Feb. 12, 2026

Andrew’s Daughters Dragged Into Epstein Fallout as Fergie Eyes Comeback

Andrew’s Daughters Dragged Into Epstein Fallout as Fergie Eyes Comeback

The Epstein scandal is no longer confined to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson — Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are now being pulled into the blast radius.

Newly released emails suggest Epstein’s presence in the York family orbit was deeper than previously understood. Royal journalist Victoria Murphy calls the messages “really, really uncomfortable reading,” while author Andrew Lownie argues the sisters were not “five-year-old girls” and cannot be dismissed as bystanders.

Behind the scenes, sources say Andrew and Ferguson are drifting apart, with Fergie reportedly telling friends she needs money and may distance herself from her ex-husband as she eyes a comeback — potentially even a memoir or television interview. Palace aides are said to be alarmed at the prospect.

There is also speculation Andrew himself could consider a book, a move one commentator warns could be “the final nail in the coffin.” Newly released FBI transcripts include references to Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell mocking Ferguson privately, while resurfaced emails show Ferguson praising Epstein after his 2009 jail release.

As questions mount about who pushed hardest to sideline Andrew — King Charles or Prince William — the monarchy braces for more turbulence. And amid it all, Buckingham Palace announces a state visit from Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a reminder that diplomacy must continue even as scandal dominates the headlines.

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Callarogus Shark Media. Hello, and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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am your host Mark for Ancis. After a bruising week,

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it is difficult to overstate the position in which Andrew

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mount Batten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson now find themselves. However,

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it appears the fallout is no longer confined to them.

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Their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are also being

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drawn into the controversy. Newly released emails suggest Jeffrey Epstein

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had a greater presence in the York Family's orbit than

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previously understood. For Beatrice and Eugenie, the revelation's inevitably prompt

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questions about their roles. In judgment. Royal journalist Victoria Murphy

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described the emails as really really uncomfortable reading, but added

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that there remains sympathy for these sisters. She argues it

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is important to consider context, saying it's easy to be

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critical of that decision, that Epstein's crimes are front and center,

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but if no one was raising any flags for them

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at the time, you can see how they would just

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have gone on the trip their mother organized. Author Andrew

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Lowney takes a different view. They weren't five year old

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girls when they were taken to see Epstein, they were

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growing ups. There's a big campaign to say they are

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innocence caught up in the shell fire, but they're not.

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They're deeply involved. Sarah and Andrew are said to be

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drifting apart, with sources claiming the former couple and our

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worlds away from the image they once cultivated as the

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most friendly divorced couple on Earth. Sarah is said to

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have spent several days in the French Alps before traveling

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to the United Arab Emirates. According to The Daily Mail,

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she has reportedly been spending time with Princess Eugenie, who

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has recently seen that the Basal Art Fair in Doha

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in her role as director at housern Worth. I saw

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still the Mail that Ferguson is lying low while she

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gets her head together and is seeking a new public

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relations team ahead of what it's described as a comeback.

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According to the paper, she has told friends, I need

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to get back to work, I need money and when

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I come back, I'm going to have to put some

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distance between myself and Andrew. Reader Online reports one Royal expert said,

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what is happening now represents a decisive break from the

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carefully maintained image of Andrew and Sarah as unusually close, harmonious,

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divorced couple. That narrative simply no longer reflects reality. A

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Palace aide said, for a long time, Sarah and Andrew

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benefited from presenting themselves as a united pair even after

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their marriage ended, But circumstances have shifted dramatically. Andrew's collapse

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in standing has altered the calculation, and Sarah is now

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focusing on how she secures her own future rather than

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continuing to shield him. There are also claims that Ferguson

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may be considering a memoir or a broadcast interview. One

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Palace source said, from the perspective of the Royal household,

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the idea that this situation could spill into a tell

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all book or television interview is deeply alarming. There is

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a real fear that any broadcast appearance would reopen wounds

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and create fresh embarrassment. Another insight added, Andrew has already

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had ample opportunity to put his version of events into

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the public domain during his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview about

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his links to Epstein, there is a growing feeling that

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is now Sarah's turn to speak on her own terms.

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According to reports, senior royals, including King Charles, is concerned

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about the potential impact of any public intervention by Ferguson.

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Once source said there is a genuine concern that Sarah

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could speak freely in ways that might embarrass the King,

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the Queen or other senior royals. For Andrew, the reported

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distancing is said to be painful. One insiders said, for

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years they defined themselves by presenting a divorce that appeared

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unlike any other in the royal family. That sense of

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exceptionality was central to how they were perceived, but it

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no longer aligns with their current reality. Another source added,

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Sarah understands that rebuilding her life requires movement and change.

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Remaining too closely aligned with Andrew in the current climate

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risks preventing her from making any meaningful progress with her life.

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Speculation is mounting that Andrew could be considering a memoir

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of his own. Former royal photographer Ian Pellham Turner warned

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that such a move would be deeply damaging, saying there

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are also constant rumors that Andrew is writing a Kiss

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and Tell or book on the whole affair, which could

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be if it materializes the vinyl nail in the coffin

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for the monarchy. The comments come as Andrew has relocated

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from Royal Lodge to Sandringham, and as further images and

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references to him appeared in the latest trench of Epstein documents.

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Andrew has consistently and vehemently denied any wrongdoing. Being pictured

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or named in the file does not equate to criminal

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wrong doing. Pellam Turner suggested that other senior royals are

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moving to protect the institution. William and Kate have issued

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a statement saying that greatest sympathies lie with the victims.

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Gradually the Royals are circling the wagons metaphorically, with Prince

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Edward stating he was extremely concerned about the victims too.

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The King has made it clear in words and through

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unprecedented actions his profound concern allegations which continue to come

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to light in respect of mister mount Batten Windsor's conduct.

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I think even more pressure will be put on Andrew

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to attend a court appearance in America to answer the allegations.

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As his final fall from grace, the British public and

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the media smell blood now, and hiding away at Sandringham

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will not help either. Newly released documents include portions of

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Virginia Geoffrey's FBI transcript. In her testimony, Geoffrey said she

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was in a room with Andrew Gallaine Maxwell, and Jeffrey

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Epstein when they spoke disparagingly about Sarah Ferguson. According to

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the transcript, Maxwell, Epstein and Prince Andrew talked to gossip

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and poked fun at Sarah Fergie Ferguson's wait. Additional emails

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previously released by the US Department of Justice include a

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message from Ferguson to Epstein following his release from Palm

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Beach County Jail in July two thousand and nine after

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serving thirteen months of an eighteen month sentence for soliciting prostitution.

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Ferguson wrote, you are a legend. I really don't have

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the words to describe my love, my gratitude for generosity

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to credit King Charles with the decision to sideline Andrew,

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amid suggestions that it was Prince William who ultimately pushed

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what one insider described as revisionist history. A seeing a

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Palace source alleged Charles dithered, he stalled, he made excuses,

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and he worried far more about Andrew's feelings than the

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monarchy's image. Another insider acclaimed he didn't want to upset Andrew,

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that was the priority. By contrast, Prince William is said

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to have taken a firmer stance. One source alleged he

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warned this is existential. The monarchy is at stake. Another

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insider characterize the difference by saying, Charles feels, William calculates,

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and in this case, calculation saved the Crown for the moment.

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The Palace announced that the President of the Federal Republic

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of Nigeria, Mister Bala Ahmad Tinebu, accompanied by the First Lady,

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missus Olaimi Tinebou, has accepted an invitation from His Majesty

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the King to pay a state visit to the UK

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from Wednesday, eighteenth of March to Thursday nineteenth of March

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twenty six The King and Queen will host the state

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visit at Windsor Castle. King Charles the Third and Queen

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Camello will host the Nigerian President for the two day visit.

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State visits are arranged through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

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Office and are considered a key diplomatic tool for strengthening

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relations between the UK and other nations which State visits

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typically include ceremonial welcomes, meetings, luncheons and a state banquet.

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The upcoming trip will mark the first state visit from

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Nigeria in thirty seven years. Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham

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won her first Olympic medal on Monday, taking bronze in

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the women's slope style final at the Milano Cortina Winter

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Olympics and was presented her medal by Princess Anne. Speaking

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to CBC Olympics journalist Ariel Haljani, Oldham said, she was

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so sweet. She was just saying congratulations, like this is

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such a big accomplishment, and then she was also just

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asking me about some other events that I have coming up.

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In nineteen seventy six, Princess Anne became the first member

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of the British Royal family to compete at the Olympics,

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representing Great Britain in equestrian events at the Montreal Summer Games.

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