Sarah Ferguson’s most ‘appalling’ behaviour yet | Royal | News
Sarah accused of trying to cash in on her connection to the late Queen Elizabeth (Image: Getty)
Sarah Ferguson claimed the late Queen Elizabeth contacted her via royal corgis and was linked to a plot to clone dogs for a reality television show, leaving key figures in the royal family “horrified”, a royal expert has revealed.
The Prince and Princess of Wales in particular appear to have become increasingly frustrated with Ferguson’s repeated attempts to cash in on his connection to the late monarch, according to royal correspondent Emily Andrews, who says the former Duchess of York’s behavior has become a real source of anger within the palace.
The schedule William and Kate face is brutal; Rainy afternoons with schoolchildren in Wales, pub shifts in South London, a temple in Leicester, a Cornish bakery. It’s the kind of visible, unpretentious work that holds a monarchy together while others are tearing it apart.
Sources say William’s anger at the Saudi diplomatic mission being veered off course earlier this year – buried under a new wave of Epstein news involving his uncle – is notable. Andrew claims he has done nothing wrong. The headlines did not reflect this.
The Sussexes grew more frustrated. Harry and Meghan’s appearances abroad (a visit to Jordan, followed by a trip to Australia planned for later this month) have the appearance of a royal without accountability, and those around William have been forced to ask whether he is inadvertently empowering a couple the establishment is trying to alienate itself from.
But none of this compares to what is said to be the Royal family’s deepest malaise: Sarah Ferguson’s repeated attempts to cash in on her connection to the late Queen and the royal corgis she and Andrew have been keeping since Elizabeth’s death.
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corgis
Members of the Royal Family are understood to be “horrified” by Ferguson’s public claim that her former mother-in-law was sending messages through dogs, Andrews reported in Woman and Home magazine. At a meeting of the Creative Women’s Platform Forum, Ferguson described her mornings with Muick and Sandy in a way that made the royals smile.
“I own it [the late Queen’s] dogs… I mean, they come in every morning and go ‘woof woof’ and I’m sure that’s the one talking to me,” he told the audience.
Andrews writes that beyond the public stage, Ferguson told those around him that he felt the spirit of the late Queen during walks to Elizabeth’s favorite spots around Windsor Great Park. “Family members thought it was a rude and strange way to boast about his closeness to the late Queen,” he says.
Dogs have become a separate flashpoint. Ferguson gave the impression among his friends that the Corgis were left to him in the Queen’s will. Those familiar with the situation tell a different story: The animals were purchased by Andrew in 2021, a decision made unilaterally and without family discussion, and reverted to the Yorks by default when the Queen died. Sources say the misrepresentation did not go unnoticed.
clone wars
What happened next was even more extraordinary. Ferguson has been linked to a Hollywood-backed proposal to clone royal corgis and create a reality television series around the process. The show framed him as a sympathetic protagonist struggling with financial difficulties in later life, with the show following his attempts to produce genetic copies of dogs and sell them internationally to wealthy buyers.
The producers tagged the concept as a “bold and controversial commercial venture”. His actions made the financial logic clear: Like many people, Ferguson found himself forced to earn income in circumstances he had not anticipated. Had the project gone ahead, the cloned animals would reportedly have been marketed to buyers willing to pay sums that could reach £75,000 for a cloned pet in the American market, where the app operates legally.
Scientists have long flagged ethical and biological issues with animal cloning, including the risk of serious physical abnormalities in the resulting creatures.
The show was never made. Ferguson later disputed the report and denied involvement in the project.
