{"id":579177,"date":"2025-11-18T22:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/579177\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:40:21","slug":"expert-says-sarah-ferguson-is-shaken-to-the-core-over-ex-prince-andrews-epstein-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/579177\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert says Sarah Ferguson is ‘shaken to the core’ over ex-Prince Andrew’s Epstein fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarah Ferguson is reportedly<\/a> \u201cshaken to the core\u201d as she navigates uncertainty amid her royal downfall.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 30, King Charles III stripped his disgraced brother, Prince Andrew, of his royal titles. He also evicted him from Royal Lodge after weeks of pressure to act over the former Duke of York\u2019s friendship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

The ex-prince shared the 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle with Ferguson, making it their longtime home. She is no longer styled as the Duchess of York and must now find a new home.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is leaning on trusted staff members,\u201d British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard claimed to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer nerves are frayed. She is shaken to the core by the loss of her royal safety net. She fears further humiliation and worries that the serious allegations will affect her girls\u2019 standing. The couple\u2019s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have distanced themselves from their parents\u2019 scandals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah has made it well known among her staff and others that she no longer believes in Andrew and is preparing to go her own way after years of loyalty and public defense of her ex-husband,\u201d British royals expert Hilary Fordwich also claimed to Fox News Digital. \u201cShe\u2019s described as \u2018massively on edge\u2019 and \u2018panicking\u2019 about her own future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of Yorks speaks during the Climate Solidarity in the Commonwealth panel at Global Citizen NOW: Health and Climate Financing Sessions \u2013 The Urgent Need for Action at Guastavino\u2019s on September 25, 2024 in New York City. Getty Images for Global Citizen<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Sarah and Andrew are currently both still residing in Windsor, they are reportedly sleeping at different ends of the sprawling Royal Lodge. They do get together to discuss their respective uncertain futures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile their relationship had long been described as unusually close for divorced exes \u2014 cohabiting and supporting one another through public crises \u2014 there is now a real rupture,\u201d Fordwich said.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Ferguson\u2019s representative and a Buckingham Palace spokesperson for comment. It\u2019s understood the palace no longer speaks for Andrew, as he\u2019s not a working royal.<\/p>\n

Chard and Fordwich\u2019s comments came shortly after royal biographer Robert Jobson appeared on Hello! Magazine\u2019s \u201cA Right Royal Podcast.\u201d He told the outlet that Ferguson<\/a>, 66, is \u201cnot great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York attend the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London, England. UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve known her for many years, and I\u2019m not saying that she hasn\u2019t done anything wrong \u2014 because it has been documented what she did wrong,\u201d Jobson said. \u201cWhat I\u2019m saying is, is it the same? Should she be in the same boat as Andrew? I don\u2019t necessarily think so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we should all be aware of people\u2019s mental health, whether they\u2019re ex-prince, princess, ex-duchess, whatever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In September, Ferguson was dropped as a patron for multiple charities after leaked emails revealed she referred to Epstein as a \u201csteadfast, generous and supreme friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Duke of York car (DOY) leaves the Royal Lodge, a large property on the estate surrounding Windsor Castle, where Andrew, the younger brother of Britain\u2019s King Charles lives, in Windsor, Britain, November 1, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail, Ferguson, who divorced Andrew in 1996, reached out to Epstein in 2011 after publicly denouncing their friendship during an interview with the Evening Standard.<\/p>\n

During that interview, Ferguson expressed her<\/a> \u201cdeep regret\u201d and promised to \u201chave nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again,\u201d three years after he had been imprisoned for soliciting prostitution from a minor.<\/p>\n

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In a statement to The Guardian, a representative for Ferguson said she stood by her public condemnation of Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike many people, she was taken in by [Epstein\u2019s] lies. As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him, she not only cut off contact but condemned him publicly, to the extent that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with pedophilia,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson poses for a photocall during the 4th edition of the charity gala \u2018Knights of Charity\u2019 at Ch\u00e2teau de la Croix-des-Gardes in Cannes on July 17, 2025. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cShe does not resile from anything she said then. This email was sent in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferguson has admitted to accepting money from Epstein in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah Ferguson is probably more concerned right now with how she is going to support herself versus her relationship with Andrew,\u201d royal commentator Meredith Constant told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe latest blow to the former Duchess of York is that her upcoming children\u2019s book has been withdrawn from sale. This is on top of charities dropping her. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if some of the recent royal patronages given to their daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, were, in part, to keep Sarah and Andrew on the straight and narrow. Their daughters are the only ones in the royal orbit now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of Radar Magazine at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think either parent wants to jeopardize their daughters\u2019 titles or advancement within the monarchy,\u201d Constant added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could also prevent Sarah from writing a memoir that further erodes public confidence in the monarchy. We\u2019ve seen reports that publishers are after Sarah to write one. If the royal family thought \u2018Spare\u2019 was damaging, a memoir by Fergie could deliver a death blow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple royal experts told Fox News Digital it\u2019s likely Ferguson is considering a move to Portugal. Eugenie, a married mother of two, lives in the country part-time.<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah knows that the less she and her ex-husband are in the spotlight, the better it is for their daughters and whatever hope she might have of yet another career resurrection,\u201d Constant said.<\/p>\n

Sarah, Duchess of York (L) and Britain\u2019s Prince Andrew, Duke of York arrive to attend a Requiem Mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Andrew is expected to move<\/a> to a property on the king\u2019s Sandringham estate and receive private financial support from his brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy all accounts, those who work for Andrew and Sarah say they are disintegrating into a hopeless struggle to reconcile with their respective diminished lives,\u201d Fordwich claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah most likely will move to Portugal to a villa owned by Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, while Andrew will be isolated at Sandringham,\u201d Fordwich added.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany have observed the reclusive Andrew to be increasingly paranoid, \u2018ranting and muttering\u2019 around Royal Lodge. He\u2019s totally secluded. But both are said to be particularly concerned about further revelations from the Epstein scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough all who speak of Sarah praise her kind and generous nature, she will have to learn to survive [on her own],\u201d said royal expert Ian Pelham Turner.<\/p>\n

Sarah Ferguson waves the to the crowd was she attends the Easter Matins Service at St. George\u2019s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, on April 20, 2025. AP<\/p>\n

Chard noted that Ferguson has \u201cmany friends in high places\u201d and will likely have no shortage of places to stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI doubt Andrew and Sarah will be having microwave meals alone at Christmas,\u201d Chard said.<\/p>\n

She noted that the former couple is now focused on salvaging what remains of their troubled future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe couple\u2019s future looks uncertain, with Sarah facing financial struggles and Andrew trying to lie low. Andrew has been spotted taking the horses out for a stretch with a female riding companion as his association with Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ongoing pressure has loomed over the palace to punish the 65-year-old over new revelations about his friendship with Epstein and renewed attention on sexual abuse allegations by one of Epstein\u2019s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Her posthumous memoir was published last month.<\/p>\n

This file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. AP<\/p>\n

Giuffre accused Andrew of sexually abusing her on three separate occasions in 2001 when she was a teenager after Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her. While Andrew has consistently denied Giuffre\u2019s allegations and claimed he has no memory of meeting her, unearthed emails obtained by The Telegraph and Sky News appeared to cast doubt on his denials.<\/p>\n

Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell weeks after his 2019 arrest. He was awaiting trial on U.S. federal sex-trafficking charges involving dozens of teenage girls and young women, some as young as 14. Investigators ruled his death a suicide. That year, Andrew stepped back as a senior royal following a disastrous televised interview in which he attempted to explain his friendship with Epstein.<\/p>\n

Maxwell, a British socialite<\/a>, was convicted in 2021 for helping lure teenage girls to be sexually abused by him. She is serving a 20-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

Giuffre died in April. She was 41.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe drama surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson is like a never-ending Greek tragedy,\u201d Chard said. \u201cFergie stayed with Andrew because she lived a good lifestyle. Her association with Andrew and the royal family helped her businesses bloom. However, that is no longer the case. They are also no longer the happiest divorced couple.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarah Ferguson is reportedly \u201cshaken to the core\u201d as she navigates uncertainty amid her royal downfall. On Oct.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[173775,77,2204,5105,7710,519,448,7717,15,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-579177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals","15":"tag-sarah-ferguson","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}