Sarah Ferguson source dismisses claim she had 'friends with benefits' arrangement with Sean 'Diddy' Combs for years Fresh allegations in a revised royal biography have linked the former Duchess of York to disgraced rapper Sean Combs, prompting an angry denial from a source close to Sarah Ferguson amid renewed scrut 9 May 2026 Sarah Ferguson is said to have privately dismissed claims she had a long-running "friends with benefits" relationship with disgraced rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs as "fabricated nonsense".