By Molly Claire Goddard
1:27pm PST, Dec 17, 2025
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According to
Andrew Lownie's new book,
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, Sarah Ferguson's mom, Susan Barrantes, publicly slammed her daughter's ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, before her 1998 death. "He's a good-looking boy and has a heart of gold to the point where he would be without any money himself to help someone, but he just hasn't got any character… absolutely none," she reportedly
told Italian magazine
Gente.
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Susan Barrantes believed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's behavior led to his 1996 divorce from Sarah Ferguson. "If only he had character, perhaps his marriage wouldn't have broken up," she told the publication.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is still creating chaos for Sarah Ferguson after all these years. Due to their friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, both were stripped of their royal titles and evicted from Royal Lodge. The former couple resided in the mansion together since 2008 despite their divorce. The former Duchess of York was also dropped from numerous charities and had the publication of her children's book canceled.
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In the aftermath of their downfall, Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are figuring out what's next. "She is particularly fearful for Andrew as she knows he was at the center of the [Jeffrey] Epstein scandal," a source told
The Sun. "She has talked about 'dark forces' potentially targeting him. It is probably far-fetched, but she is scared and massively on edge."
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Not only does Sarah Ferguson worry about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but she also doesn't want her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, to spiral over the scandal. "She fears being caught in the crosshairs and is worried about herself and her and Andrew's daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie," the source claimed.
