Sarah Ferguson waves the to the crowd was she attends the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, on April 20, 2025. KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP
A UK children's charity said on Monday, September 22, that it had severed ties with Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of disgraced Prince Andrew, after an email emerged between her and convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the 2011 message obtained by The Mail on Sunday, Ferguson – widely known by her nickname Fergie – called him a "steadfast, generous and supreme friend" and apologized for disowning him.
The Duchess of York told Epstein she had been instructed to give a critical interview about him weeks earlier to protect "my career as a children's book author and children's philanthropist." In that interview, Ferguson vowed to "never have anything to do with" Epstein again and called a £15,000 loan the billionaire had made to her "a gigantic error of judgment." Ferguson, 65, has previously said Epstein gave her the loan to help her pay off debts.
On Monday, the children's hospice charity Julia's House said it had ended its relationship with Ferguson "following the information shared this weekend on the Duchess of York's correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein."
