Sarah Ferguson has confided in her two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, since her departure from the royal lodge over the Epstein connection.
Fergie, 66, allegedly uses Princess Beatrice’s credit card after splitting from Andrew for her lavish spending amid the crisis.
Beatrice’s wise decision reportedly protected her mother from stress and depression amid public scrutiny and downfall.
The 66-year-old, who has seen her reputation in tatters over her connection to the late sex offender, has been described as “chaotic” by a former employee in Royal author Andrew Lownie’s “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York”.
A passage from the updated book said: “The assistant and other staff members had trouble getting paid and often had to buy things with their own credit cards.”
“Sarah herself was constantly using Beatrice’s credit card and paying a psychic in cigarettes.”
Beatrice and Eugenie were “embarrassed” by their mother’s antics.
A former royal aide told Lownie that Beatrice, 37, and her younger sister Eugenie, 36, were “very much under their mother’s control but embarrassed by their behaviour”.
The book further alleges that Andrew’s ex-wife “rarely paid for anything” and instead relied on wealthy friends for hospitality and security arrangements.
