The royal, 43, excluded the former Duchess from his and Kate’s 2011 wedding after Sarah was involved in a ‘cash for access scandal’ the year prior; when she was filmed by the now-closed News Of The World newspaper offering access to Andrew for £500,000 to an undercover reporter posing as an Indian businessman.
And in his latest book, Entitled, historian Andrew Lownie spoke to Palace Insiders who alleged King Charles‘s son has for a while now held animosity towards Sarah, who his grandmother, the late Queen, reportedly branded ‘The Duchess of Deceit’ – according to the author’s Substack; seemingly due to a string of financial scandals over the decades.
A source close to the royal told Lownie: ‘There have been tensions between [William and Andrew] for years, partly occasioned by Andrew being rude about Kate, and William has long worked behind the scenes to evict his uncle from Royal Lodge: He thinks Andy is abusing the property and his privilege there. He also loathes Sarah Ferguson.’
They added that William ‘can’t wait for the day when Charles throws them both out’.
‘If Charles doesn’t, I guarantee you the first thing William does when he eventually becomes king is to get them evicted,’ they said. ‘William refers to Andy as a “tosser”, perhaps not as bad as the vile names his brother Harry uses.’
And it’s possible that the wound goes deeper into Sarah’s own relationship with the Princes’ late mother, Diana; while the sisters-in-law were dear friends in their youth, later years appear to have marred their relationship with jealousy on both sides.
The Duchess of York Uncensored – written by her psychic Vasso Kortesis (despite Sarah’s attempts to stop it) – alleged that Andrew’s ex wife struggled with her envy of Diana’s image.
In his new book Entitled, author Andrew Lownie highlighted that William and Kate always appeared to have chilled relations to the ex Duke and Duchess of York, going so far as to exclude Sarah from their wedding invite list in 2011; after it emerged that she seemingly accepted cash for access to her ex-husband. William, Kate and Sarah pictured at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral
Even before the stripping of their titles – and their ousting from Royal Lodge – it appears The Firm’s growing animosity towards the pair ran deep, following years of snubs from the Prince and Princess of Wales, and a complicated relationship with the late Queen, who reportedly lost patience with the ‘remorseless Duchess of Deceit’ in her later years. Andrew, Sarah and the late Queen in 1986
‘Sarah tried to hide it, even from me, but for a brief time she became incredibly jealous of Diana,’ Kortesis penned.
‘It grated on her that whenever there was controversy surrounding Dianna’s marriage, the press and public always seemed to take her side but when Sarah’s marriage came under the spotlight, fun loving Fergie was always the one to blame.’
Lownie too elaborated on how the stark comparisons made by the public attributed to a drift.
‘There had also been an element of jealousy and competitiveness. Sarah called Diana Blondie, Little Miss Perfect or Miss Goody Two Shoes. Diana called her Dutch,’ he explained.
‘Sarah felt the Princess of Wales, more popular and more stylish, was able to get away with behaviour she could not.
‘Diana envied Ferguson’s more relaxed and closer relationship with the Queen and initially with the rest of the Royal Family thanks to her equine interests and talents and love of country pursuits.’
Sarah has herself been open about facing the consequences of her own actions when it came to her relationship with the royals.
Remarking on her absence from William and Kate’s 2011 royal wedding on Oprah that year, she said: ‘I was not invited, and I chose to go and be in Thailand in a place called Kamalaya and… the jungle embraced me.