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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSarah Ferguson told Jeffrey Epstein he was her \u201cpillar\u201d as she begged for him not to die and later asked for employment, according to newly released documents.<\/p>\n
Emails published by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) reveal the depth of Ms Ferguson\u2019s friendship with Epstein and suggest the disgraced financier wanted her help to clear his name. <\/p>\n
Ms Ferguson appeared to email Epstein in July 2010, two years after he was convicted by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute, and said: \u201cHave you died on me ? Don’t.. Please you are my pillar..\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Sarah Ferguson emailed Epstein multiple times following his conviction (US Department of Justice)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nShe followed up a month later confessing: \u201cI am feeling very traumatised and alone. I am wanting to work for you at organising your houses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am in the South of France\u201d, she said, adding: \u201cI have the perfect butler.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a follow up email in September, she asked him: \u201cWhen are you going to employ me\u201d<\/p>\n
A previous email exchange from 2009 saw the then-Duchess of York call Epstein the \u201cbrother I have always wished for\u201d as she updated Epstein on potential opportunities for her business brands and books. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn just one week, after your lunch, it seems the energy has lifted\u201d, she wrote. “I have never been more touched by a friends [sic<\/em>] kindness than your compliment to me infront of my girls.<\/p>\n\u201cThank you Jeffrey for being the brother I have always wished for.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next year, in another email between \u201cSarah\u201d and Epstein she calls him a \u201clegend\u201d and describes her \u201cgratitude\u201d for him. <\/p>\n
She added: \u201cXx I am at your service . Just marry me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Handout photo of Sarah Ferguson (centre) released in the latest tranche of the Epstein files (DOJ)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAnother email exchange believed to be from Epstein to three others, including his publicist, in March 2011 said: \u201cI think Fergie can now say, I am not a pedo.\u201d<\/p>\n
It adds: \u201cShe was DUPED into believeing [sic<\/em>] false stories.\u201d<\/p>\nAt the time, Epstein had been accused of abusing dozens of teenage girls between 1999 and 2007. He avoided federal sex trafficking charges and served 13 months in jail for lesser state charges of soliciting prostitution from someone under 18 in 2008.<\/p>\n
Emails show Epstein\u2019s publicist at the time Mike Sitrick said they have a strategy to \u201cget newspapers to stop calling you a pedophile\u201d and one was to get \u201cFergie to retract\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah\u201d emailed Epstein a month later saying she \u201cdid not\u201d and \u201cwould not\u201d call him a \u201cP\u201d, and that she had acted to \u201cprotect my own brand\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Ferguson wrote to Epstein and said: “I urgently need 20,000 pounds ($27,521) for rent today\u201d following the collapse of her business venture, <\/p>\n
\u201cThe landlord has threatened to go to the newspapers if I don\u2019t pay. Any brainwaves?\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Hundreds of email exchanges between Epstein and Ms Ferguson have been released (2023 Invision)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe email exchange started between Epstein and a man named David Stern, who shared a copy of an ABC article questioning if Ferguson\u2019s finances were in \u201cjeopardy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Epstein suggests the leak could come from \u201cdisgruntled investors\u201d and Ferguson replies confirming an investor has \u201cbroken a confidentiality agreement\u201d.<\/p>\n
Although the email chain appears to end once she explains that she needs money for rent, elsewhere an email from Epstein claims to have helped her financially for 15 years. <\/p>\n
In several emails, Ferguson\u2019s daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are named, including Epstein asking if they are free to say hello in July 2010. <\/p>\n
Emails in July 2009 also suggest a lunch was held between Ferguson, her daughters and Epstein. <\/p>\n
Epstein was invited to several events involving the royal family giving him access to British high society. <\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Both Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will soon move out of the Royal Lodge after their connections with Jeffrey Epstein were fully realised (PA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThen Prince Andrew\u2019s private secretary Amanda Thirsk wrote to Epstein on behalf of Ferguson in February 2010, to invite him to Andrew\u2019s 50th birthday party at St James\u2019s Palace in London.<\/p>\n
Another email from Epstein to hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin in 2009 claims “fergie said she could organize tea in the buckingham palace apts.. or windsor castle” [sic<\/em>].<\/p>\nA message sent by Ferguson to Epstein congratulating the paedophile on the birth of a \u201cbaby boy\u201d after he was released from jail in 2011, suggests he had a secret child, The Telegraph<\/em> reported. <\/p>\n\u201cDon\u2019t know if you are still on this BBM but heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy. Even though you never kept in touch, I am still here with love, friendship and congratulations on your baby boy. Sarah xx,\u201d she said in the message sent 15 years ago.<\/p>\n
But it has never been established if Epstein had any children. <\/p>\n
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whose titles have already been stripped, will soon move out of the Royal Lodge. His ex-wife Ferguson will also need to move home and has already been dropped by several charities over her links to Epstein. <\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Millions of pages of documents related to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released on Friday (US Department of Justice)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe Independent has contacted Ms Ferguson\u2019s representatives for comment. A spokesman for Sarah\u2019s Trust said on Monday evening that the charity would close for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
They said: \u201cOur chair Sarah Ferguson and the board of trustees have agreed that with regret the charity will shortly close for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been under discussion and in train for some months,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe remain extremely proud of the work of the trust over recent years. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have partnered with over 60 other charities in over 20 countries, providing education, healthcare, crisis response and environmental projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe delivered over 150,000 aid parcels during the Covid pandemic, provided medical aid and training for those affected by the war in Ukraine and delivered education for over 200 children in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Sarah Ferguson told Jeffrey Epstein he was her \u201cpillar\u201d as she begged for him not to die and later asked for employment, according to newly released documents. Emails published by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) reveal the depth of Ms Ferguson\u2019s friendship with Epstein and suggest the disgraced financier wanted her help to clear his name. Ms Ferguson appeared to email Epstein in July 2010, two years after he was convicted by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute, and said: \u201cHave you died on me ? Don’t.. Please you are my pillar..\u201d open image in gallery Sarah Ferguson emailed Epstein multiple times following his conviction (US Department of Justice) She followed up a month later confessing: \u201cI am feeling very traumatised and alone. I am wanting to work for you at organising your houses. \u201cI am in the South of France\u201d, she said, adding: \u201cI have the perfect butler.\u201d In a follow up email in September, she asked him: \u201cWhen are you going to employ me\u201d A previous …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}