Overview
- Her representative, in a statement to People on Sunday, said she declined a corgi‑cloning reality show pitch after initial talks with Halcyon Studios and had no plan to monetise the dogs.
- The Mail on Sunday reported on Saturday that producers in May 2023 discussed a series and drafted a synopsis in which Ferguson would found “The Queen’s Corgis” to clone the pets and sell the replicas.
- Ferguson’s spokesman also told the Mail she never progressed discussions and withdrew, while multiple outlets amplified the report and a royal commentator called the concept grotesque.
- Pet cloning is legal for commercial use in the US but effectively restricted to research in the UK, and the process often requires multiple failed attempts that can produce abnormalities, with US clones reportedly selling for up to £75,000.
- Ferguson and her ex‑husband, Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor, took in Muick and Sandy after the Queen’s death in 2022, and coverage ties the 2023 pitch talks to reports of financial strain and renewed scrutiny over Epstein‑related matters.