Sarah Ferguson had an affair with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, says royal biographer

An update of the published book Entitled, by Andrew Lownie, claims that Sarah Ferguson enjoyed a sexual relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs for several years. Photo / Getty Images

Sean “Diddy” Combs claimed to have enjoyed a “friends with benefits” relationship with Sarah Ferguson for several years, according to a new book.

Combs is said to have bragged about sleeping with Ferguson and once stayed with her at a hotel costing more than $110,000 a night, it is claimed.

The rapper, currently serving a prison sentence after being convicted of transportation for prostitution, boasted about sexual encounters with Ferguson that started in 2004, according to author Andrew Lownie.

A source close to the then Duchess of York described the claims as “blatantly untrue”.

The new allegations are contained in an updated paperback edition of Entitled, Lownie’s bestselling book about the rise and fall of the House of York.

Combs and Ferguson met in 2002 at a party in New York thrown by Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for child sex trafficking.

Maxwell was the on-off girlfriend of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, whom Ferguson and her ex-husband Andrew counted as a friend.

Another associate of Combs’ told Lownie that in 2004 the rapper and Ferguson began a “secret friends with benefits” relationship that continued for several years.

The book says that, in 2006, the rapper launched his own perfume called Unforgivable, which he claimed was inspired by Ferguson and how she liked a man to smell.

A source told Lownie that the pair would meet in luxury hotels in Europe and Africa, including a seven-star hotel that cost more than $110,000 per night. Combs’ personal fortune has been estimated at US$1 billion.

A source close to Ferguson said: “This is absolute fabricated nonsense, blatantly untrue and yet another false allegation from him.”

- The Telegraph

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