An insider has said Andrew and Fergie could come out of hiding for their first royal event since the King dramatically stripped them of their titles
08:09, 07 Dec 2025Updated 09:31, 07 Dec 2025
Andrew and Fergie are set to attend their first royal event, following their fallout, this week(Image: Getty Images)
Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson are expected to step out for their first royal event since their fall from grace.
The pair dramatically had their royal titles removed and are being kicked out of their 30-bedroom Royal Lodge home, where they have lived for two decades. Andrew and Fergie were exiled from the Royal Family amid the controversy surrounding their relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former Duke and Duchess of York are expected to attend the christening of their granddaughter on Friday at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace.
Princess Beatrice, 37, and her husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi, 42, will reportedly baptise their second daughter Athena in front of close friends and family at the royal palace next week.
The disgraced ex-royals are expected to attend the christening of their daughter Princess Beatrice’s second child(Image: Getty Images)READ MORE: Royal Family LIVE: Prince Harry take swipe at Royals in new speechREAD MORE: Royal Family LIVE: Meghan’s dad loses leg after life-saving surgery
This would be the first royal event the disgraced pair have attended since their dramatic fall from grace when King Charles stripped them of their royal titles, amid their links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Both Andrew and Sarah have consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Princess Beatrice, the couple’s older daughter, is said to have maintained a close relationship with mum Fergie amid the fallout but allegedly has a more strained relationship with her dad.
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have two children together(Image: Getty Images)
One source, according to the Daily Mail, said: “It’s going to be a royal occasion but everyone is dreading the thought of seeing Andrew there.”
An insider added: “Beatrice has, of course invited her father. But things are not warm between them. However, she’s worried about him.
“He’s going through a low ebb with his mental health and she recognises that he dotes on his grandchildren and it would be cruel to deprive him of the chance to attend the christening. Some careful conversations and diplomacy with King Charles will have taken place to get to this stage.”
Fergie has allegedly considered fleeing the UK amid the fallout over the Epstein scandal, as invitations and work opportunities have reportedly dried up in the UK.
She is reportedly eyeing up a guest suite at a £3.6 million luxury oceanfront villa in Portugal that is owned by her daughter Princess Eugenie and her businessman husband Jack Brooksbank, a close friend claimed.