{"id":3264,"date":"2026-05-23T12:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/working-for-manipulative-sarah-ferguson-was-chaotic-claims-royal-author\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:57:57","slug":"working-for-manipulative-sarah-ferguson-was-chaotic-claims-royal-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/working-for-manipulative-sarah-ferguson-was-chaotic-claims-royal-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Working for &#8216;manipulative&#8217; Sarah Ferguson was &#8216;chaotic,&#8217; claims royal author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128410330.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Working for Sarah Ferguson was \u201cabsolutely chaotic,\u201d claims author Andrew Lownie.<\/p>\n<p>One reason chaos ensued was due to the former Duchess\u2019 capricious nature.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Sarah Ferguson, photographed in 2024, was a terrible boss, according to Andrew Lownie, a royal author. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lownie described her as \u201cchaotic\u201d and \u201cmanipulative.\u201d Pictured at her duaghter Eugenie\u2019s wedding in 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lownie claims that staff morale was terrible, with people weeping in bathrooms and quitting after working there for \u201chalf a day. \u201cVery few people stayed, and if they did, \u201cit was a sort of 24-hour-a-day job because she has this extraordinary energy and she would be flying off in different places, not very organized.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ferguson was also allegedly known for wasting food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVarious meals being prepared and then actually not having any of them,\u201d Lownie says, like having a chef prepare a meal and then deciding at the last minute to go out to eat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The former royal, seen here in 2025, would change her plans on a whim. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ferguson, snapped last year in Ascot, would also waste large amounts of food. <span class=\"credit\">Chris Jackson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHuge waste,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cIt\u2019s extraordinary\u2026everything has to be new\u2026Just this Marie Antoinette kind of life, you know, easy come, easy go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, 66, was married to the former Prince Andrew and shares two daughters with him, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.<\/p>\n<p>Her life has been in turmoil since she and her ex were <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/30\/royal-family\/prince-andrew-stripped-of-prince-title-forced-to-move-out-of-royal-home-following-epstein-scandals\/\">stripped of their royal titles<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/02\/royal-family\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-and-sarah-fergusons-eviction-date-from-royal-lodge-revealed\/\">forced to move out of their longtime home<\/a>, Royal Lodge. Despite divorcing in 1996 after ten years of marriage, the couple famously lived in the same mansion, with Ferguson constantly parroting that they were the \u201chappiest divorced couple in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ferguson was married to the former Prince Andrew. They are pictured here in 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The divorced couple shares two daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice. They\u2019re pictured here with their mother in 2009 in Toronto. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February, things got even darker when the former Prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrity-news\/ex-prince-andrew-arrested-following-epstein-files-revelations\/\">arrested on his 66th birthday<\/a> on suspicion of misconduct in public office for allegedly forwarding confidential trade documents to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>There are also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/royal-family\/read-sarah-fergusons-crude-comment-about-daughter-princess-eugenie-in-email-to-jeffrey-epstein\/\">embarrassing emails<\/a> that Ferguson sent to Epstein, in which she pleaded for money and referred to Epstein as a \u201clegend\u201d and quipped, \u201cJust marry me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The royal couple lost their titles in 2025. They are pictured here in 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The former Prince was arrested on his 66th birthday over his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Both Ferguson and the former Prince are prominently featured in the Epstein files. The convicted pedophile was photographed in 2004. <span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lownie describes the former Weight Watchers spokesperson as \u201cvery manipulative,\u201d who was constantly \u201cplaying off people against each other. These people kind of got dragged into her crazy schemes, designing a lingerie range, setting up an artist colony in the Bahamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The author alleges that many of her business proposals were \u201cabout trying to fleece someone out of some money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Ferguson was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/16\/royal-family\/sarah-ferguson-spotted-for-first-time-in-7-months-after-disappearing-amid-jeffrey-epstein-scandal\/\">spotted for the first time in months<\/a> in the Swiss Alps, where she has been hiding out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lownie spoke to Page Six this month from his home in London. <span class=\"credit\">Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cEntitled\u201d will be available on May 26. <span class=\"credit\">William Collins<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFergie has been keeping an incredibly low profile while high up in the Alps,\u201d a source told The Sun. \u201cThe area is absolutely beautiful and it\u2019s very quiet most of the time, so it\u2019s the perfect place for a high-profile figure such as her to lie low when the heat is on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first sighting of the former royal since Sept, 16, 2025, when she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/16\/royal-family\/royal-family-minus-one-senior-member-puts-on-united-front-at-duchess-of-kent-funeral\/\">attended Katharine, the Duchess of Kent\u2019s funeral<\/a> held at London\u2019s Westminster Cathedral.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/23\/royal-family\/working-for-manipulative-sarah-ferguson-was-chaotic-claims-royal-author\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working for Sarah Ferguson was \u201cabsolutely chaotic,\u201d claims author Andrew Lownie. 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