Sarah Ferguson has spent years tangled in the fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s scandals, thanks to her own financial ties to the late sex offender and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s far more damaging association. Even after publicly apologizing for accepting Epstein’s help with her debts, the former Duchess of York has never fully escaped those connections.
Now, a newly released email has added a deeply uncomfortable twist, revealing that Sarah once made a crude joke about her teenage daughter, Princess Eugenie, while writing directly to Epstein.
Sarah Ferguson described her daughter’s holiday to convicted criminal Jeffrey Epstein
The email surfaced when the U.S. Department of Justice released millions of Epstein related files on January 30. Among them was a March 2010 exchange reviewed by PEOPLE in which Epstein asked Sarah about possibly taking a trip to New York. Her response quickly shifted to Eugenie’s weekend plans, including her private activities.
“Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a shagging weekend!!” Sarah wrote.
At the time, Eugenie was only 19 years old and just two days away from her 20th birthday. She was spending the weekend with her then-boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank, per The Mirror.
Epstein had already pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges including solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18. Reportedly, he had served time in jail and was under house arrest when the email was sent, making Sarah’s remark about her own daughter even more disturbing.
The newly released files also show how warm Sarah’s tone toward Epstein remained during that period. In January 2010, she wrote, “You are a legend. I really don’t have the words to describe, my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness. Xx I am at your service. Just marry me.”
In 2011, Sarah told the Evening Standard that accepting Epstein’s financial help was a “terrible, terrible error of judgment” and insisted, “I abhor paedophilia.”
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