Former Prince Andrew arrested; King Charles III reacts

Sarah Ferguson’s whereabouts are unknown following the arrest of her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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On Oct. 30, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal titles. He also evicted him from Royal Lodge after weeks of pressure to act over the former Duke of York’s friendship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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The ex-prince shared the 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle with Ferguson, making it their longtime home.

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“She is leaning on trusted staff members,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard claimed to Fox News Digital in November. “Her nerves are frayed. She is shaken to the core by the loss of her royal safety net. She fears further humiliation and worries that the serious allegations will affect her girls’ standing. The couple’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have distanced themselves from their parents’ scandals.”

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“Sarah has made it well known among her staff and others that she no longer believes in Andrew and is preparing to go her own way after years of loyalty and public defense of her ex-husband,” British royals expert Hilary Fordwich also claimed to Fox News Digital at the time. “She’s described as ‘massively on edge’ and ‘panicking’ about her own future.” 

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The Duchess of York — who divorced Prince Andrew in 1996 — reportedly reached out to Epstein in 2011 after publicly denouncing their friendship during an interview with the Evening Standard. 

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During the interview, Fergusson expressed her “deep regret” and promised to “have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again,” three years after he had been imprisoned for soliciting prostitution from a minor.

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In an alleged email to Epstein following the interview, Ferguson referred to the disgraced sex offender as a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend.”

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In a statement to The Guardian at the time, a representative for Ferguson said she stood by her public condemnation of Epstein.

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“Like many people, she was taken in by [Epstein’s] lies. As soon as she grew to become conscious of the extent of the allegations in opposition to him, she not solely minimize off contact but in addition publicly condemned him, to the extent that he subsequently threatened to sue her for defamation for linking him to pedophilia,” the assertion mentioned. “She didn’t again down from what she mentioned on the time. This e mail was despatched within the context of recommendation the Duchess obtained to mitigate Epstein and his threats.”

A representative for Ferguson did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.