{"id":425480,"date":"2026-05-13T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/425480\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:07:09","slug":"humiliation-for-sarah-ferguson-as-her-19m-former-theatre-collapses-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/425480\/","title":{"rendered":"Humiliation for Sarah Ferguson as her \u00a319m former theatre collapses | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is facing renewed financial jeopardy<\/a> after a theatre investment firm she once led collapsed with losses of \u00a319 million.<\/p>\n

Gate Ventures went into administration in 2020 having haemorrhaged \u00a319 million, with investigators identifying “unexplained” loans totalling more than \u00a3500,000 made during the two years Ferguson was at the helm.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to a May 2026 liquidators’ report seen by The Sun, those conducting the investigation are confident a “substantial recovery” can be secured on behalf of investors who suffered losses.<\/p>\n

A loss in court could saddle Ferguson with substantial legal bills and potentially tip her into bankruptcy \u2014 the latest chapter in a decades-long struggle with debt that stretches back to her separation from Prince Andrew<\/a> in 1996. Her spokesman declined to comment.<\/p>\n

What is Sarah Ferguson’s financial history?<\/p>\n

Emails unsealed earlier this year showed Ferguson had turned to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for financial help, pleading for money to cover her rent and writing:<\/p>\n

“I am at your service. Just marry me.”<\/p>\n

Last October, King Charles moved to remove both Ferguson and Prince Andrew from Royal Lodge, the Windsor Estate property they had shared for years.<\/p>\n

A Belgravia flat she acquired for \u00a34.25 million in 2022 changed hands in 2025 for \u00a33.85 million, crystallising a \u00a3400,000 loss.<\/p>\n

The Sun reported last month that Ferguson has been staying at Mayrlife, a private Alpine wellness retreat in Austria where rooms cost \u00a32,000 a night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is facing renewed financial jeopardy after a theatre investment firm she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,218204,218202,111,139,69,46744,18315,218203],"class_list":["post-425480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-financial-jeopardy","tag-gate-ventures-collapse","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-personal-loans","tag-sarah-ferguson","tag-unexplained-loans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}