Newly released documents have exposed email correspondence between Sarah Ferguson and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein from July 2010, in which the former Duchess of York appears to say that the Royal Family were attempting to discredit her.
The files appear to reveal the extent of Ms Ferguson’s relationship with the convicted sex offender.
“Just as I always said, no woman has ever left the Royal Family with her head, and the [sic] cannot behead me, therefore they will discredit me,” Ms Ferguson allegedly wrote to Epstein. “Totally to obliteration. I have no words.”
The scandal that prompted the former Duchess of York’s anguished correspondence had erupted two months earlier, in May 2010, when she was caught in a newspaper sting appearing to agree to provide access to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was then Prince Andrew.
Newly released documents have exposed email correspondence between Sarah Ferguson and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein from July 2010, in which the former Duchess of York appears to say that the Royal Family were attempting to discredit her.
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She had also appeared on television with Oprah Winfrey to discuss her financial struggles.
In her alleged email exchanges with Epstein, Ms Ferguson expressed desperation, writing: “Have you died on me? Don’t… Please you are my pillar.”
She appears to have told him the British press was “ready to exterminate me” and that neither PricewaterhouseCoopers, which had been brought in to audit her finances, nor “the palace system” could handle the negative coverage.
“I am now 1000 per cent being hung out to dry,” she allegedly wrote.
The documents show that Epstein provided Ms Ferguson with £15,000 to settle her debts, including money owed to a former staff member.
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The documents show that Epstein provided Ms Ferguson with £15,000 to settle her debts, including money owed to a former staff member.
Ms Ferguson subsequently acknowledged that accepting this financial arrangement had been a “gigantic error.”
The correspondence appear to indicate that the former Duchess of York expressing considerable gratitude to Epstein for his help with business connections and seeking his guidance on various matters.
Her alleged messages to the financier were notably warm, with Ms Ferguson describing him as a “legend” and “the brother I have always wished for.”
In one 2010 exchange, she appears to write to him: “Just marry me.”
Ms Ferguson subsequently acknowledged that accepting this financial arrangement had been a “gigantic error.”
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The newly released files also indicate that Ms Ferguson visited Epstein merely five days after he had been released from prison, where he had served time for sex offences.
According to the documents, she brought her adult daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, with her on this visit.
Ms Ferguson has not publicly commented on the newly disclosed correspondence or the details of her visits to Epstein during this period.
The former Duchess of York has previously made clear her regret of knowing Epstein, saying: “I abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children and know that this was a gigantic error of judgment on my behalf… I will have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again.”
GB News has contacted Sarah Ferguson for comment.