DISGRACED FERGIE FLEES TO PORTUGAL MANSION

HAS SARAH FERGUSON ALREADY BEGUN HER EXILE ABROAD?

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As the clock ticks down on Sarah Ferguson's time as a rent-free tenant of Windsor's 30-room mansion Royal Lodge, New Idea understands the former Duchess of York is eyeing a move to Portugal.

Desperately seeking a fresh start after she and ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, were stripped of their titles due to their association with the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sources say Portugal “makes sense” given Fergie's youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie, has a property there.

“Fergie thinks it could be the perfect place to regroup and, as she believes, bounce back from [everything],” says our exclusive source.

Of course, Fergie's optimism about that fresh start, or her ability to shake off the scandal, may be grievously misplaced.