Sarah Ferguson and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had a ‘friends with benefits’ arrangement, according to a new Royal biography.
In his book, Entitled, Andrew Lownie alleges that Diddy and Ferguson first met in 2002 at a party thrown by Ghislaine Maxwell.
Following this meeting, in 2004, the pair began what one of Lownie’s sources called a ‘secret friends with benefits’ relationship that continued for several years.
The book, an excerpt of which was published by the Daily Mail, claims the pair would meet in hotel rooms costing $50,000 a night and that Combs bragged about ‘slamming’ Ferguson.
Reportedly, Comb’s own perfume, Unforgivable,was inspired by Ferguson and how she liked a man to smell.
A source close to Ferguson told The Telegraph that the former Duchess of York denies the allegations.
‘This is absolute fabricated nonsense, blatantly untrue and yet another false allegation from him,’ their source said.
Lownie is standing by his claims, telling The Sunday Times his evidence came from several people and that he had ‘no doubts about his sources’.
‘I stand by it, it’s fully sourced with former employees of P Diddy and Sarah Ferguson,’ he said.
The excerpt also claims that Ferguson introduced daughters Princess Eugenie, 36, and Princess Beatrice, 37, to Combs.
Furthermore, it alleges that Ferguson took Eugenie to one of Comb’s parties when she was 16-years-old.
‘Sean’s parties were wild,’ a Royal staff member told Lownie for the book. ‘The fact that she brought Eugenie around was alarming.’
Diddy was reportedly ‘obsessed’ with the Royal family, and a former Bad Boy Records employee claims he once heard the rapper say ‘he could not wait until Fergie’s daughters come of age’.
In May last year, Combs was tried for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Combs was found not guilty of all but two transportation charges.
He was given a $500,000 fine and sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison, which he is currently serving.
The case attracted widespread media attention, especially around
the allegations that Combs coerced multiple alleged victims into sex acts, known as ‘freak offs’.
Ferguson, meanwhile, has faced her own controversies, most notably around her friendship with the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Leaked emails show Ferguson continued to email Epstein after his conviction despite publicly stating she had severed all ties with him.
When the extent of her relationship with Epstein was revealed, several charities for which Ferguson was an ambassador distanced themselves from her.
In 2025, when her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, had his Royal titles removed, Ferguson stopped using the title Duchess of York.
Metro has contacted Ferguson and Comb’s reps for comment.
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