By Molly Claire Goddard
9:38am PST, Nov 6, 2025
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According to
David Leigh and
Vasso Kortesis's book
Duchess of York: Uncensored, Sarah Ferguson allegedly began a secret relationship with American businessman
Steve Wyatt in 1989 while married to
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. "Steve Wyatt was the main reason for the breakdown of her marriage," the authors
claimed. "She met him at a time of her life when she was exceptionally low and felt Andrew wasn't supporting her. She went to Texas and she met a very handsome and rich Texan who was very attentive and loving and they very quickly fell in love. Andrew may have been her best friend, and he probably still is now and probably always will be, but Steve Wyatt was the love life of her life."
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The tell-all alleged Sarah Ferguson's supposed romance with Steve Wyatt happened three years after she wed Andrew Mountbatten Windsor — one year after she gave birth to Princess Beatrice, and right before she delivered Princess Eugenie.
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The alleged affair between Sarah Ferguson and Steve Wyatt came to a halt when the Texan became engaged to Cate Magennis, the book claimed. The former Duchess of York reportedly told a friend: "'I can't have the man I love because he's getting married. What's the matter with me? Why didn't he marry me?"
Ferguson never publicly commented on the rumors.
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson separated in 1992 before their 1996 divorce. "My deal was that I was marrying my man, who happened to be a prince and a naval officer," the mother of two said in a 2010
interview about the former Duke of York's job ruining their relationship. "But what I got was not the man. I got the palace and didn't get him. For our marriage, I saw him 40 days a year."
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Despite breaking up decades ago, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson lived together at Royal Lodge until they were recently forced out. The former couple both lost their titles and were evicted from the property due to their ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
