Sarah Ferguson has suffered a professional setback as she attempts to move forward with her business ventures amid the ongoing scandal surrounding her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s royal title removal.
Her latest children’s book, Flora And Fern: Kindness Along The Way, was initially postponed and has now been quietly withdrawn from sale.
According to analytics firm NielsenIQ Book Data, the title has been officially “withdrawn from sale” at the request of the publisher Frontier Publishing, the firm told the BBC.
Writing has long been a primary source of income for Ferguson, 66, following her divorce from Prince Andrew in 1996.
The former Duchess of York has published more than 70 books across numerous genres, including fiction, memoirs, and children’s literature.
Among her most popular works are Budgie the Little Helicopter, Little Red, and Her Heart for a Compass.
Flora And Fern was originally scheduled for release on October 9.
Trade outlet The Bookseller reported the release had been delayed, with Amazon later listing a new publication date of November 20.
The book now appears to have been pulled entirely.
This setback is the latest in a string of blows for Ferguson.
Alongside her ex-husband, formerly the Prince Andrew, Duke of York, she has been stripped of her royal title of Duchess of York, as well as all supplementary titles.
She will now be known simply as Sarah Ferguson, and is being removed from the Royal Lodge, her longtime home where she lived rent-free with Andrew for nearly three decades.
Ferguson has also lost television appearances.
She was recently dropped from ITV programs This Morning and Loose Women after a 2011 email surfaced in which she issued a “grovelling apology” to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The email resurfaced following renewed scrutiny of Epstein’s associates and prompted several charities to sever ties with Ferguson.
A spokesperson for Ferguson explained the apology was sent in fear that Epstein might sue her for defamation, rather than being reflective of her true feelings toward the disgraced financier, who died in jail in August 2019.
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