Overview
- Henshall’s memoir The Showgirl and the Prince is due on July 16 and draws on diaries and letters to recount a five-year relationship with Prince Edward while both worked in West End theatre.
- She says she informed Edward about the book before publication and that they remain on friendly terms, speaking by phone two to three times a year and exchanging birthday calls.
- Henshall has publicly cut off contact with Sarah Ferguson, citing disappointment over leaked emails that showed Ferguson had private communications with Jeffrey Epstein and that later cost Ferguson patronages and business ties.
- The book and recent interviews include candid personal and sexual details of the relationship and warm memories of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, which Henshall says she shared respectfully.
- The memoir and Henshall’s public break with Ferguson extend scrutiny of people close to the royal family and raise renewed questions about where private memory, public interest, and reputational harm should meet.