Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife ‘Fergie’ also undone by Epstein ties

Britain's Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, attends funeral service for Britain's Katharine, Duchess of Kent, in London

Item 1 of 2 Britain’s Prince Andrew and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, leave Westminster Cathedral at the end of the Requiem Mass, on the day of the funeral of Britain’s Katharine, Duchess of Kent, in London, Britain, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
[1/2]Britain’s Prince Andrew and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, leave Westminster Cathedral at the end of the Requiem Mass, on the day of the funeral of Britain’s Katharine, Duchess of Kent, in London, Britain, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – With the downfall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near complete, the former prince no longer has Sarah Ferguson by his side. For decades his ex-wife was his rock, but now her own ties to Jeffrey Epstein have destroyed her reputation too.
Ferguson, popularly known as “Fergie”, married Prince Andrew in a glittering ceremony at Westminster Abbey in 1986. They went on to have two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

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The pair split in 1992, divorced four years later, but remained close and were still sharing the same 30-room mansion until last year.
But revelations about their relationship with convicted U.S. sex offender Epstein, including in the January release of more than 3 million pages of documents by the U.S. government, have left both of them exposed and isolated with no hope of public rehabilitation.
According to the files, Ferguson appeared to have taken her daughters, then aged 20 and 19, to visit Epstein in the U.S. the week after he was released from prison in 2009 for soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.