Sarah Ferguson’s ‘Chaotic’ and ‘Manipulative Behavior’ Left Her Staffers in Tears Before They Would Quit
There have been plenty of stories over the years about how some demanding royals are extremely difficult to work for.
For example, when King Charles was still the Prince of Wales, his staffers gave him the nickname “The Pampered Prince” because he did not lift a finger and had everything–including putting toothpaste on his toothbrush— done for him. His brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, meanwhile, reportedly threw a fit like a child if teddy bears weren’t arranged properly on his bed. And before that, Queen Elizabeth II’s sister, Princess Margaret, spent much of her life ordering her staff around and using them as human ashtrays.
Some of the women who married into the royal family were described as awful to work for as well. You may remember the numerous stories about Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, being labeled as a “demon boss” who everyone is “terrified of” and “barks out orders” like a “dictator in high heels.”
Well, we’re now hearing that Sarah Ferguson wasn’t exactly the bubbly and fun-loving royal wife she came off as for years. Her former staffers are now revealing that the former Duchess of York wasn’t easy to work with either, leading to tears and plenty of turnover.
According to biographer Andrew Lownie, who wrote the book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, members of Sarah’s staff claimed that working under her was very “chaotic” because “she couldn’t make up her mind. She changed her mind at the last minute.”
The author told Page Six that “the staff morale was terrible, with people weeping in bathrooms and quitting after working with her for half a day. It was a sort of 24-hour-a-day job because she has this extraordinary energy, and she would be flying off in different places, not very organized.”
He added that many times various meals were prepared for her but she wouldn’t have any of them, explaining that a chef would cook a whole meal and then Sarah would decide at the last minute to go out to eat.
“Huge waste, it’s extraordinary,” Lowne reiterated. “Just this Marie Antoinette kind of life, you know, easy come, easy go.”
