It’s very likely that Prince Andrew’s ex-wife and two daughters were all out of the country when he was arrested last Thursday at Wood Farm in Norfolk. We already heard, in real time, that Princess Beatrice was on vacation with her husband and children in Palm Beach, Florida last week. On Friday, the day after Andrew’s arrest, Hello Magazine exclusively revealed that Princess Eugenie was also out of the UK last week – Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank, their two sons, a nanny and some friends were all vacationing at a resort in Gstaad, Switzerland. We still don’t know if Beatrice & Eugenie plan to stay away from the UK or if they have returned after the school holiday. As for Sarah Ferguson… well, she’s been in the wind for months. We’ve heard that she was on a ski trip with friends, then we heard that she was hiding out in Qatar, looking to make some money and that she was and is “in a bad way.” Now the Daily Mail says that right after Christmas, Sarah skipped off to Switzerland as well, and she checked into an expensive wellness clinic for a month or longer.

Sarah Ferguson checked herself into the most expensive wellness clinic in the world as details about her close friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein ruined her, the Daily Mail can reveal. ​The former Duchess of York, 66, fled the UK as she and her ex-husband became embroiled in the growing Epstein scandal which culminated in his arrest on Thursday.

While Andrew was photographed repeatedly in Windsor and then on the Sandringham estate, Ms Ferguson has not been seen in public since her fleeting appearance at her granddaughter Athena’s Christening at St James’s Palace on December 12. ​This prompted global speculation about where the former royal has been living – and the Daily Mail has now established that, for much of the time, she has been sheltering in a famous Swiss clinic.

Fergie secretly took refuge in the world-renowned £13,000-a-day Paracelsus Recovery Clinic in Zurich, Switzerland, over a month ago. A Swiss source told the Daily Mail: ‘Sarah left for Zurich just after Christmas, and stayed until the end of January. She always feels at home at Paracelsus, and knows she’ll get love and attention there, as well as expert health treatment when she’s feeling at her most vulnerable.’

​The lakeside clinic offers several different month-long recovery programmes for ultra-wealthy clients. Individuals will have access to 15 medical experts, as well as a chauffeur and a private chef.

Another friend in Switzerland told the Daily Mail Ms Ferguson – a regular Paracelsus client – was said to have been ‘absolutely crushed’ by the email exchanges being publicly released. The friend said: ‘Sarah has built up a strong relationship with Paracelsus, so it was the obvious place for her to get away from everything.’

Following the prolonged stay at the clinic, thought to have lasted several weeks, the globe-trotting former royal is subsequently thought to have spent time in both the French Alps and the United Arab Emirates.

[From The Daily Mail]

As I said last week, I’m shocked by Sarah’s good fortune and good sense at this moment – to get out while the getting is good, ensuring that she’s nowhere near England as the sh-t hits the fan, that’s surprisingly wise from a woman who has never shown that kind of wisdom before. Did she get a tipoff? Or is it just a coincidence that she was holed up in Switzerland when the Epstein Files dropped at the end of January? It’s certainly not a coincidence that she’s been in the wind ever since those emails revealed the extent of her sleazy, ridiculous relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Also, if this Swiss resort really is expensive & elite, that probably answers the question of “what happened to Sarah’s money?” It would not surprise me at all if she had already blown through millions of dollars in the past three months or so.

Incidentally, Tom Sykes made an interesting point on his Royalist Substack – that King Charles could and should “order” Sarah to return to the UK for police questioning, and that if Sarah doesn’t return, the monarchy can completely cut ties with her (and hang as much of this around Sarah’s neck as they can). The thing about that though… from what I’ve seen, the British police haven’t said that they’re investigating Sarah in particular, nor have they notified anyone that Sarah is WANTED for questioning or an interview. Still, it’s a weird sideshow for the monarchy, to have Sarah out there, doing god knows what with god knows who.

Photos courtesy of Sarah’s Instagram, Avalon Red, Cover Images.