A royal exit.
Sarah Ferguson walked out of an interview after she was requested whether or not she could be transferring out of the Royal Lodge.
Ferguson, 65, has resided on the property, positioned on the grounds of Windsor Fortress, together with her ex-husband Prince Andrew since 2004.
Given her ex-husband’s ongoing bitter feud with King Charles over the property, it seems as if Fergie was unwilling to reply any questions relating to her residing state of affairs, in line with royal correspondent Richard Mineards.
Mineards, who writes for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s native paper the Montecito Journal, revealed that Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice’s mother just lately appeared on US TV to debate the royals.
“While other hacks were peppering her with inane questions, I asked Fergie, given her new contract, if she would at last be moving out of Royal Lodge, the Queen Mother’s former home near Windsor Castle, having said previously she couldn’t afford to run any of the homes offered her by her mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth,” Mineards wrote in his newest column.
“She was clearly not amused by my query and walked out of the room.”
Mineards added that Lord Piers Wedgwood “said I had asked a perfectly reasonable question given her new contract,” which is rumored to take a seat at $620,000.
Later that day, Ferguson reportedly “darted to the other side of the room” after recognizing Mineards at a charity fund-raiser hosted by Fergie and James Ogilvy.
“James noticed and asked me what had happened. I explained the lunchtime walkout and he rolled his eyes,” Mineards added.
Ferguson’s ex Andrew, whom she divorced in 1996 after 10 years of marriage, has been locked in a bitter battle over the royal residence with the king in recent times.
The feud kick-started years in the past, after the duke was linked to disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and the duo have been at odds much more so within the final yr.
Charles had been desperately making an attempt to evict Andrew from the sprawling property and right into a smaller property. Nonetheless, his brother wouldn’t budge.
Andrew, 64, was lastly poised to depart the Royal Lodge in November 2024 after Charles refused to proceed financially carrying his brother’s weight.
Nonetheless, it sensationally emerged that Andrew had discovered a thriller monetary backer on the eleventh hour — permitting him and his ex-wife to stay on the royal digs.
The ordeal left the monarch “fed up” — and prompted him to start out eradicating valuables from the property because of upkeep and safety issues.
Ferguson and Prince Andrew are dad and mom of daughters Princess Eugenie, 34, and Princess Beatrice, 36.
