No wonder she needed Epstein’s money! Sarah Ferguson’s lavish lifestyle at Sunninghill Park – where she demanded £300 worth of vegetables a week and insisted staff iron her tights

• The former Duchess had numerus bizarre ‘foibles’, according to her staff
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The disgraced ex-Duchess racked up debts in excess of £3.7million by 1994 and continually relied on Epstein for financial support, but it’s perhaps no surprise given her penchant for living lavishly.

Writing in their book, Sarah’s Story: The Duchess who Defied the Royal House of Windsor, Chris Hutchins and Peter Thompson laid bare the true extent of her excesses.

The co-authors spoke to staff members at the royal’s sprawling 50,000-acre Sunninghill Estate to gain a real insight into Fergie’s numerous ‘foibles’, including a requirement to have all of her knickers, bras and tights meticulously ironed by staff.

If any of her laundry did not smell of her preferred fabric conditioner ‘she would order everything to be washed again’.