
Sarah Ferguson allegedly brought girls to meet Epstein after release from prison: report
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of Prince Andrew Ex-wife Sarah Ferguson brought her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, to meet Jeffrey Epstein after he was released from prison in 2009, according to a report, citing leaked emails.
According to an email seen by Sunday Mail, Epstein sent a message to his lawyer Paul Tweed in April 2011, claiming that Ferguson was celebrating her release from prison “for the first time” with her “two daughters”.
In the summer of 2009, Epstein was released from a Florida prison after serving an 18-month sentence after pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution and soliciting prostitution.

Sarah Ferguson and her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, celebrated Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged release from prison in 2009, according to a report. (Getty Images)
A source told PEOPLE that Eugenie and Beatrice never met Epstein. Another source said telegraph Neither Ferguson nor her daughters remember visiting Epstein after his release from prison.
Many charities drop Sarah Ferguson after calling Jeffrey Epstein a ‘generous and great friend’
The alleged email exchange came a month after Ferguson gave an interview to the London Evening Standard in March 2011, “profusely apologizing” for accepting money from Epstein and claiming she “never wants anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein again”.
The Mail on Sunday reports that Epstein emailed his lawyer and said Ferguson “affirmatively stated that she was misquoted.”

Sarah Ferguson visited Jeffrey Epstein after his release from prison in 2009. (Getty Images)
“(Sarah) bought an apartment in New York. She was the first to celebrate my release with her two daughters. She visited me with (a) policeman sitting on my front desk. She asked her charities for help,” Epstein wrote at the time.
Ferguson has admitted to accepting money from Epstein in the past, but a new report from the Mail on Sunday suggests that Ferguson asked Epstein for more money.
Prince Andrew gave the royal title with the support of King Charles
“Can I borrow 50 or 100,000 US dollars? Can I help cover the little bills that are pressing me? I had to ask,” Ferguson allegedly asked Epstein via email, according to the Mail on Sunday.
The outlet reported that at the time of the request, Epstein was under house arrest after his release from prison and his bank accounts were being monitored. He reportedly did not complete the request and wrote back to Ferguson: “You need to fix these issues. You are great.”

Sources close to Ferguson deny that she celebrated Epstein’s release from prison. (David M. Bennett)
Fox News Digital has reached out to representatives for Ferguson, Beatrice and Eugenie for comment.
Last month, leaked emails circulated in which Ferguson addressed Epstein as a “super friend” prompted several charities to drop her as a patron.
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“Following information shared on the Duchess of York’s correspondence this weekend Jeffrey EpsteinJulia’s House has decided that it is inappropriate for her to continue as a patron of the charity,” a spokesperson for Julia’s House, a children’s hospice, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “We have advised the Duchess of York of this decision and thank her for her past support.”
According to the Associated Press, Ferguson has also been dropped by the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation. Prevent Breast Cancer also announced that it had dropped the Duchess as a patron.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are the daughters of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew. (Getty Images)
The British Heart Foundation also dropped the Duchess as a charity ambassador, according to the report BBC. The Children’s Literacy Charity also cut ties with Ferguson, the outlet reported.
In the alleged email, Ferguson referred to the disgraced sex offender as a “steady, generous and supreme friend.”
Ferguson allegedly wrote, “I know you’ve been disappointed by what you’ve been told or read, and for that I must apologize to you and your heart from the bottom of my heart.”
“I was advised in no uncertain terms not to have anything to do with you and not to speak to you or email you and if I did I would cause more problems for you (Prince Andrew) and myself,” she added. “I was instructed to act very quickly if I was to have any chance of surviving my career as a children’s book author and children’s philanthropist.”

Jeffrey Epstein went to prison in Florida in 2008 on prostitution charges. (Rick Friedman/Corbis)
In a statement to The GuardianA representative for Ferguson said she was publicly condemning Epstein.
“Like many people, she was taken in by (Epstein’s) lies. As soon as she learned of the allegations against him, she not only broke off contact but publicly denounced him, so much so that he later threatened to sue her for defamation for having a relationship with pedophilia,” the statement read. “She does not stand by anything she said then. The email was sent in connection with advice to the Duchess to try to silence Epstein and his threats.”
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On October 17, Andrew released a statement shortly after releasing excerpts from his upcoming posthumous memoir. Virginia Giffreywho alleges that she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and had sex with Andrew when she was 17.

Prince Andrew abdicated his royal title on October 17. (Steve Parsons/Getty Images)
“In discussions with the King and my immediate and extended family, we have noted that the ongoing allegations against me have distracted from the work of Her Majesty and the Royal Family,” read a statement issued by the royals and obtained by Fox News Digital. “As always, I have decided to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision of five years ago to step back from public life.”
“Due to His Majesty’s agreement, we feel that I should now go a step further,” the statement added. “Therefore I will no longer use my title or the honors bestowed upon me. As I have said before, I vehemently deny the allegations against me.”

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were married for 10 years and divorced in 1996. In 1986, he stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s 60th birthday. (Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth gave Andrew the title of Duke of York when he married Ferguson in 1986. Ferguson became the Duchess of York even after the divorce in 1996. people reports that Ferguson has been going by her legal name for years and has now been stripped of Andrew’s title. The outlet reported that the titles of their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Prince Eugenie, will remain intact.
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Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent janelle.ash@fox.com.
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