Amid speculation that Sarah Ferguson might be heading to Portugal when she is evicted from Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, I can reveal that there could be another – closer-to-home – option for the former duchess.
Princess Beatrice has recently had the ‘granny annexe’ at her £3.5 million Cotswolds estate completely renovated, which could prove the perfect base for soon-to-be-homeless Fergie.
The former cattle shed had been converted into accommodation by the previous owners before Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi bought the property in 2021.
But neighbours reveal the one-bedroom annexe, across a cypress-lined courtyard from the six-bedroom main house, has recently been gutted and refitted with new doors and windows – in Cotswolds green, of course.
‘The granny annexe seems to be ready to move into now,’ says my source. ‘It’d be perfect for Fergie, wouldn’t it? The stonework has all been repointed, the gutters renovated, the woodwork nicely painted. It has its own entrance.
‘Just today, the road was blocked for a delivery of propane gas bottles for the annexe. That coincided with the first cold snap of winter.
So, clearly, the arrival of someone is imminent. It may not look like much of a palace on the outside, but I bet it’s stunning inside.’
And a cosy spot in the fashionable Cotswolds is surely a brighter option for Fergie than desolate Sandringham in Norfolk, where former husband Andrew is apparently heading.
Princess Beatrice (left) and Sarah Ferguson attend The Lady Garden Gala on December 6, 2022
Caprice checks out of her pad
Former model Caprice is bidding farewell to her £12 million home in London.
The gargantuan six-bedroom pad comes with some rather interesting features, including all-white furnishings, a jacuzzi and an S&M-style swing that dangles from the ceiling.
I imagine those walls have secrets: the house used to be a private members’ club and was featured on ITV’s Celebrity Homes with Abbey Clancy.
Former model Caprice Bourret attends the Echo Valley European Premiere at the BFI Southbank on June 10, 2025
Sabrina’s revenge is so transparent
Did Lady Sabrina Percy take a leaf out of Princess Diana’s book?
The aristo last week attended the Cartier Ball in this see-through Norma Kamali frock.
Coming after she and pizza heir Phineas Page ended their four-year marriage, it looks very much like a revenge dress!
Lady Sabrina Percy wears a sheer black dress to the 35th Cartier Racing Awards on November 19, 2025
Look, it’s Catherine Zebra Jones!
Are they go-faster stripes?
Catherine Zeta-Jones was race ready when she pulled up to this weekend’s F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas in zebra-striped trousers.
The actress was joined by a string of A-listers, including her husband Michael Douglas, chef Gordon Ramsay and supermodel Naomi Campbell.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband Michael Douglas during the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas on November 21, 2025
If you fancy stepping into Poppy Delevingne’s used Jimmy Choos, Jeremy Corbyn’s battered brogues or Ronnie Wood’s worn-in trainers, then you’re in luck!
A-listers have donated second-hand shoes for an auction for children’s charity Small Steps Project on Friday.
I hear Romeo Beckham and his on-off girlfriend Kim Turnbull are firmly back on, and so smitten with each other that they’ve started hunting for their own place in Notting Hill.
The couple had split in April amid tensions caused by the wider Beckham family drama involving older brother Brooklyn and his wife Nicola.
But I’m told former footballer Romeo has now started telling friends that his trendy DJ girlfriend is ‘the one’.
Romeo Beckham and his on-off girlfriend Kim Turnbull attend Gabriel Moses: Selah Opening Reception on March 27, 2025
Has Anais Gallagher had enough of being ‘sober curious’?
I ask because the daughter of Oasis star Noel, who usually nurses a 0% Guinness, was last week snapped cradling a glass of wine while on tour with her father in Argentina.
Anais, 25, had also ditched her usual grunge look for a raunchier, thigh-skimming, aqua Peachy Den dress. She’s electric!
Anais Gallagher holds a glass of wine while wearing an aqua Peachy Den dress while on tour with her father in Argentina
My lips are sealed, but…
Which Hollywood actress had to be escorted out of a swanky spot in Notting Hill after acting ‘deranged’ and attempting to smoke in the loos?
