TL:DR – Sarah Ferguson’s charity to shut down following new Jeffrey Epstein claims
- Sarah Ferguson’s charity, Sarah’s Trust, will close following revelations of her ongoing friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- The charity, launched in 2020, previously aided vulnerable communities during the pandemic and war.
- New Epstein files reveal Ferguson stayed in contact with him post-2008 conviction and he assisted her financially.
- She acknowledged her “terrible error in judgment” regarding Epstein and condemned child abuse.
Sarah Ferguson’s charity to close days after new Jeffrey Epstein revelations | News UK
The former Duke and Duchess of York (Picture: AFP)
Sarah Ferguson’s charity has closed only days after it emerged she had kept up a friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Sarah’s Trust said: ‘Our chair, Sarah Ferguson and the board of trustees have agreed that with regret, the charity will shortly close for the foreseeable future.’
‘This has been under discussion and in train for some months.’
The charity, launched in 2020, added that staff helped vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
The revelations came from the latest batch of the Epstein files, which included compromising photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Ferguson remained in contact with Epstein even after he was registered as a sex offender and was sentenced to jail in 2008 for soliciting prostitution of a minor, the files suggest.
‘I am at your service’
Sarah Ferguson’s charity helped support vulnerable communities worldwide (Picture: Stephane Cardinale/Corbis)
One email dated September 2009 shows Epstein discussing how the former Duchess of York needed ‘four apts during her stay in [New York]’.
Other emails suggest Epstein paid for flights for her and her children, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, and also paid off her debts.
They also discussed Ferguson’s brand deals, according to the documents released by the US Department of Justice on Friday.
One email from ‘Sarah’ read: ‘Thank you, Jeffrey, for being the brother I have always wished for.’
A 2010 email, seemingly from Ferguson, refers to Epstein as ‘a legend,’ adding: ‘Xx I am at your service. Just marry me.’
That same year, Ferguson invited Epstein to her 50th birthday party at St James’s Palace in February 2010.
An email said to be from Ferguson (Picture: Department of Justice)
Some exchanges are from an email sender named ‘Ferg,’ in which the user asks Epstein to hire her.
The businessman, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, replies: ‘I will never let you down.’
‘Ferg’ replies: ‘Nor I you.. And bever will. My friendship is steadfast to the end, even after the body is cold ..’
Ferguson previously admitted that Epstein covered her debts and apologised for her ‘terrible error in judgment’ in ‘having anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein’.
She added: ‘I abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children. It was a gigantic error of judgment.’
Being named in the Epstein files is not a sign of wrongdoing.
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