Thousands of copies of Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book are being destroyed in the latest blow to the former royal.

According to the Daily Mail, publishing sources have said that 10,000 copies of ‘Flora and Fern: Kindness Along The Way’ are ‘being sent to the recycling centre’.

It comes after suggestions that the book had been delayed in light of the latest scandal involving Ferguson, 66, and her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 65.

But a source told the Mail last night: ‘It’s not been delayed, it’s being pulped.

‘It’s an acknowledgement of the inevitable. No-one is going to want to buy it.’

The £12.99 book was long scheduled to be published on October 9 but then mysteriously delayed to a November 20 release.

A synopsis reads: ‘Flora and Fern are having a great time playing

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