Sarah Ferguson’s possible future in Switzerland after severing ties with £4.25m backup home

Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, recently sold her London accommodation, amid growing calls for the pair to leave their home in Windsor, Royal Lodge

Sarah Ferguson looking sad in a white shirt and leather jacket

mid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, there are growing calls for Prince Andrew to be ousted from his home in Windsor, Royal Lodge. King Charles’ brother has lived there since 2003, when he signed a lease drawn up by the Crown Estate. He currently resides there with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, despite the couple divorcing in 1996. It is unknown where the former Duke of York would reside should he be asked to depart the royal residence, and 66-year-old Sarah has also recently severed ties with what could have been her backup plan.

The mother-of-two is said to have purchased a multi-million-pound property in London in June 2022 and sold it earlier in 2025. Pictures obtained by the Daily Mail show it was a terraced house with Georgian-style sash windows in Belgravia. It was reportedly once separated into two flats but was converted into a single property, and was located close to many of London’s most desirable hotspots. Although it was rather sweet, it was a far cry from the sprawling estate of Royal Lodge.

How did Sarah afford the property?

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Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew have remained friends since their divorce

The MailOnline article reveals that the £4.25 million house was bought outright without the need for a mortgage. It was also stated that the deeds have a clause that the property could not be sold without signatures from Eugenie and Beatrice.

While Sarah still lives with her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, at Royal Lodge Windsor, she has previously admitted that she doesn’t class the £30 million residence as her “home”. Speaking in an interview with The Telegraph, Sarah confessed: “When I’m in the UK I’m lucky enough to stay at Royal Lodge. I wouldn’t call it my home as that would be presumptuous.”

Will Prince Andrew leave Royal Lodge?

In a special episode of A Right Royal Podcast, author Andrew Lownie, who wrote the bestselling book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, said he believes the only way Andrew could leave the property is “voluntarily.” He continued: “Only pressure that could be put on him is how his daughters are treated and maybe if the screws are put on to them, in terms of their future, he might do that.”

Where could Sarah move to?

Andrew told HELLO! in the podcast that going “under the radar” abroad is an option for both Sarah and Andrew, should they leave their current property. “If he is investigated and he goes to prison, that sorts out the Royal Lodge problem. But I think probably he’s being encouraged to go to his palace in Abu Dhabi or to take up a Swiss nationality,” he added.

Referring to their former chalet in Verbier, which they put on the market in 2020, he continued: “I think a stronger possibility is that she goes there [to Switzerland] and he goes somewhere else, possibly without extradition treaties to the United Kingdom. They’ve had this chalet, they have got money – they just sold the houses in Belgravia, so they’ve certainly got various options.”

Where do Sarah Ferguson’s daughters live?

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Beatrice, Sarah and Eugenie together

Princess Beatrice, her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and their two daughters split their time between London and the Cotswolds. In the city, they have a base inside St James’s Palace, and they have a countryside retreat in the Cotswolds, which is perfect for weekends. They also spent lots of time with Edoardo’s son from a former relationship, Christopher Woolf.

Princess Eugenie also has a split living situation with a Portuguese base, thanks to her husband Jack Brooksbank’s job. They also reside at their Kensington Palace home, Ivy Cottage. The couple have two boys together, August and Ernest.