Overview
- Multiple reports this week say Ferguson has returned to the UK and taken a six‑bedroom Home Counties property reported to cost about £10,000 a month.
- Her move follows months abroad after she and Andrew were evicted from Royal Lodge and she spent time in Switzerland, Portugal and other locations.
- Regulators are examining charities and failed commercial ventures connected to Ferguson and Princess Eugenie, including the vVoosh start‑up and payments tied to Gate Ventures.
- Paddy McNally’s July death has prompted media speculation that Ferguson may have received financial help from wealthy contacts, though some accounts say she was left nothing.
- Journalists and royal commentators say her return raises the prospect she could be asked to give evidence or documents in inquiries linked to Epstein disclosures and the probe into Andrew, and it also increases reputational pressure on her daughters.