{"id":299597,"date":"2026-02-19T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299597\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:14:07","slug":"troubled-sarah-ferguson-needs-money-more-than-ex-prince-andrew-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299597\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Troubled\u2019 Sarah Ferguson Needs Money More Than Ex-Prince Andrew \u2014 Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh questions are emerging about the finances of Sarah Ferguson and her former husband, ex-Prince Andrew. During a recent royal commentary segment, experts weighed in on who may be feeling the greater financial pressure following a series of public setbacks<\/a>. While Andrew has reportedly begun receiving a state pension, one royal biographer claims it is Ferguson who may be in more urgent need of the money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ex-Prince Andrew may not need pension money, but Sarah Ferguson does, says expert<\/p>\n

The debate emerged during an episode of\u00a0\u201cThe Sun\u2019s Royal Exclusive<\/a>,\u201d where royal editor Matt Wilkinson discussed the former Duke and Duchess of York\u2019s finances with journalist Samara Gill and royal expert Andrew Lownie. During the conversation, Wilkinson noted that Andrew has now reached pension age and is reportedly eligible to receive a state pension of about \u00a37,000 annually, earned through national insurance contributions during his years in the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n

The host questioned whether Andrew should accept the payment or donate it to charity, pointing out that King Charles reportedly offers his own state pension to charitable causes. Gill suggested that while charities could benefit from such a gesture, she believes Andrew \u201cprobably needs it.\u201d She argued that the financial support he previously received from royal sources was \u201cnever enough\u201d to sustain what she described as his extravagant lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Gill further claimed it would be revealing to see how he manages without that level of backing, alleging that he may still be \u201cgrasping at what he can\u201d from royal connections. She added that, in her personal view, he should not receive a pension at all.<\/p>\n

Lownie, meanwhile, offered a different perspective. He said he does not believe claims that Andrew is without financial resources, pointing to what he described as ongoing business connections abroad. Instead, Lownie argued that Ferguson may be in a more precarious position, stating plainly: \u201cShe needs the money.\u201d According to him, Ferguson has \u201ckind of spent it\u201d and may now be facing financial strain.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Gill alleged that if Ferguson were to feel \u201cvulnerable and broke,\u201d she could potentially monetize her insider knowledge of royal life. \u201cShe knows where the skeletons are,\u201d Gill said, suggesting that interviews or tell-all projects could become an option if finances tighten further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh questions are emerging about the finances of Sarah Ferguson and her former husband, ex-Prince Andrew. During a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,231,59594,10943,10938],"class_list":{"0":"post-299597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-lifestyle-news","14":"tag-prince-andrew","15":"tag-sarah-ferguson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}