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<\/p>\nFormer royal butler Paul Burrell has claimed in his new book that royal staff members used to rage about a particular habit of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson shortly after they married<\/p>\n
Liam McInerney Content Editor <\/p>\n
05:00, 10 Feb 2026Updated 11:12, 10 Feb 2026<\/p>\n
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Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reportedly left staff ‘fuming’ over a habit<\/p>\n
A former royal employee says one habit of Sarah Ferguson <\/a>and her ex Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> left staff fuming. Fergie, 66, has been embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein saga over recent weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n In an avalanche of emails released by the Department of Justice in the US, the former Duchess of York asked Epstein to “marry” her<\/a>, offered to show his clients around Buckingham Palace and even took her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie to meet him<\/a>.<\/p>\n She is now said to be living in exile overseas while she considers her options, having vacated Royal Lodge at King Charles<\/a>‘ request.<\/p>\n And, according to former royal butler Paul Burrell<\/a>, trouble had been brewing with Fergie and royal staffers at the very beginning of her introduction into the Firm.<\/p>\n In his memoir The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess, he claimed Andrew was “besotted” by his then-new wife who could “do no wrong”.<\/p>\n Yet, discussion tensions, he said: \u201cBut the staff were up in arms early in the marriage. From the beginning, the royal newlyweds refused to leave their martial bed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe maids weren\u2019t allowed to go into the bedroom to make the bed for days. When the couple did surface, they held lavish dinner, lunch and tea parties with all their friends.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul Burrell and Princess Diana(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n Paul, who worked under Princess Diana<\/a> from 1987 to 1997, claimed this caused issues with exhausted staff members who reportedly preferred sticking to set meal times.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThe kitchen staff were run off their feet. Even the Queen didn\u2019t entertain so extravagantly. The royal chiefs were furious to be making food like it was an \u00e1 la carte restaurant.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were used to serving food to the Queen and the Royal Family<\/a> at set times. It was too much. The staff rebelled and protests were made to the Master of the Household who informed the Queen of her staff\u2019s unhappiness.<\/p>\n \u201cShe had to intervene and put a stop to the lavish gluttony. After all, she despised waste, deciding in advance which food should be cooked for her each day. So why should Andrew and Fergie be different?\u201d<\/p>\n Paul, 67, then claimed Andrew was \u201cnever easy\u201d to get along with, especially for the staff members.<\/p>\n The author, who also wrote A Royal Duty, first worked as a footman to Queen Elizabeth before acting as King Charles\u2019 <\/a>butler. However, he was most famous for being a confidante to Diana.<\/p>\n![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2_GettyImages-157129730.jpg\")
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