SARAH Ferguson is hiding out in Austria amid calls for her to come clean about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Our world exclusive photos show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife stony-faced at a luxury Alpine ski resort.

Fergie, 66, stripped of her Duchess of York title last year, had not been seen in public for 213 days. She has kept silent on calls to give evidence to US lawmakers on her Epstein links.

The bespectacled mother of two looked stony-faced in a quiet Austrian ski village, which we are not naming, as she emerged from a blacked-out Mercedes people carrier near her chalet on Wednesday.

Clad in a blue coat and carrying a teal raffia tote bag, she had her distinctive ginger locks tucked under a white baseball cap.

She had gone to ground following the release of the Epstein Files, when damning emails between the pair were revealed.

A source said last night: “Fergie has been keeping an incredibly low profile while high up in the Alps.

“She hasn’t been seen for a long time and has clearly wanted to keep it that way. Her choice of outfit when she popped out was obviously carefully chosen to help her avoid being recognised.

“The area is absolutely beautiful and it’s very quiet most of the time, so it’s the perfect place for a high-profile figure such as her to lie low when the heat is on.”

Fergie has not officially been seen in public since the Duchess of Kent’s funeral in Westminster Cathedral on September 16.

She was photographed a week later driving out of her home in Windsor’s Royal Lodge.

Her last sighting was trying to hide in the back of a car as she arrived at the christening of her one-year-old grand-daughter Athena at London’s St James’s Palace on December 12.

Wild claims about her whereabouts were sparked after she was evicted from her home in Windsor’s Royal Lodge along with Andrew at the beginning of February.

The former royal, who wrote a memoir entitled Finding Sarah, is said to have been laying “false breadcrumbs” to avoid being found.

But we can reveal she has been using a £2,000-a-night ski chalet to hide out from the Epstein scandal, and sources say that she rarely ventures out.

US lawmakers have asked her to testify to Congress over her “close personal and business ties” to convicted sex offender Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.

However, she has yet to respond.

In February, she shut down six of her businesses in three days, raising questions about her future.

Her ex-husband was also dramatically arrested, and daughters Beatrice and Eugenie are thought to be keeping their distance.

The source added: “The Epstein Files have hit like a sledgehammer and Sarah has not wanted to be seen by anyone. She’s been effectively in hiding and can’t face up to what’s been happening.

“She’s been laying false breadcrumbs to stop people following her trail and very few people were allowed in on the secret.

“But she’s seen Andrew arrested and read all the headlines about the Epstein investigations and knows it’s a very grave situation.

“While she knows the scandal is not going away, she effectively has her head in the sand and has taken the decision to hide away for as long as possible.”

The source went on: “Sarah lost her home when she was evicted from Royal Lodge and has nowhere else to go. She’s not invited to ­go to Sandringham to live with Andrew and even her two daughters have kept their distance.

“It’s the first time she has to fend for herself for two decades.

“She is alone but staying in a luxurious setting and is very comfortable. She rarely wants to go outside because she knows what could be waiting for her.

“But the calls for her to speak to the authorities are growing every single day — as is the speculation on where she is. She’s taking it one day at a time but the problem is, the days are now piling up and the clamour for her to speak to the authorities about Epstein and what she knows is getting louder and louder with each day that passes.”

At the Duchess of Kent’s funeral, Andrew was spotted trying in vain to get Prince William in conversation. Fergie spoke animatedly to family members before rushing after Andrew to get in his car.

King Charles then stripped the pair of their titles after The Sun on Sunday revealed the shamed ex-Duke of York had lied when he claimed he had cut off all contact from Epstein.

As well as Andrew and their girls, Fergie was missing from the Royal Family’s Easter Sunday service, despite appearing with the King and Queen last year.

Beatrice and Eugenie are thought to be avoiding their parents but Palace sources say the pair will attend royal events in the future.

Andrew was arrested on February 19 on suspicion of misconduct in connection with his ties to Epstein.

Ex-US ambassador Peter Mandelson was also detained days later.

Last night, a spokesman for Ferguson declined to comment.