It’s been a busy week for royal news and this week’s Lownie Report Podcast looks at the return of Sarah Ferguson and the extent to which it has been planned with precision by the former Duchess to coincide with the Sussex circus and the growing disquiet around a King who increasingly seems unable or unwilling to keep his family under control.
I discuss why I think it’s likely that Sarah Ferguson has done a deal that ensures she will not face charges and why this could spell very bad news for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
I also covered Fergie’s relationship with her daughters and sons-in-law and why the ‘tripod’, as she calls herself, Beatrice and Eugenie, have all distanced themselves from Andrew, mainly to try and preserve their own business sidelines and so the York sisters can hang on to their lucrative royal titles. It may also be that the daughters genuinely are disgusted by their father’s alleged actions.
As I pointed out though, Fergie can hardly claim to have the same distaste given her deep friendship with Epstein and her associations with convicted paedophile Peter Nygard and the now-jailed P Diddy. Relationships that run counter to the reputation she cultivated as a champion of trafficked women.
I also covered the news that an alleged victim of Andrew, who was trafficked to Royal Lodge and then given a tour of Buckingham Palace, is now considering talking to the police. This is encouraging news and may help inspire other victims to come forward.
However, briefing that the investigation into Mandelson may be about to be dropped due to insufficient evidence and a lack of cooperation from the US Justice Department is less encouraging. Especially given how clear-cut and damning the evidence already in the public domain seems to be.
We also discussed what may be about to be revealed in the upcoming unsealing of the libel case between Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell, which I believe could be highly significant for both Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
Finally we looked at the revelations about King Charles in the Sunday Times this week and why the King increasingly looks weak in his handling of the Yorks and the Sussexes and to be captain of a ship that is beginning to look rudderless.
