She recently said the late Queen Elizabeth still ‘talks to her’ three years after her passing – through her beloved corgis.

Sarah Ferguson, better known as Fergie, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, is not a stranger to the spotlight – as well as her share of scandal.

There was her high-profile divorce, some poor financial decisions and the cash-for-access proposition, among many other very public incidents. 

At the centre of this, the Duchess of York was struggling under the pressure of relentless media scrutiny and was desperate for reassurance.

In the early nineties, during her marriage problems with Andrew, the Duchess consulted Greek clairvoyant Madame Vasso and sat under a giant blue pyramid to become ‘cleansed’. 

Vasso later betrayed the Duchess of York with a book which aired the secrets of her extramarital affairs, the squalid state of her finances and her views on her in-laws. 

The Duchess of York – Uncensored was based on tapes of confidential conversations over the six years that the Duchess sought her advice and counsel. 

It presented her as an unhappy and foolish woman obsessed with sex, money and crystal balls.

Sarah Ferguson, better known as Fergie, the ex-partner of Prince Andrew, is not a stranger to the spotlight – as well as her share of scandal

The Duchess of York recently said the late Queen Elizabeth still ‘talks to her’ three years after her passing – through her beloved corgis

Queen Elizabeth with Andrew and Sarah at the Royal Windsor Horse Show

Already obsessed with the paranormal, she was portrayed as dependent on her ‘little Greek friend’ – ringing at all hours of the day and night, begging her to get out the tarot cards and predict her future.

After this, in 2010, the Duchess put her faith in the predictions of Isle of Sheppey soothsayer Mia Dolan who won the paranormal edition of Celebrity Weakest Link, and promised the Duchess her financial problems would soon end.

Fergie was so certain of Dolan’s powers that she stuck a notice in her Windsor home saying: ‘I will rise like the phoenix from the ashes.’

An ex-aide said: ‘The Duchess told us in a call from America she was devastated to lay us off, but she would soon be in a position to give us our jobs back.’

When Dolan, who charged £150 for every session, heard the news had got out that she had a royal client, she was horrified.

She said: ‘I have a lot of A-list clients but I have never said a word in public about any of them.’

A ghostbuster on ITV’s Haunted Homes show, Dolan wrote on her website that she discovered she was psychic when she was 22 and foresaw her brother’s murder.

It was US talk show host Oprah Winfrey who introduced the Duchess to her next spiritual medium, who offered services including relaying messages from the dead. 

In the early Nineties, during her marriage problems with Andrew, the Duchess consulted Greek clairvoyant Madame Vasso

The Duchess later put her faith in Mia Dolan, who won the paranormal edition of Celebrity Weakest Link

Dolan wrote on her website that she discovered she was psychic when she was 22 and foresaw her brother’s murder. She is also an author of books, including The Gift: The Story of an Ordinary Woman’s Extraordinary Power

Rebecca Rosen charged upwards of £650 for her sessions and guided the Duchess on her 2011 Oprah Network television show, Finding Sarah – and they have remained in close contact by phone ever since.

Rosen describes herself as ‘an ambassador between the spirit world and our day-to-day world – relaying wisdom and insight from angels, guides and those who have passed on to people seeking answers in the here and now’.

She describes God as her ‘publicist’, saying: ‘I told God, “If you want me to do this for a living, you bring all the right people and opportunities to me. I’m not going to go seek it out”. And people have always found me.’ 

‘Sarah’s been raving about the accuracy of her new psychic,’ a well-placed source has said.

‘This woman gives her motivational sayings, which she writes down and repeats to herself.

‘She credits Rebecca with helping her feel and look the best she ever has, despite money troubles and criticism over her TV appearances in the US.’

Most recently it was reported that the Duchess said she believed the late Queen has been communicating to her through her dogs’ barking.

Sarah adopted the late Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, with ex-husband Prince Andrew in 2022, housing them at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

US talk show host Oprah Winfrey introduced the Duchess to her next spiritual medium who offered services including relaying messages from the dead

Rebecca Rosen charged upwards of £650 for her sessions and guided the Duchess on her 2011 television show Finding Sarah

Sarah adopted the late Queen’s corgis, Muick and Sandy, with ex-husband Prince Andrew

‘I have her dogs, I have her corgis. Every morning they come in and go, “woof woof” and all that and I’m sure it’s her talking to me’, she said.

‘I’m sure it’s her, reminding me she’s still around.’

It is not the first time the Duchess has noted the dogs’ remarkable connection to the late monarch.

In 2023, Sarah described how one of the corgis, Muick, had grieved after the Queen’s death.

Speaking with Graeme Hall, presenter of the Channel 5 show Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, Sarah said it took Muick about a year to come to terms with his owner’s passing.

And it’s not just the Duchess who has turned to the occult for guidance.

The late Princess Diana was first encouraged to speak with a spiritual advisor by her in-laws, Andrew and Sarah.

In 1986, the couple referred the Princess of Wales, tortured over her failing marriage to Prince Charles and the pressures of royal life, to astrologer Penny Thornton.

Sarah has described how one of the corgis, Muick, grieved after the late Queen’s death

The late Princess Diana, pictured with Sarah in 1983, was first encouraged to speak with a spiritual advisor by her in-laws, Andrew and Sarah

In 1986, the couple referred the Princess of Wales, tortured over her failing marriage to Prince Charles and the pressures of royal life, to astrologer Penny Thornton

‘I just wanted to see,’ she told Thornton, ‘if there is light at the end of the tunnel.’

At the inquest into Diana’s death it was noted that Diana’s reliance on spiritual advisors offered companionship and a sense of comfort during a difficult time – but also fueled her paranoia. 

The inquest heard Diana was obsessed with clairvoyants – including one she dubbed ‘Fergie’s witch woman’.

The identity of the ‘witch woman’ was not revealed in court.

But it is likely to be either psychic Rita Rogers, who also met Diana through the Duchess and told her the brake cables of her car would be cut, or Madame Vasso, the Greek mystic who later betrayed the Duchess of York. 

And, in 2023 reports started circulating that King Charles refused to pay for a £32,000 annual bill for a Prince Andrew’s Indian healer guru.

 The Duke of York submitted the expense claim to the Privy Purse – the King’s private income which is mostly from the Duchy of Lancaster – and it is said that he thought it would be signed off without challenge.

However the King has told his brother that he will have to pay for the guru’s services out of his own pocket.

The Duchess of York, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, was able to turn to spirituality to find peace in times of personal turmoil and ill health

The corgis have lived with Sarah since the Queen’s passing in 2022

Andrew had been a client of the Indian healer for a few years, sources told The Sun newspaper, who was reported to treat the Prince with chanting, massages and holistic therapy in Andrew’s grace-and-favour mansion. 

But for the Duchess of York, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, she was able to turn to spirituality to find peace in times of personal turmoil and ill health. 

In post shared to mark World Cancer Day, the Duchess said she used a guided meditation app for ‘stress relief, rejuvenation, and self-care’ which she hailed as a healing ‘balm to your mind.’