During a tumultuous time in their marriage, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew found themselves embroiled in a scandal that rocked the royal family. Despite sharing a bedroom, the couple was reportedly living separate lives, with Ferguson allegedly carrying on an affair with her business adviser, John Bryan.

John Bryan, who was helping Ferguson with her children’s book project, Budgie the Helicopter, was said to have stayed in the house with the couple without Andrew’s knowledge. This revelation came to light as Andrew was stripped of his royal titles due to his association with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

According to insiders quoted in Andrew Lownie’s book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, Ferguson’s reaction when confronted by Queen Elizabeth II about her affair was described as peculiar. The source claimed that Ferguson seemed to believe she had done no wrong, shifting the blame onto the photographers and newspapers who had published the scandalous pictures.