It has been revealed that Sarah Ferguson will need to find her own accommodation after she and Prince Andrew have been told to leave their glamorous Royal Lodge home
Sarah Ferguson has always been a staunch defender of her scandal-ridden ex husband Andrew, but now her fate is sealed as the former couple have been booted out of Royal Lodge.
The Palace tonight issued a statement confirming King Charles has begun a process to strip the 65-year-old of all his formal titles, meaning he will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
He will also surrender the lease on the Royal Lodge and “move to alternative private accommodation”, the Palace said, understood to be a property within the grounds of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. This will be paid for from the King’s private funds, the BBC reported.
And Sarah will have to find her own home after she and Andrew have been told to leave their royal residence. Despite earlier alleged demands from the ex couple, to be housed in two separate royal properties, she will not be provided with accommodation.
Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Andrew was in “advanced talks” with the Palace, in which he suggested moving to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Meanwhile, Sarah allegedly asked for Adelaide Cottage, the home Prince William, Princess Kate and their three children currently live in. While the Waleses are expected to move to Forest Lodge early next month, royal experts were aghast at the suggestion.
Both camps then started to brief against each other, with a source close to Fergie insisting that it was the Palace who first offered her Adelaide Cottage in May.
Royal sources quickly shut down those claims, saying Adelaide Cottage was never offered to the ex-Duchess. And now King Charles has left Fergie to fend for herself, as no offer has been made to house Andrew’s ex wife.
Fergie and Andrew have lived together in the sprawling 30-bedroom mansion since 2008, despite getting a divorce in 1996. There has long been calls for the disgraced former Duke and his ex wife to leave the royal residence after Prince Andrew’s relationship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein surfaced.
Virginia Guiffre, a victim of Epstein’s who tragically died by suicide earlier this year, accused Andrew of sexually abusing her three times as a teenager, claims he strongly denies. The scandal has erupted for Andrew in recent weeks as leaked emails showed he lied about exactly when he cut ties with Epstein.
Other emails showed Fergie had called convicted sex offender Epstein a “supreme friend” and it is even alleged that she took her two daughters to visit him after his prison release. Sarah’s team say she has no recollection of the meeting, and only sent the email through fears for her safety after threats were made by Epstein.
A full statement from the Palace tonight read: “His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.
“Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.
“Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.
“Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”
