Some of Sarah Ferguson‘s former staffers were allegedly left in tears while working for the embattled royal, according to new claims made by royal author Andrew Lownie, Wonderwall.com can report.
Lownie — who just released the paperback edition of his 2025 book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, which includes a 10,000-word update with new revelations — painted a picture of a roller-coaster atmosphere surrounding the former Duchess of York’s household, including claims that employees sometimes quit after only hours on the job.
Speaking to Page Six, Lownie said working for Ferguson, 66, was “absolutely chaotic,” largely due to what he described as her impulsive behavior and inability to make decisions.
“She couldn’t make up her mind,” the author alleged. “She changed her mind at the last minute.”
According to Lownie, the constant unpredictability created difficult working conditions. Staff morale was allegedly so poor that some employees cried behind closed doors. “People [were] weeping in bathrooms,” he said, adding that some workers quit after “half a day.”
The author also said those who remained employed by Ferguson quickly discovered the role became all-consuming. “Very few people stayed,” Lownie claimed. “And if they did, it was a sort of 24-hour-a-day job because she has this extraordinary energy, and she would be flying off in different places, not very organized.”
Claims of lavish waste
Author Andrew Lownie alleged that Sarah Ferguson constantly changed her mind at the last minute, creating confusion among staff. By: MEGA
Lownie also accused Ferguson of maintaining a wasteful lifestyle where meals would frequently be prepared, then abandoned at the last minute.
“[There were] various meals being prepared and then [she wouldn’t have] any of them,” he said, describing situations where chefs would cook elaborate dishes only for Ferguson to suddenly decide to dine out instead.
“Huge waste,” he said. “It’s extraordinary… everything has to be new.”
The author went on to compare her lifestyle to “this Marie Antoinette kind of life, you know, easy come, easy go.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Lownie described Ferguson as “very manipulative,” alleging she “played people against each other.”
“These people kind of got dragged into her crazy schemes,” he said, referencing business ventures ranging from a lingerie line to an artist colony in the Bahamas.
The historian further claimed that many of the duchess’ projects were ultimately “about trying to fleece someone out of some money.”
Keeping a low profile
Author Andrew Lownie described Sarah Ferguson as “very manipulative.” By: MEGA
Ferguson, who shares daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie with ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, divorced the disgraced former Duke of York in 1996 after 10 years of marriage.
Despite their split, the pair famously continued living together for years at a 30-room Crown Estate mansion, Royal Lodge — which they were forced to give up earlier this year amid renewed interest in their ties to predator Jeffrey Epstein — and often described themselves as the “happiest divorced couple in the world.”
The fresh allegations come as Ferguson continues to keep a low profile. In April, she was spotted for the first time in months outside a chalet in the Swiss Alps, where she’s reportedly been staying in the wake of the ongoing Epstein scandal.
“Fergie has been keeping an incredibly low profile while high up in the Alps,” a source told The Sun. “The area is absolutely beautiful, and it’s very quiet most of the time, so it’s the perfect place for a high-profile figure such as her to lie low when the heat is on.”
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