Beyond the financial compensation. she is said to have been offered a long list of additional benefits. Lownie notes on his Substack that these included access to the company’s private jet for travel within Europe. first-class flights elsewhere. luxury hotel stays with meals covered. limousine transport. an assistant. security. plus full professional styling and make-up support. The agreement also required strict confidentiality.

During that period. Lownie explains that Ferguson and Brink had become close because both faced similar pressures involving public image and media attention.

In other developments. Sarah lost the use of her courtesy title “Duchess of York” earlier in October and resumed her birth name. Sarah Ferguson. Her former husband. Prince Andrew. had his remaining titles and honours withdrawn on 6 November by King Charles III after renewed scrutiny surrounding his past association with Jeffrey Epstein.

Their daughters. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. keep their titles. as these are protected under the 1917 Letters Patent issued by King George V. Their positions in the line of succession also remain the same. with Andrew listed as eighth. Beatrice ninth. and Eugenie twelfth.

It has also been reported that Beatrice has recently taken on a new role within the family’s broader activities following the changes affecting her father.