TOshe had sworn to remain close to him forever, even going so far as to declare that she wanted to marry him again. But after the latest humiliations suffered due to the association with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Fergusononce the Duchess of York, has decided she can’t take it anymore. Fergie and Andrea, divorced since 1996 but happily living together since 2008they separate again, and this time forever.
Sarah Ferguson wants to live alone
The former Yorks would have succumbed to pressure from Buckingham Palace, finally agreeing to leave the vast Royal Lodge, the Windsor mansion where they never paid the rent and that Charles seems to want, instead, to give in to his wife, Queen Camilla. But even though the king has banned them and they will never be able to participate in any public or private function or event again, the two don’t want to disappear from circulation, going into exile. No, they want to stay in Windsor.
The breakup between Fergie and Andrea, 30 years after the divorce
For weeks there have been rumors of crises, tensions and arguments behind closed doors. The two barely speak to each other, say sources consulted by the British media. And the decision was made: Andrea and Sarah they will no longer live together. However, while they each go their own way, they don’t want to stray far from each other. And also to maintain a tenuous link with that Royal life that is slipping out of their hands, they have asked the king to grant two private residences in Windsor.
Sarah and Andrea in Windsor, April 2025 (Getty Images)
Ex-Yorks in recycled Royal homes
Andrea has set her sights on Frogmore Cottage, the residence that has been lying empty, a short distance from the castle, since Harry and Meghan abandoned it in 2019. Sarah instead asked for the smaller Adelaide Cottage, home to William and Kate for six years. The Princes of Wales will leave it in a few days to move with their children to the nearby Forest Lodge, so the house will be free. But the request of the two former dukes was received at court with inevitable coldness.
Sarah with daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, London, November 2023 (Getty Images)
The former Yorks did not come to terms with William and Kate
The two princes of Wales were clear: they do not want the former Yorkists as neighbors. Unlike the king, who would like not to humiliate Andrew further, William is fighting to drastically distance his uncle not only from the court but also from the entire country. The latest polls support the heir to the throne: in fact, the number of British people who condemn the excessive approach is rising soft of Carlo and the fact that he continues, all things considered, to support his brother and ex-sister-in-law. They ask Buckingham Palace to cease all contact with Andrea and Fergieguilty of exploiting the Crown despite having irreparably damaged it.
Sarah Ferguson is on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Sarah feels terrible, her friends say. For days he has refused to leave his rooms. Her daughter Beatrice visited her only once. Eugenia stays away. The recent revelation of an email addressed to Epstein (who had given her several loans) and in which Ferguson apologized for calling him a pedophile, destroyed everything she had worked for for decades.
Sarah fears she has lost everything. Once the dream of a gradual return to court faded, her charities turned their backs on her and the commercial agreements – crucial for maintaining her lifestyle – were immediately cancelled. The former duchess, who until now had always defended her ex-husband, is now very angry with Andrea for having also involved her daughters Beatrice and Eugenia in the squalid scandal.
Beatrice and Eugenia in the sights of politicians and the media
Involuntarily, the two princesses – not working Royal but both engaged in independent careers and vying for future roles at court – now find themselves in the crosshairs of the British media, who want to establish whether the two princesses benefited in any way from their parents’ friendship with Epstein. And in parliament at Westminster the possibility of a thorough investigation into their involvement in the scandal was even raised.
Sarah Ferguson’s memoir coming soon?
Unlike Andrea, who seems to have promised Carlo not to follow the example of his nephew Harry and not to publish his autobiography with potentially dangerous revelations, Sarah has not yet expressed her opinion on the matter. The former duchess needs money, she feels alone and abandoned by everyone. She fears that she has been manipulated by her ex-husband and above all she wants to safeguard her daughters’ reputation. A crisis that has certainly not escaped the notice of English and American publishers, who appear to have already sent several multimillion-dollar offers for what could prove to be Sarah Ferguson’s definitive – and explosive – memoir.