Sarah Ferguson, who was known as the Duchess of York, addressed the paedophile financier as “my dear spectacular and special friend Jeffrey” in email communication
Language used by Sarah Ferguson in emails to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been slammed as “revolting” by a royal expert.
Sarah, then the Duchess of York, continued to communicate with Epstein despite saying in an interview months prior she regretted “having anything to do with” the sex offender. In fact, she then addressed him as “my dear spectacular and special friend Jeffrey” before adding, “You are a legend. I am so proud of you” in an email years after his conviction for procuring a 14-year-old schoolgirl for prostitution.
This has emerged recently as part of the Epstein files and, as a result, Ms Ferguson has faced scrutiny for how she became so deeply embedded in the paedophile’s life. Jo Elvin, a royal expert, has this week reacted to the newly surfaced correspondence. She said: “I mean, I just want to be sick. It’s a convicted sex offender she’s writing to. It’s hard to believe that she cared at all about his crimes.”
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Ms Elvin, formerly the Editor-in-Chief of Glamour UK and You Magazine, told the Express the language comes during an exchange between Ms Ferguson and the financier in which they discuss plans to establish a philanthropic project together.
But she and other experts are furious Ms Ferguson chose to continue the communication with the known sex offender. Richard Eden, a social and royal commentator, said: “I found it all quite hard to take because I’ve always sort of — I wouldn’t say been a supporter — but I’ve quite admired Sarah in the past, particularly for the way she’s bounced back from scandal.
“She’s always been very positive and that sort of thing. But stuff like this is just revolting… And you know, it’s the way that they were just so eager for him to be released from prison as well.”
Ms Ferguson, 66, is reportedly homeless and couch-surfing between pals in New York after she and ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were forced to leave Royal Lodge in Windsor last month. The I paper has been told that she is in a “deep mess” while friends and royal observers have reportedly told the publication that her rich associates would have to be “stupid” to enter into any business deals with her now.
But her stint on ITV programmes, such as Loose Women and This Morning, ended last year despite once being hailed as a “saviour” of the broadcaster’s daytime schedule. Ms Ferguson, who has four grandchildren, presented This Morning alongside Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary in November 2023, weeks after Holly Willoughby found out she was at the centre of a bizarre plot by former security guard Gavin Plumb to kidnap, rape and murder her.
