The lifestyle brand of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is reportedly £262,000 ($355,000) in debt, according to its latest accounts.
Fergie is the former wife of Prince Andrew, but the two continue to live together and remain close. She launched the brand, Ginger & Moss, in 2020, intending to sell premium products to high-end stores such as Harrods and Selfridges in London.
When launched, it was touted that the brand would include soap, bath products, towels, tea, jewelry and bed linen.
The Daily Mail reports that the venture has failed to take off.
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It’s now been reduced to selling just four ‘Duchess Collection’ products: These include a box of tea bags for around $27, a kid’s face mask for around $16, and a tea and biscuit collection (‘Brew for the Crew’) for around $47. Some of the proceeds from the latter go to her own Sarah’s Trust nonprofit, which gives money to frontline workers battling the covid pandemic.
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Fergie, 62, has lent her name to a series of money-making ventures in recent years. She’s a former brand ambassador for Weight Watchers and has published several children’s books. Here she is making glitter-encrusted candle jars on YouTube a couple of months ago.
Most recently, she’s turned her hand to penning romantic fiction. In collaboration with an established writer, she co-authored a historical romance for Mills & Boon entitled Her Heart Is A Compass.
It managed to edge into the top ten of the UK’s best-selling hardbacks when released last summer and will get a paperback release this spring. Fergie, who’s now working on a second novel, will no doubt be hoping it might prove a more fruitful business venture going forward.
Fergie has resolutely stood by her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, in the ongoing scandal around his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and the sexual abuse allegations brought against him by Virginia Giuffre. Andrew has consistently denied the allegations.
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Yesterday, it was revealed in court documents that Andrew had reached a financial settlement with Giuffre to dismiss the civil case brought against him. The amount of money involved has not been disclosed.
Buckingham Palace has stressed that Andrew is dealing with the matter as a “private citizen” and has stripped him of his HRH titles. It has not issued any statement in response to news of the settlement.
Heywood Jablowme
So is all routine, mundane British royal news now LGBT news? Queerty seems to think its mostly American readership is fascinated by all things royal?
I live in an Anarcho-Syndicalist commune. ‘Elp, ‘elp, I’m being repressed!
Cato
The British press is reporting the settlement amount with Virginia Giuffre is between £7.5 – £10 million pounds or $10 – $13 million. Given the negative net worth of Randy Andy and his ex-wife, it’s a good bet mummy is paying with help from the peasants who pay their taxes.
Kangol2
Randy Andy’s mother is one of the richest women in the world (she was the richest until a few years ago, I think) and his brother, the future King, also is extremely rich in his own right, so between them I think coughing up a few million £££ didn’t even involve breaking a sweat. Randy Andy was panicking a few weeks back, going through the process of selling a Swiss chalet, etc., while also demanding a jury trial (was he insane?) and going after Giuffre. I’m sure his mother and brother didn’t have to think twice before agreeing that this dimmest bulb in the family was not going bring the Windsor monarchy down!
Fahd
I read Andrew sold a Swiss chalet that he had to help pay for the settlement. I think Fergie was living there. She’s probably back at his place in England. She’s never been good with money, I think she even admitted it to Oprah once.
SantaFeJack
Sarah continues to amaze me with her lack of business acumen. I’ve lost track of her failed business ventures. And now her ex is on the hook for over $10 million in his horrific scandal. These two need serious help!
trojanboy
Her and her vile ex-mate are amongst the biggest free-loaders in the world. They actually define parasite between them.
It’s so good to see the check landing on the right desk at last. But since they rarely pay anything, it’s unlikely they will be footing the whole bill this time either.
Ronbo
I would not trust the Daily Mail to accurately report the calendar date. I just read a piece highlighting how their reporting was called into question by the people that the Daily Mail rumormongered for spite or sales. Queerty’s own rumor queens have been much more accurate at about 30% accurate.
Read the comments – the rumors seem to trigger additional misinformation and hatred. Why is this necessary? The irony reaches new heights: only WE can spread rumors as news, as many here call for censorship and cancellation of others.
Taking pleasure in the misfortune of others is a sign of moral corruption.
Cam
@Ronbo,
Awwwwww, and you were doing so well trying to camouflage this screename as another one of your trolls.
I remembered that it was your typical right wing screename, but lately you’ve been trying to bring it on, have it make mild, or somewhat supportive comments and hope people think it’s just another normal commenter. You tried to do this with the screename “openminded” and failed, but you were doing ok with this one.
And then you come in with one of your vaguely worded posts, trying to attack Queerty for mentioning a woman who is close to someone who just settled a child rape case for millions and has lives with him and has engaged in multiple money schemes with him.
Time for you to invent a new screename and try again.
white-queer-african
@Cam, FFS gurl. Stop calling out everyone that has a different opinion to you as a troll. You constantly post the same crap.
Grow up and accept a different opinion to your narrow mindedness or STFU!
johncp56
I loved when she and Diana goofed off, I still like her and think she is a product of their treatment of her, old school hypocrisy men get covered and the ladies have to cross their legs forever BS, cut her a break,