Meghan Markleand Prince Harry are reportedly bracing for fresh turbulence in California as speculation mounts that Sarah Ferguson could cash in with a tell‑all memoir that exposes private moments from their royal exit.

The latest anxiety around Meghan, Harry, and Sarah follows months of rumour that the former Duchess of York has been sounding out publishers about a lucrative book deal, amid reports of money worries and the loss of her remaining royal patronage.

Ferguson, who spent decades orbiting the inner sanctum of the Windsors, has already written children's books and a semi‑autobiographical novel, but royal commentators now suggest she is being courted for something far more combustible: a first‑person account of life inside the family after Prince Andrew's disgrace and the Sussexes' departure.

At the heart of the concern is not simply the prospect of another royal memoir but the possibility of a competing version of events that challenges the carefully curated story Meghan and Harry have already sold to the world. Since stepping down as working royals in 2020 and moving to the United States, the couple have turned their experience into a commercially successful narrative through a Netflix docuseries, a Spotify podcast deal and Harry's bestselling memoirSpare. Those projects painted their exit as a necessary escape from a hostile institution and press pack, and the Palace's decision not to engage publicly left the Sussex account largely unchallenged.

American commentator Kinsey Schofield, who hostsKinsey Schofield Unfiltered, told Sky News she believes that is exactly why any Ferguson book worries them. 'I think the Sussexes are likely scared of an alternative version of events coming out,' she said, arguing that they have effectively monetised a one‑sided story. In other words, if Ferguson starts telling tales from Windsor drawing rooms and Windsor gardens, the couple would lose their near‑monopoly on the inside track.​​

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Schofield went further, pointing to the personal ties that could make Fergie's perspective especially awkward for Meghan and Harry. At least one of Ferguson's daughters, widely understood to be Princess Eugenie, 'stayed especially close to Harry throughout the breakdown of the relationship with the family,' she noted. Eugenie also lived at Frogmore Cottage, the Sussexes' former Windsor home, during the pandemic, giving Ferguson a potential line of sight into the couple's domestic life and their thinking at a moment when relations with the Palace were turning toxic.​​

None of this is confirmed. There is, at this stage, no signed contract, no publication date and no manuscript. Everything rests on anonymously sourced briefings, TV pundit speculation and the long‑running cottage industry of people guessing which royal will write the next big book. In that sense, readers should treat the idea of a Ferguson tell‑all and the extent of the Sussexes' fear with a degree of caution.​

If Meghan and Harry are indeed nervous, it is not hard to see why publishers would find Sarah attractive. She married into the family in the 1980s, navigated divorce, scandal and semi‑exile, and now finds herself financially stretched, her ex‑husband Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor mired in disgrace over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Journalist Amanda Platell recently described her as a 'very dangerous woman' because desperation and decades of accumulated anecdotes make for a highly combustible mix.

Platell has argued thatFergusonmay already have the raw material to cause trouble, in the form of diaries kept during her time in the Royal Family. She suggested streaming platforms and publishers would 'pay a king's ransom' for access, particularly if the book delves into Ferguson's reported links with Epstein and the internal fallout from Harry and Meghan's exit. Another royal watcher, Tom Sykes, has claimed that Ferguson could seek a 'big money deal' that includes behind‑the‑scenes conversations about how the Sussex split was handled at court.

Source: International Business Times UK