*Bonus** Andrew ranting to himself as Fergie hides in secret bar fearing 'dark forces' attack.

0:00 A calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of Palace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. Andrew mount Batten Windsor has allegedly been spending his final days at Royal Lodge ranting to himself, while ex wife Sarah Ferguson has taken refuge at a secret bar called the Doghouse, confiding in staff about her fears. Insiders see the former Duke and Duchess of York sleep at different ends of the thirty room home and only join one another at meal times to discuss their uncertain futures. Said they are both spending a lot of time alone. Andrew rarely goes out and has been padding around the lodge and ranting and muttering. Fergie spends evenings in a purpose built bar dubbed the Doghouse behind the mansion, where she pours out her heart to staff and friends. Flunkies have witnessed the pair discussing how they fear for their safety duty Andrew's links to Jeffrey Epstein. Fergie is leaning on loyal staff for support, even asking them to stay late to keep her company. The source said Fergie has told powers.

1:11 She fears she or Andrew could be targeted as they lose the security of the Windsor estate. Andrew and Sarah are leading separate lives at different ends on different wings, but they come together for lunch and dinner to talk about their futures. They have been heard having some pretty intense conversations, The insider continued. Sarah in particular is panicking about what comes next, and she is not in a good place. She fears being caught in the crosshairs and is worried about herself and her daughters. She has talked about dark forces potentially targeting him. It is probably far fetched, but she is scared and massively on edge. The Doghouse has become Sarah's refuge, a purpose built bar behind Royal Lodge where she drinks with friends and staff, seeking advice on what to do next. The one thing Fergie is not sure about is where she will live for the first time in many years, though it will be away from Andrew. Andrew will move to sandring Hand, but there is nothing there for Sarah, so she is unlikely to spend much time there given her security concerns, and move abroad seems unlikely. They are both spending a lot of time alone and it leads to loneliness and soul searching.

2:17 But the one thing that brings them together is their daughters, as they both want to shield them as much as possible. One of the things weighing on Fergie's mind is the future of Sandy and Meck, the Corgies she and Andrew inherited from Queen Elizabeth. The source added. Sarah still thinks Andrew is a good person and will always support him, but she knows her future is away from him. One thing they have also spoken about is the two Corkies. They will definitely be staying in the family and they will probably spend time with both Andrew and Sarah. The dogs won't be split up, so will be with Andrew for a few weeks and then go to Sarah for a spell after that. Sources said Beatrice and Eugenie are extremely worried about their mother. It is no secret that Sarah is not in a good way at the moment.

2:59 The girls are extremely worried about her and making sure they stay in touch. Sarah's older sister Jane has been over from Australia recently to see her, and that was in part to give Sarah moral support. The Inside concluded she has been gripped by a bit of paranoia and feels the weight of the world is on her shoulders. She has raised her fears with Andrew, who was dismissive at first, but is now becoming more worried. He has lost a bit of his arrogance since being stripped of his titles. Sarah is worried about being on her own and what a future security is going to be like. But it might as well be the case that one of her well friends offers her sanctuary, as she needs all the help she can get at the moment. Meanwhile, a leading Church of England vicar has questioned if the late Queen Elizabeth was ignorant of her son Andrew's alleged sexual misconduct. Stephen Kurt asked whether the monarch and her staff had a blind spot over the former prince's behavior.

3:54 In his new book Safeguarding the Institution, Kurt wrote, three years on from the death of Queen elizabethis second, much of the admiration for her strong sense of duty continues. Fairness demands, however, that Elizabeth I receive an equal scrutiny to others in positions of responsibility. Is it really credible that she was entirely ignorant of the activities and certainly the associations of the son to whom she was so close, He continued. If not, was her non action on behalf of the vulnerable compatible with the role of someone so publicly pledged to the service of her people. Should we accept the excuse that she had a blind spot towards the weaknesses of her supposed favorite child and what was the knowledge of the legions of royal staff and others in positions of responsibility equally committed to public service. Kurt said there was a huge value in the revelations about Andrew, which extends to abuse within the Church of England that culminated in the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in November of twenty twenty four. He said, local councils, police forces, the monarchy the Church of England appeared to have similar attitude to safeguarding of the vulnerable. The vicker said, in the most generous interpretation, they have turned a blind eye to abuse and in the harshest they have actively colluded with it. The late Queen would probably have struggled to see any way in which she could or should have played a role in preventing what has happened to and through Prince Andrew or Palaceing just a moment in some rare positive news for the family, Princess Beatrice landed

5:27 a major charity role. Amid the growing scandal. Andrew's eldest daughter has become Deputy Patron of the Outward Bound Trust, an organization encouraging young people to spend time outdoors. She joins her uncle, Prince Edward, who was announced as the Royal patron of the charity at a special event at Saint James's Palace. Beatrice has already been a trustee of the Outward Bound Trust since twenty nineteen, the same year the charity accepted Andrew's resignation as patron following his disastrous Newsnight interview. Andrew himself took on the role from his father, Prince Philip, who was patron for sixty five years, with many believing it was the charity closest to his heart. The timing of Beatrice's appointment is notable, while her father faces congressional testimony requests and spent his days muttering to himself in a crumbling mansion. She's quietly rebuilding connections to institutions that once embraced her family. It's a careful dance, maintaining distance from Andrew's scandals while preserving what royal relevance remains.

6:27 Andrew has been under mounting pressure since his sex abuse. Accused of Virginia Jeffrey renewed claims against him in her posthumous book, Nobody's Goal. Before her suicide in April, The Son on Sunday revealed how Andrew had emailed Epstein saying We're in this together, despite claiming to have cut tires with him. Fergie sent a groveling apology to Epstein in twenty eleven, in which she hailed him as a supreme friend. The Inside had noted no one has much sympathy for Andrew, although his brother Charles and Prince William are quite concerned about him. But Sarah's staff and friends really feel for her at the moment. As the days come down to their parture from Royal Lodge, the image of Andrew padding through empty rooms, ranting to himself while Sarah drowns of fears in the doghouse bar paints a picture of two people whose lives have spectacularly unraveled. The woman who once dreamed of being a duchess now fears dark forces and seeks sanctuary from well held friends. The man who once insisted he couldn't sweat, now mutters alone in corridors, his arrogance finally broken by the removal of titles he believed were his birthright. Their daughters was from London and the Cotswolds, worried about their mother's paranoia and their father's isolation, trying to shield their own children from the wreckage, the Corgies will be shuffled between households, the only innocent parties in this entire sordid mess, and as a vicar publicly questions whether the late Queen turned a blind eye to her favorite son's behavior. The institution that protected Andrew for decades continues its painful reckoning with what that protection cost and there habit. If you like to email us addresses the

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