Sarah Ferguson is reportedly being lined up for a tell-all television interview as she prepares to return to Britain in the coming days, following the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The 66-year-old former Duchess of York has allegedly been approached with numerous interview requests from around the world.
Royal author Andrew Lownie told the Daily Mail that Ferguson has already declined a $1 million offer for an exclusive interview in the United States, reportedly in pursuit of a more lucrative deal. Sources indicate she is considering multiple proposals, but intends to share her story only with someone she knows well.
Ferguson has spent the last seven months living abroad, with reported sightings in Switzerland and Austria. She is said to be renting a six-bedroom house in a gated community in the Home Counties, with a monthly rent of £10,000. A source told The Sun that Ferguson has been "bombarded with requests from all over the world to do sit-down interviews, especially with the big streamers, to tell her side of the story" and is currently "looking at her options."
This development comes shortly after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to the UK with their family. A source close to Ferguson suggested that with attention focused on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, she hopes to "slip back under the radar."
Removal vans were observed collecting Ferguson's belongings from the Sandringham home of her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Both Andrew and Ferguson had their royal titles removed last October by King Charles due to public scrutiny surrounding the former Duke of York's association with Epstein. Ferguson was evicted from Royal Lodge, where she and Andrew had lived for 18 years, in February of this year.
Ferguson's spokesperson has previously stated that she has expressed regret for her association with Epstein and publicly condemns him. The spokesperson also noted that Epstein had threatened to sue her for defamation over associating him with pedophilia.
During her time in Europe, Ferguson was seen at a spa in Austria and at a chalet in Verbier, Switzerland, reportedly owned by her late former lover Paddy McNally. Meanwhile, Andrew remains under police investigation regarding his links to Epstein, having been arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, which he denies.
In 2011, Ferguson hosted "Finding Sarah," a six-part documentary series on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network.