Sarah Ferguson’s crude Princess Eugenie remark uncovered in Epstein emails
DOJ documents show email exchanges between Sarah Ferguson and Jeffrey Epstein where the Duchess made a crude comment about her daughter Princess Eugenie’s weekend away
Fergie with youngest daughter Princess Eugenie at Windsor Castle last year (Image: WireImage)
Sarah Ferguson made a crude remark about her youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie, according to documents unveiled as part of the Epstein files.
Images of email correspondence between Fergie and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have emerged amongst over three million documents published by the US Department of Justice in recent days concerning the disgraced financier.
The releases include exchanges with someone identified simply as “Sarah”, whose email address has been redacted, alongside discussions with others regarding “Fergie”. In one email from March 2010, Epstein appears to enquire about Fergie’s potential New York visit by writing: “ny?”.
Fergie responds: “Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a s******* weekend.”
The message was dispatched around Eugenie’s 20th birthday period, which she celebrated with her then-boyfriend, now husband, Jack Brooksbank, reports the Mirror.
Additional newly disclosed emails also revealed Fergie effusively praising Epstein following his compliments about her in front of Eugenie and her elder daughter, Princess Beatrice.
In correspondence dated August 3, 2009, Fergie characterised Epstein as the “brother I have always wished for” and even branded the criminal a “legend” in subsequent messaging.
Being featured in the Epstein files does not suggest guilt or misconduct. In the email, Fergie penned: “In just week, after your lunch, it seems the energy has lifted. I have never been more touched by a friends kindness than your compliment to me in front of my girls. Thank you Jeffrey for being the brother I have always wished for.”
Previously disclosed emails revealed the former Duchess describing Epstein as her “supreme friend” on April 26, 2011. This occurred mere weeks after she assured journalists she would “never have anything to do with” the sex offender again.
Her representative claimed last year that Fergie made these remarks “in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats” as Epstein had allegedly threatened legal action against her.
The extensive collection of documents also contained photographs of Beatrice and Eugenie, apparently forwarded to Epstein by their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The fallen former prince’s two daughters featured in personal family photographs dispatched to the convicted child sex trafficker during their early twenties. Eugenie was aged 21 and 22, whilst her elder sister was 23 and 24 when these images were transmitted in seasonal emails spanning 2011 and 2012, the records reveal, following the financier’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
The initial photograph, depicting the two sisters posing together in snowy conditions – with Eugenie bundled in fur and a brown scarf whilst Beatrice sported earmuffs and a silver Christmas cracker hat – was dispatched on December 21, 2011 through an email from Andrew’s “HRH The Duke of York” account as part of a festive greeting card.
Additional images were incorporated into a second seasonal card posted in 2012, featuring Beatrice and Eugenie as two of four photographs on the card, with the other two showcasing Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
Beatrice is captured scaling Mont Blanc, the tallest peak in the Alps, whilst Eugenie can be observed taking part in a charitable cycling event in her “Night Rider” photograph captured in London. All these activities occurred during the year the card was distributed, with Andrew’s image showing him rappelling down the Shard, whilst Ms Ferguson’s snapshot documents her journey to the frozen Great Slave Lake in Canada.
The card bears a Christmas greeting apparently signed by Andrew, which reads: “Wishing you much joy and happiness at this time and for the year ahead.”
Andrew has consistently and vehemently refuted any misconduct. Beatrice and Eugenie have attempted to create distance between themselves and their parents as they become entangled in the swirling controversy.
