Beatrice and Eugenie Are Allegedly ‘Begging’ Fergie Not to Release a ‘Nightmare’ Tell-All Memoir
The York family may have survived years of tabloid scrutiny, but a new storm is allegedly brewing within – and it’s one Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are desperate to avoid. Rumors are swirling that Sarah Ferguson is preparing to release a ‘nightmare’ tell-all memoir. Her daughters, however, are reportedly fearing the book could bring 'disaster' to their hard-won standing within the Royal Family. While the girls’ father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has spent the last year further distanced from the Crown, the sisters have successfully navigated the fallout, maintaining a presence at key royal events like Christmas at Sandringham. Now, they fear their mother’s pen might undo the progress.
The proposed memoir is expected to delve deeper into the ‘demise’ of Ferguson’s marriage to the disgraced royal. Insiders suggest the book won’t just be a trip down memory lane but a repository for “tons of dirty secrets” that have remained hidden for decades. According to a Palace source speaking to the National Examiner, the stakes couldn’t be higher. While Fergie may feel she has a story to tell, the insider warns, "Writing a tell-all that could result in disaster for the whole family." The source also opined that while the former Duchess has to be careful of retaliation from her former husband, she still intends to go into gritty details of their relationship, a move that Beatrice and Eugenie are ‘begging’ her to reconsider.
This doesn’t come as a huge surprise. The York sisters had a front-row seat to the consequences of royal memoirs. Having watched the aftermath of their cousin Prince Harry’s tell-all Spare, the sisters are reportedly terrified of a repeat performance. To tackle the controversies, Beatrice and Eugenie are said to have followed a unique strategy.
According to royal biographer Robert Jobson, the sisters are being ‘smart’ by prioritizing their relationship with King Charles over their parents’ public dramas. Regarding their choice to spend the holiday season with the monarch and wider Royal Family, Jobson told PEOPLE, “They did the right thing. Showing loyalty to King Charles and to the Crown. He continued, "It's easy to say this is a snub, but they would say, 'I'm a royal princess, I'm in line to the throne, I have been invited to attend the King's Christmas celebrations, and you don't turn down the King's invitation.' If you have an invitation, you go. It's not an invitation – it's a command, really.”
For Eugenie and Beatrice, the main goal at this point is stability. Because of this, the royal author suggests they are actively trying to distance themselves from the ‘drama’ that their parents 'unfortunately’ tend to bring into their lives. He points out, "They've found love and happiness in their lives. They have families themselves. That's what they really want to focus on." Whether Ferguson will heed her daughter’s warnings or proceed with the bombshell publication remains to be seen. But Beatrice and Eugenie surely think some secrets are better left in the vault.