Next year promises to be an uncertain one for Sarah Ferguson. It is certain that she will be forced to vacate Royal Lodge, where she has lived with her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor since 2008.
It is also guaranteed that she will live the rest of her life without her royal titles, but there are still a number of unanswered questions. How she will finance her new way of life and how she will spend her days remain unclear. The former Duchess of York’s diary has been hollowed out after several organisations broke contact with her after revelations about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein became public. It is unclear also, what will happen to the late Queen Elizabeth’s two dogs Sandy and Muick, who have lived with Ferguson and her ex-husband Andrew since her passing.
Buckingham Palace have reportedly insisted that they will “stay within the family”, but the former Duchess’s known fondness for them could mean that this might not necessarily be the case.
Sarah made an appearance at the Creative Women Platform Forum in London in which she spoke fondly about her canine adoptions, making a rather bizarre claim about their behaviour.
She said: “I have her dogs. I have her corgis. Every morning they come in and go ‘woof woof’ and all that, and I’m sure it’s her talking to me. I’m sure it’s her, reminding me she’s still around.”
Amid laughter, she continued: “Anyway, the real thing is that I had the greatest honour to be her daughter-in-law. That’s pretty huge.
“And when I was driving here, I saw the Elizabeth Line [on the Tube] and I said, ‘I want everyone to remember what an amazing lady she was.'”
Whilst Andrew’s exile will see him moved to the King’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, little is known of Sarah’s planned living arrangements.
According to the Daily Mail, Sarah could be set to move into a newly renovated “granny annexe” on the grounds of Princess Beatrice‘s Cotswolds estate.
Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi bought the stunning countryside pad in 2021 and live in the main home with their children Sienna, four, and Athena, who will turn one in January.
The source quoted in the report claims, “The granny annexe seems to be ready to move into now”, adding: “Just today, the road was blocked for a delivery of propane gas bottles for the annexe.
“That coincided with the first cold snap of winter. So, clearly, the arrival of someone is imminent. It may not look like much of a palace on the outside, but I bet it’s stunning inside.”
