{"id":2377983,"date":"2026-04-17T18:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2377983"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:34:48","slug":"sarah-ferguson-warned-she-will-have-to-face-the-music-after-being-spotted-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sarah-ferguson-warned-she-will-have-to-face-the-music-after-being-spotted-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Ferguson warned she will &#8216;have to face the music&#8217; after being spotted in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sarah Ferguson has been warned she will have to &#8220;face the music&#8221; after she was spotted in public for the first time in more than seven months.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old, who lost her Duchess of York title last year after King Charles stripped both her and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of their royal designations, was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-finally-spotted-austria-mystery\" target=\"_self\"><u>discovered concealing herself at an upmarket Austrian ski resort on Thursday.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem1\" data-id=\"1\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"False\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1\" data-basename=\"particle-1\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\">\n<p>The former Duchess of York was last spotted publicly at St James&#8217;s Palace on December 12, attending the christening of her youngest granddaughter, Athena Mapelli Mozzi.<\/p>\n<p>A royal insider with connections to mutual friends of Ms Ferguson painted a troubling picture of her current state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem3\" data-id=\"3\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"False\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3\" data-basename=\"particle-3\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\">\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s desperate. She&#8217;s not been in a good place mentally and there&#8217;s the worry that the police and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic will want to see her testify about what she knew of (jeffrey) Epstein,&#8221; the source revealed to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sarah&#8217;s still got friends looking out for her and some of them have the money to help her to continue to hide out. But she can\u2019t do that forever,&#8221; the source added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This scandal is going to go on for years. Sooner or later she\u2019s going to have to face the music&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The former wife of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor vanished from public life amid mounting pressure following the release of the Epstein Files by the US Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem4\" data-id=\"4\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"True\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4\" data-basename=\"particle-4\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\"><small class=\"image-media media-caption\"><span class=\"media-photo-credit-new\"><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Ferguson has been warned she will have to &#8216;face the music&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> | <\/span><\/small><\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem6\" data-id=\"6\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"False\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6\" data-basename=\"particle-6\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\">\n<p>Ms Ferguson has consistently denied any wrongdoing. At present, she has offered no response to the congressional summons.<\/p>\n<p>During her seven-month hiatus, since being seen in St James&#8217;s Palace, there have been possible sightings in Dubai, Switzerland and Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>She is rumoured to have been staying in a \u00a32,000-a-night ski lodge in Austria for a month.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs obtained by the Sun captured the mother-of-two looking grim-faced as she stepped out of a blacked-out Mercedes people carrier near her accommodation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem8\" data-id=\"8\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"True\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=8#rebelltitem8\" data-basename=\"particle-8\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"5225d\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"2f154692b25b7db92d51dbdcf8914607\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205000%203261'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/media-library\/u200bsarah-ferguson-andrew-mountbatten-windsor.jpg?id=65564483&amp;width=980\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3261\" alt=\"\\u200bSarah Ferguson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\"\/><small class=\"image-media media-caption\"><span class=\"media-photo-credit-new\"><\/p>\n<p>The former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor vanished from public life <\/p>\n<p> | <\/span><\/small><\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem11\" data-id=\"11\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"False\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=11#rebelltitem11\" data-basename=\"particle-11\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\">\n<p>One source previously told The Sun Ms Ferguson had been &#8220;keeping an incredibly low profile&#8221; to keep out of public view for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>It is thought Ms Ferguson currently finds herself without a permanent home, having lived at Royal Lodge with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>In March, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-us-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-epstein\" target=\"_blank\">a US lawmaker made a direct plea to Ms Ferguson for her to testify<\/a> about her &#8220;close personal&#8221; relationship with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Suhas Subramanyam urged her to cooperate with the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform\u2019s investigation into Epstein&#8217;s sex trafficking network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rebellt-item&#10;        &#10;        &#10;        &#10;        col1\" id=\"rebelltitem13\" data-id=\"13\" data-reload-ads=\"false\" data-is-image=\"False\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-in-austria-andrew-mountbatten-windsor?rebelltitem=13#rebelltitem13\" data-basename=\"particle-13\" data-post-id=\"2676757227\" data-published-at=\"1776432202\" data-use-pagination=\"False\">\n<p>&#8220;Documentation of your relationship with Mr Epstein includes an email from &#8216;Sarah&#8217; referring to Mr Epstein as &#8216;a legend&#8217; \u2014 after Mr Epstein\u2019s 2008 conviction \u2014 and writing: &#8216;I really don\u2019t have the words to describe, my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness.. I am at your service. Just marry me&#8217;,&#8221; the letter read.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Subramanyam added it was &#8220;clear&#8221; Ms Ferguson had &#8220;social and business ties&#8221; to Epstein, and she has &#8220;knowledge of information that can assist our investigation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Although no mention in the files suggests any wrongdoing, previously unseen emails now show the ex-Duchess praising Epstein as &#8220;the brother I have always wished for&#8221;, and suggest she contacted Epstein while he was in prison for soliciting prostitution of a minor.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Ferguson has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.gbnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Ferguson has been warned she will have to &#8220;face the music&#8221; after she was spotted in public for the first time in more than seven months. 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