With the cloud of controversy surrounding the royal family, every now and then a shocking claim emerges that pulls an old chapter back into the spotlight.

This time, it is the late Duke of Edinburgh at the center of new allegations.

Royal author Andrew Lownie has now claimed that Prince Philip authorized secret surveillance on Sarah Ferguson during the collapse of her marriage to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the 1990s.

The claims appear in Lownie’s Substack, The Lownie Report, and detail just how far the late Prince went to keep track of Ferguson’s whereabouts and understand her activities during that unsettled period.

Questions over whether the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will spend Christmas in the UK have intensified, and new reports now suggest that this uncertainty is weighing heavily on Meghan Markle.

Prince Harry is said to be hoping for an invitation to the royal family’s Christmas gathering at Sandringham, though the Palace has not indicated whether one will be offered.

The couple has not celebrated the festivities with the family since 2018, which adds to the weight of this year’s decision.

With December drawing near, Harry and Markle remain caught in a position where they can neither commit nor fully step back, leaving the Duchess feeling as if she is walking a tightrope.

Fresh concerns are mounting inside the Palace as Sarah Ferguson considers whether to sit down for a televised tell-all.

If she does, royal aides fear she may go ‘rogue’ and lay everything on the table, from her past ties to Jeffrey Epstein to her long, tangled history with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

According to several reports, major American broadcasters have already put forward offers, reportedly worth ‘significant six-figure sums,’ hoping to secure an interview that could lift the lid on one of the most fraught chapters in recent royal memory.

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