{"id":2098789,"date":"2025-10-17T22:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2098789"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:23:30","slug":"how-prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-brought-repeated-controversy-to-the-royal-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-brought-repeated-controversy-to-the-royal-family\/","title":{"rendered":"How Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson brought repeated controversy to the Royal Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The seeds of Prince Andrew<\/a>\u2019s and Sarah Ferguson<\/a>\u2019s downfalls were sown over many years.<\/p>\n

The pair divorced in 1996 but remain close, periodically the subject of negative headlines, slowly tarnishing the royal family\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n

Their public reputations were reduced to tatters by their friendship with Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> \u2013 the pair seemingly attracted to the wealth, connections and influence of the financier, who used those same attributes to exploit underage girls.<\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s standing with his relatives was laid bare during the funeral of the Duchess of Kent in September, when he tried to engage the Prince of Wales<\/a> in conversation.<\/p>\n

William did not respond to comments made by his uncle, who stood by his side on the steps of Westminster Cathedral<\/a>, staring straight ahead and barely acknowledging Andrew\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n

Now, Andrew is to stop using his remaining titles and honours, including the Duke of York<\/a>, in the wake of the Epstein sex scandal.<\/p>\n

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