It was Sarah Ferguson’s grand plan to infiltrate Hollywood’s glittering inner circles and finally solve her and her ex-husband’s money troubles. Fergie, I am told, had been working with producers for a number of years and was ‘tantalisingly close’ to securing her big payday. One major Hollywood dealmaker who was aware of the project has told the Daily Mail that the series is now ‘dead and buried’. Last night a multi award-winning LA producer - who brokers deals for books for broadcast and streamers - confirmed: ‘Sarah Ferguson’s scandal means this show is cooked. The Duchess also turned her popular children’s book series Budgie The Little Helicopter into an animated series, running for three seasons in the mid-1990s.