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‘Reckless’ Sarah Ferguson:Take a look at her 4.5 million pound debts

Here’s the truth behind how much of Sarah Ferguson’s woes surrounding money are self-inflicted

Published June 03, 2026
‘Reckless’ Sarah Ferguson:Take a look at her 4.5 million pound debts
‘Reckless’ Sarah Ferguson:Take a look at her 4.5 million pound debts

There is a big reason why Sarah Ferguson ended up in debts totaling some exuberant sums, like 4.5 million, according to Andrew Pierce a Daily Mail columnist.

He sat down on with Best Magazine UK’s Suddenly Single podcast when delivering this insight into the state of her finances, the reality behind her recklessness and the extent to which her debts are self-inflicted.

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He started off candidly, right off the bat, saying, “she is a reckless spender. That’s her problem.”

For those unversed, this problem was seen in many an emails exchanged between Fergie and the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

He also posed questions against the ex-Duchess saying, “how did she get debts of 4.5 million pounds?” This amounts to nearly n $6 million today, and prompted Mr Pierce to call it “extraordinary!”

He also said, “she had her own cupcake chef. Every family should have one. And she always took a dresser with her, a hairdresser, a publicist. She just spends — she’s very generous. She buys people very expensive presents, but it’s not her money to buy the present with.”

He even brought attention to her current spending habits which are being reported on by many outlets given her lack of any proper funds coming in.

To make matters worse she’s said to be staying at an Alpine clinic in Austria “[that costs] 2,000 pounds a night.”

Whats more is that the questions just kept on coming and Mr Pierce added, “who’s paying that? Who’s paying the bill?”

Most likely “it won’t be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor [paying her bills] because he’s going to have to conserve every penny he’s got for his legal costs, if he’s taken to court, because he may yet be,” he admitted. This comes amid calls for Andrew to appear in front of U.S. courts weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice released emails suggesting he passed sensitive government documents to Epstein.

After all, as Mr Pierce puts it “he’s been arrested. He may be prosecuted for improper conduct in public life. He may be prosecuted for allegedly giving privileged information to wealthy people like Jeffrey Epstein. And he’s really down on his luck. I mean, he’s living in a five-bedroom house,” after all he said before signing off. 

H. Anjum
H. Anjum is a News Editor at The News International (Digital) with over five years of newsroom experience. She is a media graduate specialising in British royal coverage, reporting on monarchies, traditions, and modern royal life. She also writes on fashion, movies and TV shows with contemporary relevance for a global audience.
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