• Sarah Ferguson stepped out in a pair of statement loafers embroidered with the words “Never complain, never explain.”
  • The phrase is the unofficial motto of the British royal family.
  • Ferguson and her ex-husband Prince Andrew are the subjects of a new royal biography, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.

Sarah Ferguson is sticking to her famous family‘s unofficial motto following new rumors of infidelity during her decade-long marriage to Prince Andrew. Stepping out at a book signing event for her 2021 novel, Her Heart for a Compass, the Duchess sported shoes that quite simply said it all: “Never complain, never explain.”

The velvet loafers have long been a part of Ferguson’s wardrobe. She last wore them in 2022, per People. Royal biographer Penny Junor explained the significance of the embroidered message in a prior interview with the publication.

“There has been a long tradition in the British royal family of riding criticism out and keeping your head down and taking the long view,” she said. “Crises come and go, and people get criticized—often for five minutes by the media, who then move on.”

As for those infidelity rumors? The Duchess and her ex-husband are back in the spotlight thanks to historian Andrew Lownie’s upcoming book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, which drops on August 14. Excerpts published by The Daily Mail claim that the Prince slept with “dozens of women” and that his wife also had several affairs.

“Friends say Andrew accepted his wife’s infidelities and that his marriage was over,” Lownie writes in the book, per The Daily Mail. “He would dine alone off a tray in his study while Sarah and one of her lovers ate together elsewhere in the house.”

Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1988.

Getty Images

Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew at Ascot Racecourse in 2019.

Getty Images

Despite their 1996 divorce, the Duke and Duchess of York still live together at Windsor’s historic Royal Lodge. King Charles has attempted to evict his brother following his fall from grace but has so far been unsuccessful.

“What I think he feels is that if he moves out of Royal Lodge it’s somehow publicly accepting guilt for which he has not been proved,” royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun, referring to his alleged link with Jeffrey Epstein. The case was settled out of court back in 2022.