Sarah Ferguson’s Secret Swiss Hideaway Revealed Af...

Sarah Ferguson’s Secret Swiss Hideaway Revealed After Royal Lodge Eviction — And the Shocking Death That Changes Everything

After months of speculation and reports that she was effectively homeless following her forced departure from Royal Lodge, Sarah Ferguson’s current whereabouts have finally come to light. The former Duchess of York has been staying at a luxurious £15 million chalet in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier belonging to her former boyfriend, Formula One tycoon Paddy McNally — who died earlier this week at the age of 88.

Ferguson, 66, and her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lived together for years at the 30-room Royal Lodge on the Windsor Great Park estate, even after their 1996 divorce. That arrangement ended after Andrew was stripped of his royal titles and later arrested in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The pair were ordered to vacate the property, with Andrew eventually moving to a residence on the Sandringham Estate. Ferguson was left without a permanent home of her own.

In the months that followed, she kept an extremely low profile. Reports described her as staying with friends and struggling to find stable accommodation, particularly after emails linking her to Epstein became public. She has remained abroad and has not returned to the United Kingdom while investigations continue.

According to those close to the situation, McNally stepped in and offered her refuge at his eight-bedroom Verbier property, known as Les Gais Lutins. The pair dated for three years in the early 1980s, before Ferguson married Andrew in 1986. Although their romantic relationship ended, they maintained a close friendship over the following four decades. Sources say McNally “always looked after” Ferguson and “never abandoned her,” even allowing her to stay at the chalet in his final days as he battled a long-term illness.

McNally, a former racing driver and successful motorsport businessman with a reported net worth in the hundreds of millions, had longstanding ties to Verbier. He hosted high-profile gatherings at the chalet in earlier decades. His death comes just two months after the sudden passing of his son Sean. Ferguson is understood to have been staying at the property during this period of personal and public upheaval.

She is currently keeping a low profile, remaining in contact with her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Eugenie is expecting her third child, and Ferguson is said to be awaiting that news while staying out of the public eye. Friends describe her as focused on moving forward independently rather than seeking any royal housing provision.

The revelation of her Swiss sanctuary ends months of uncertainty about where the former duchess had gone after losing the home she had shared with Andrew for so long. With McNally’s recent death, questions now turn to what her next chapter will look like — whether she remains in Switzerland, returns closer to her family in Britain, or finds a new permanent base. For now, the woman once known as the free-spirited Duchess of York continues her quiet retreat in the Alps, far from the scrutiny that followed the collapse of life at Royal Lodge.