Royal Family LIVE: Sarah Ferguson’s pal reveals her ‘true feelings’ as ex-duchess lies low | Royal | News

A close friend of Sarah Ferguson has lifted the lid on the former Duchess of York’s “true feelings” during her exile in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and admitted: People magazine: “He always thinks he can bounce back, but this isn’t something that’s going to fly by; it’s really affected him.” Fergie, in poor health and retreating from Switzerland to Ireland, has been flying under the radar since her name last resurfaced in the Epstein files, with royal writer Ingrid Seward warning: “No one will give her the airspace this time.”

Biographer Andrew Lownie agrees that the former royal “will be very difficult to come back to”, especially after emails from 2011 in which she described the pedophile as a “sublime and loyal friend” and repeatedly begged him for cash amid chronic money problems. As Fergie plots a potential comeback despite decades of scandals, another friend insists on her bravery, saying: “She’s always been a fighter; that’s her trademark.” Royal expert Robert Jobson attributes his ties to Epstein to desperation, noting: “He was introduced to this lifestyle and continued to live it; he desperately needed the money.” The drama was compounded when ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of abuse of public office in connection with the Epstein documents alleging the leak of trade secrets, and the couple were stripped of their titles and expelled from the Royal Lodge.

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