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The Crown set to return with debauched spin-off including Fergie’s toe-sucking scandal

THE creators of The Crown are planning a sequel featuring raunchy royal stories — including Fergie’s toe-sucking scandal.

Prince Andrew’s romance with US former actress Koo Stark could also be included, executive producer Andy Harries revealed.

Andrew's relationship with Koo Stark could feature in the Crown spin off
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Andrew's relationship with Koo Stark could feature in the Crown spin offCredit: AFP

He said “many examples” of “fairly tawdry events” had been left out of the Netflix hit’s six series, adding: “We have often taken the high road here.”

It follows last night’s premiere of the final six ­episodes of The Crown which has long been a thorn in the royals’ side.

Mr Harries said it would be relatively easy to research events from information already available, and would-be contributors.

One would be Fergie’s relationship with John Bryan while she was separated from Prince Andrew but still married to him.

Sarah, Duchess of York was pictured by a pool in St Tropez in 1992 with the Texan tycoon, her financial adviser, sucking her toes.

Mr Harries said: “Fergie doesn’t feature heavily in the series. We didn’t do the toe sucking story. It wasn’t because it wasn’t a good or interesting story, but it was not central to the theme of the show.”

Speaking to the Have You Seen? podcast, he revealed that members of “the circle around the royal family” had been in touch with him.

He said: “Koo Stark rang me up, she got straight through to me and offered her services. She was briefly a girlfriend of Prince Andrew.”

We exclusively revealed in June that any sequel to The Crown could take the form of a film, in the same way Downton Abbey morphed into two movies after its successful run as an ITV series.

Either way, Netflix were keen for another instalment for fans when the current series ends.

Scandal rocked the royal family when Sarah Ferguson was pictured on holiday with American John Bryan
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Scandal rocked the royal family when Sarah Ferguson was pictured on holiday with American John BryanCredit: Rex Features
THE CROWN - SEASON 4 .</p>
<p>Image from a featurette entitled "Creating a New Chapter"</p>
<p>FULL CAST L-R:<br />
FRONT OF BACK ROW:  DIANA (Emma Corrin), FERGIE (Jessica Aquilina), ANDREW (Tom Byrne), CHARLES (Josh O'Connor), ANNE (Erin Doherty), EDWARD (Angus Imrie), PHILIP (Tobias Menzies, far right).</p>
<p>MIDDLE ROW:  MARGARET (Helena Bonham Carter), QE2 (Olivia Colman), HARRY (unknown), QUEEN MUM (Marion Bailey).</p>
<p>FRONT ROW:  ALEXANDER WINDSOR, PETER PHILIPS, ZARA PHILIPS, PRINCE WILLIAM, LADY ROSE WINDSOR, DAVINA WINDSOR (actors unknown).
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Jessica Aquilina as Sarah Ferguson and Tom Byrne as Andrew in season 4 of The Crown
Fergie and Prince Andrew divorced in 1996
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Fergie and Prince Andrew divorced in 1996Credit: Getty - Contributor
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