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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Kenneth Axl

Queen Camilla Fury: King Charles' Wife Incensed by Sarah Ferguson's Alleged 'Friends With Benefits' Scandal

Behind the palace walls, old alliances and alleged liaisons are colliding with a monarchy desperate to outrun its own past. (Credit: Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 BR , via Wikimedia Commons)

Queen Camilla is said to be 'furious' at fresh claims that Sarah Ferguson had a secret 'friends with benefits' relationship with rapper Diddy, with royal insiders describing the mood at Buckingham Palace as 'horrified' after the allegations resurfaced in the UK this week. The queen consort, King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales are all understood to be dismayed that the Duchess of York's name is once again being linked to a high‑profile sex scandal involving the disgraced music mogul.

The latest storm centres on a series of allegations in Entitled, a new book by royal author Andrew Lownie. He claims that Ferguson and Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, first met at a 2002 party hosted by Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20‑year jail sentence in the US, and that by 2004 they had begun a secret sexual relationship which continued for several years. Both Ferguson and Diddy have rejected the claims through their representatives, describing them as 'fabricated nonsense' and 'utterly ridiculous gossip' respectively, and nothing in Lownie's account has been tested in court.

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