An explosive new biography about the Duke and Duchess of York claims Fergie travelled to the other side of the world for a date with the golf champion after claiming she was ‘in love’
Sarah Ferguson once flew 1,500 miles in an attempt to go on a date with golfing legend Tiger Woods, a new tell-all book has claimed.
The biography, ‘Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York’ by Andrew Lownie, has made several allegations about Fergie and Andrew’s unusual relationship, including the rampant affairs that they both had behind closed doors before the breakdown of their marriage.
And according to the royal author, Fergie flew halfway around the world to pursue the “gorgeous” Tiger Woods a year after her split from Andrew. Confiding in Piers Morgan before embarking on the ambitious journey, she even allegedly said she was “in love” with the athlete.
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In the biography, which Lownie says is the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews, the author claims that Fergie was in a hot pursuit of famous potential lovers over the years.
The writer alleges that the Duchess declared she was “in love” with Tiger, and flew 1,500 miles to try and arrange a date. She is said to have confided to broadcaster Piers Morgan, telling him: “I’m in love.”
Morgan reportedly asked her: “Who’s the lucky guy?” to which Fergie replied: “He doesn’t know yet.”
Fergie then allegedly suggested she was going to “follow him around the course for a bit and see how I get on”. Morgan joked: “Poor old Tiger isn’t going to know what’s hit him.”
Morgan’s advice seemed to help Fergie, as rather than being seen as a romantic couple, the unlikely duo became good friends, with the Duchess seen supporting him at golf competitions.
In 1997, after Woods had secured another victory at the Byron Nelson tournament in Texas during his golden era within the sport, the pair were pictured embracing while Ferguson sported a beaming smile.
As recently as 2019, Ferguson was seen congratulating Woods’ jaw-dropping comeback to win the Masters, which is his most recent major triumph within the sport. On Instagram, she wrote: “Never have I been more proud. Good days and bad days, Tigers’ heart is loyal, steadfast, and he is an amazing friend.”
Just two years after her ill-fated almost-date with Tiger Woods, Fergie began hinting at the fact that she would consider remarrying her ex-husband Prince Andrew, just three years after their divorce was finalised, the book claims.
Lownie also writes that on a trip to New York in 1997, the Duchess tasked her staff to find out if John F. Kennedy Jnr – handsome son of the assassinated US president John F. Kennedy – was in town.
On discovering he was, she immediately invited him for drinks or dinner at her hotel, which he is understood to have accepted. When the Duchess discovered that Kennedy was seeing the actress Daryl Hannah, she is said to have replied: “That’s not going to bother me!”
According to Lownie, Hannah was indeed bothered which led to Kennedy cancelling, claiming a prior engagement. Lownie claims Fergie then ordered staff “to spy on his apartment all night to check that he had told the truth”.
In a tell-all interview in 1999 to mark her 40th birthday Fergie claimed she “got divorced because I had to go out to work, and Andrew and I believed that it wasn’t right for me to be commercial while I was still in the Royal Family.”
Despite this, Lownie claims in the book that Sarah had not ruled out remarrying Prince Andrew in the future, and also hinted at the fact that she was open to trying for a third child.
While Fergie may have been open to remarrying her ex-husband, the royal family were far less keen on the idea, according to claims from Lownie’s biography, with one senior royal in particular stepping in to stop the reunion.
According to the author, Prince Philip was determined to stop Andrew and Fergie marrying for a second time as he claimed the Duchess of York was “living in the land of Nod” and “a squalid public relations exercise”.
The book also claims that Charles, Princess Margaret, Prince Edward – who had not invited Sarah to his wedding in spite of her daughters being bridesmaids – were also against the idea of the couple remarrying.
Despite finalising their divorce almost 30 years ago, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson still live together in the Royal Lodge: a 30-room mansion on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
While the pair have described themselves as the “happiest divorced couple”, their unusual living arrangement has often raised eyebrows, especially with reports that King Charles is desperate to kick the disgraced duke out of the royal abode.
But the former couple have insisted on clinging on to their strange set-up for one major reason, according to the royal author. In his new book, Lownie claims that one of the key reasons they are still living together is because of Andrew’s reliance on Sarah for “stability”.
Buckingham Palace and Sarah Ferguson’s team declined to comment.
‘Entitled’ by Andrew Lownie (William Collins, £22), to be published August 14.
