Duchess of York called convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a ‘supreme friend’ in a 2011 email and apologised for linking him to sex abuse.

Just weeks after publicly disowning paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Ferguson wrote him a gushing private message calling him a 'steadfast, generous and supreme friend'.

The email from the Duchess has been revealed days after both the Duke and Duchess made an appearance at the funeral of the Duchess of Kent