Sarah Ferguson’s dog walker sacked after an affair with Prince Andrew’s butler – after his royal housekeeper WIFE found intimate text messages
The furious wife of Prince Andrew's butler got her love rival booted out of royal home after telling Sarah Ferguson 'its the dog walker or me'
A ROYAL dog walker has been sacked over an affair with Prince Andrew’s most trusted aide.
Amanda Severn, 52, worked for Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson who still share a home.
But she was axed after Terence Holdforth, 58, was caught sending her intimate texts.
He was rumbled by wife Mandy, 56 — head of housekeeping at Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.
Sources say Amanda was fired after Mandy went to Fergie over the affair.
But Amanda — who had walked the Duke of York’s five Norfolk Terriers for more than five years — refused to give up the job she loved.
The Holdforths — who have both been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal “for distinguished service to the monarch” — have worked for Andrew for more than 20 years.
The pair have a grace and favour home on the Royal Lodge estate.
Amanda told friends she assumed she was free to meet Terence for steamy trysts at her static caravan home in Chertsey, Surrey, near the estate, because she thought the marriage was over.
A royal insider told The Sun: “Amanda had been seeing Terry for about a year but they became intimate around six months ago.
“They’d meet at the local pub after work and he’d go to her place.
“But when Mandy discovered texts on his phone from Amanda, all hell broke loose.”
Friends of Amanda said she was shocked to receive a furious phone call from the royal housekeeper who warned her to steer clear of her husband.
But sources say Terence continued in his job and Amanda carried on taking the royal dogs for daily three-hour walks.
The pal said: “When Mandy first found out, Amanda wasn’t allowed to come into the grounds of the estate to collect the dogs. Terry would take them to her.”
Amanda showed pals a supportive text — apparently sent by Fergie after the fling was exposed — which read: “We still want you to love and walk our dogs.”
But once Mandy delivered her ultimatum, Amanda was sacked with just two weeks’ severance pay.
A source said: “Sarah Ferguson still rules the roost at the Duke’s home — even though they’re divorced — and still insists on being called ‘Ma’am’ or ‘Your Royal Highness’.
“And once Mandy had said, ‘It’s me or the dog walker’ there was no way Fergie was going to choose the dog walker over her loyal housekeeper who’s been at her side for decades.”
A source close to Amanda said: “She really misses the work and the staff at Royal Lodge — they were like a big close-knit family of cooks, chauffeurs, butlers and footmen.
“Amanda liked Andrew but everyone who worked there found Fergie more demanding.
“She misses the dogs — even though a couple of them were apparently a bit of a handful.
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“She was left in tears when she found out another royal dog walker had been appointed to replace her.
And she decided to ditch Holdforth altogether after she was sacked.”
Amanda refused to comment on the affair.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson declined to comment on a private matter. It is not the first time Terence — a former Household Cavalry officer with a tweed-suited country gent image — has been caught straying from Mandy since they wed in 1991.
In 1998 the couple split after he had a six-month affair with Royal housemaid Jean Beckett.
The Holdforths reunited after the fling petered out and continued working together for the Duke.
Andrew, 57, and Fergie, 58, divorced in 1996.
She has rebuilt her public image and slipped back into the House of Windsor, sparking rumours she and the Duke may remarry.
The pair remain close with daughters Beatrice, 29, and Eugenie, 27, who regularly dine with them at Royal Lodge.
