Author Andrew Lownie, who wrote Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, claims Ferguson is weighing up a commercial return through a major publishing deal. He indicated that any memoir would likely be carefully managed, avoiding deeply damaging claims about the monarchy in order to safeguard the positions of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie within royal circles.
“The one pressure they have over her is the daughters,” Lownie told News.com.au.
“If she doesn’t think to really upset them [British royal family], then the daughters will lose their Christmas invitation to Sandringham, possibly their titles etc and that’s how they’re making their money now.
“Every time [a member of the York family] go to Sandringham, their value in the Middle East goes up.
“So, I think she’s going to accept that it’s a relay race, and the daughters have picked up the baton.”
A Calculated Comeback
Lownie suggested Ferguson may see telling her version of events as both financially rewarding and helpful in rebuilding her public image.
“I suspect a publisher will commission it and I suspect for lots of money, and I suspect she will give a big sit-down interview and make lots of money,” he said.
While he expressed doubt that the memoir would contain bombshell revelations on the scale of Prince Harry’s Spare, he argued that even scepticism from readers would not necessarily hurt sales.
“People won’t believe it, but they will still buy it.”
Renewed Scrutiny on the Yorks
The speculation over a memoir comes as Ferguson and her former husband, Prince Andrew, face renewed attention following the latest US Department of Justice document releases connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Both have been mentioned repeatedly in correspondence contained within the unsealed files, prompting fresh media focus.
Recent reports have also indicated the couple quietly left Royal Lodge in Windsor for a cottage on the King’s Sandringham estate. According to the Daily Mail, the move followed discussions between King Charles and Prince William as public pressure mounted.
At the same time, Ferguson is said to be reassessing her public relations strategy amid the heightened scrutiny.
Lownie has previously alleged that the duchess shared a particularly close relationship with Epstein, even claiming in earlier interviews that she had been “madly in love” with the convicted sex offender — assertions that have added to the controversy.
Buckingham Palace has not commented on the possibility of a memoir.
If it proceeds, the book would represent Ferguson’s most significant attempt yet to reshape her story, arriving at a time when the House of York once again finds itself under intense global attention.
