Sarah Ferguson dropped as patron after leaked Jeffrey Epstein emails

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Prince Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson , has been dropped as a patron for a number of charities after leaked emails revealed the Duchess of York referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a "steadfast, beneficiant and supreme pal."

"Following the knowledge shared this weekend on the Duchess of York's correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein , Julia's Home has taken the choice that it will be inappropriate for her to proceed as a patron of the charity," a spokesperson for Julia's Home, a youngsters's hospice group, stated in a press release to Fox Information Digital. "We have now suggested the Duchess of York of this resolution and thank her for her previous assist."

In keeping with the Related Press, Ferguson has additionally been dropped by the Teenage Most cancers Belief and Natasha Allergy Analysis Basis. The Stop Breast Most cancers additionally introduced that they had dropped the duchess as patron.

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Sarah Ferguson has been dropped as a patron from a number of charities after leaked emails present the Duchess of York allegedly referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a "supreme pal." (Getty Photos)

The British Coronary heart Basis additionally dropped the duchess because the charity's ambassador, in response to the BBC. The Youngsters's Literacy Charity minimize ties with Ferguson as properly, the outlet reported.

A consultant for Ferguson didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark.

In keeping with the Daily Mail , the Duchess of York — who divorced Prince Andrew in 1996 — reached out to Epstein in 2011 after publicly denouncing their friendship throughout an interview with the Night Commonplace.

Throughout the interview, Fergusson expressed her "deep remorse" and promised to "don't have anything ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever once more," three years after he had been imprisoned for soliciting prostitution from a minor.

In an alleged e mail to Epstein following the interview, Ferguson referred to the disgraced intercourse offender as a "steadfast, beneficiant and supreme pal."

"I do know you are feeling hellaciously let down by me from what you had been both informed or learn and I have to humbly apologise to you and your coronary heart for that," Ferguson allegedly wrote.

Ferguson allegedly despatched Epstein an e mail after publicly denouncing their friendship in 2011. (Getty Photos)

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"I used to be suggested, in no unsure phrases, to don't have anything to do with you and to not converse or e mail you and if I did I'd trigger extra issues to you, [Prince Andrew] and myself," she continued. "I used to be instructed to behave with the utmost pace if I'd have any probability of holding on to my profession as a youngsters’s e book creator and a youngsters’s philanthropist."

In a press release to The Guardian , a consultant for Ferguson stated she stood by her public condemnation of Epstein.

"Like many individuals, she was taken in by [Epstein’s] lies. As quickly as she was conscious of the extent of the allegations towards him, she not solely minimize off contact however condemned him publicly, to the extent that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with pedophilia," the assertion learn. "She doesn't resile from something she stated then. This e mail was despatched within the context of recommendation the duchess was given to attempt to assuage Epstein and his threats."

Sarah Ferguson's ex-husband, Prince Andrew, was stripped of his army affiliations and royal patronages in January 2022 after his connections to Epstein got here to gentle. (Chris Jackson/Getty Photos)

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Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell weeks after his 2019 arrest. The American financier was awaiting trial on U.S. federal intercourse trafficking prices involving dozens of teenage ladies and younger ladies, some as younger as 14. Investigators dominated his loss of life a suicide.

Epstein's former girlfriend, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 for serving to lure teenage ladies to be sexually abused by him. She is serving a 20-year jail sentence.

Ferguson, who remained mates with Prince Andrew after their public divorce, stood by her ex-husband as he confronted sexual assault allegations amid his affiliation with Epstein.