Author Andrew Lownie, who wrote Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, claims Ferguson is weighing up a commercial return through a major publishing deal. He indicated that any memoir would likely be carefully managed, avoiding deeply damaging claims about the monarchy in order to safeguard the positions of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie within royal circles.
“The one pressure they have over her is the daughters,” Lownie told News.com.au.
“If she doesn’t think to really upset them [British royal family], then the daughters will lose their Christmas invitation to Sandringham, possibly their titles etc and that’s how they’re making their money now.
“Every time [a member of the York family] go to Sandringham, their value in the Middle East goes up.
“So, I think she’s going to accept that it’s a relay race, and the daughters have picked up the baton.”
A Calculated Comeback
Lownie suggested Ferguson may see telling her version of events as both financially rewarding and helpful in rebuilding her public image.
“I suspect a publisher will commission it and I suspect for lots of money, and I suspect she will give a big sit-down interview and make lots of money,” he said.