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_<\/h3>\n Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson’s habit of staying in bed disrupted the daily routine for their staff, former royal butler Paul Burrell explained. “The maids weren’t allowed to go into the bedroom to make the bed for days,” he wrote. “When the couple did surface, they held lavish dinner, lunch and tea parties with all their friends.”<\/p>\n\n\nMirrorpix \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
_<\/h3>\n It was exhausting for palace employees. “The kitchen staff were run off their feet,” ex-royal butler Paul Burrell wrote in his 2025 book, explaining that even Queen Elizabeth II “didn’t entertain so extravagantly. The royal chefs were furious to be making food [for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson] like it was an \u00e0 la carte restaurant.” Tensions escalated. “They were used to serving food to the queen and the royal family at set times. It was too much,” Burrell explained. “The staff rebelled and protests were made to the master of the household, who informed the queen of her staff’s unhappiness.”<\/p>\n\n\n\u00a9 Ian Jones \/ Allpix \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
_<\/h3>\n According to former palace butler Paul Burrell, an unhappy Queen Elizabeth II stepped in to mitigate the drama Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson were causing. “She had to intervene and put a stop to the lavish gluttony,” Burrell wrote, noting the late monarch “despised waste” and planned meals carefully, “deciding in advance which food should be cooked for her each day,” unlike the former Duke and Duchess of York. The way the queen saw it, Burrell added, “Why should Andrew and Fergie be different?”<\/p>\n\n\nSteve Finn\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
_<\/h3>\n Beyond the former royal couple’s lifestyle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor himself was a challenge to deal with, Paul Burrell alleged, claiming the disgraced former Prince Andrew \u2014 who amicably divorced Sarah Ferguson in 1996 \u2014 was “never easy” to get along with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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