by scandal. But I don’t think the relationship is quite as close as it used to be, certainly.
“I think the days of them being the tripod and inseparable have been fragmented. They have grown up and gone their own ways a bit, and they’ve got their separate lives and separate families.”
Ever since the email in which she called Epstein “a supreme friend” emerged in September 2025, Sarah has hardly been spotted anywhere. A number of charities have cut ties with her and her business ventures have closed. Her Sarah’s Trust charity has also shut down. Sarah and Andrew married in 1986 and divorced in 1996. They remained good friends and continued to live together for decades after their separation.
Sarah and Andrew on their wedding day (Image: Getty)