Speaking to the BBC, he said: “She will have lost a bit of cachet over this. She certainly does use the title – even her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess.”
As mentioned above, Sarah’s own connections to Epstein have been talked about in the press recently, after it was alleged that she’d sent an email to the sex offender in 2011, describing him as a “supreme friend”.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – SEPTEMBER 16: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and Prince Andrew, Duke of York attend Katharine, Duchess of Kent’s Requiem Mass service at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London, England. Katharine, Duchess of Kent was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She died on September 4 at the age of 92 at Kensington Palace surrounded by her family. Having converted to Catholicism in 1994, her funeral takes place at Westminster Cathedral and is the first Catholic funeral to be held for a member of the royal family in modern British history. Her Royal Highness will be laid to rest at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore, Windsor. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
The message was sent mere months after Ferguson had labeled her ties to Epsten a “gigantic error of judgment”.
A spokesperson for Ferguson defended has since claimed she was responding to a defamation threat by Epstein.
“Like many people, she was taken in by his lies,” they said. “As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him, she not only cut off contact but condemned him publicly, to the extent that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with paedophilia.
“She does not resile from anything she said then. This email was sent in the context of advice the Duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and hisContinue reading…
