Overview

• A new report details a co-dependent relationship in which the Duke and Duchess of York share costs, staff, advisers and day‑to‑day resources.
• Sources quoted by Heat Magazine suggest the pair are tied together largely for financial reasons, with Andrew providing security and connections that support Ferguson’s projects.
• Calls for their removal from Royal Lodge have grown in recent coverage, and an insider speculates they would seek to live together elsewhere if forced to leave.
• Separate reporting says Andrew has been consoling and advising Ferguson, with their joint appearance at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral on September 16 presented as a show of unity.
• Biographer Andrew Lownie questions Ferguson’s ability to recover from the scandal, while her representative says the 2011 email followed a menacing threat from Jeffrey Epstein and was meant to protect her daughters.