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A royal expert has slammed a \u201crevolting\u201d message Sarah Ferguson sent convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in a freshly surfaced email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The former duchess has been under fire over her connection to the disgraced financier, a man she considered a \u201cfriend\u201d and a \u201cbrother\u201d according to the latest disclosure from the US Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Now, a royal expert has slammed an 11-word message Ms Ferguson sent to Epstein that has previously flown under the radar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In one email, she referred to the sex offender as: \u201cMy dear spectacular and special friend Jeffrey, you are a legend.\u201d She then added: \u201cI am so proud of you\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jo Elvin, the former Editor-in-Chief of Glamour UK and You Magazine, told the Palace Confidential podcast that the message made her unwell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI mean, I just want to be sick. It\u2019s a convicted sex offender she\u2019s writing to. It\u2019s hard to believe that she cared at all about his crimes,\u201d Ms Elvin said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Richard Eden, a royal commentator for the Daily Mail, spoke alongside Ms Elvin on the podcast and explained how this email, amongst the trove of others contained in the recent Epstein files release, had shifted his once favourable view of the ex-duchess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cYeah, I found it all quite hard to take because I\u2019ve always sort of\u2014I wouldn\u2019t say been a supporter\u2014but I\u2019ve quite admired Sarah in the past, particularly for the way she\u2019s bounced back from scandal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cShe\u2019s always been very positive and that sort of thing. But stuff like this is just revolting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnd you know, it\u2019s the way that they were just so eager for him to be released from prison as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThere were some other details from the Epstein files that we\u2019ve seen this week in which Andrew was talking about celebrating with him in Paris\u2014celebrating his release from prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sarah Ferguson did keep up her correspondence with Epstein while he was imprisoned in the late 2000s for soliciting prostitution from a minor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On Epstein\u2019s dime, she also flew to New York City with her two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, to meet him after he was released in July 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to the emails, she brought her daughters to a lunch with Epstein, and also asked his management to upgrade her flights home. Epstein refused the request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The recent commentary comes as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces an ongoing investigation after his arrest on February 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He spent his 66th birthday being questioned for 11 hours before he was released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the weeks leading up to the arrest, Ms Ferguson had been moving boxes from the Royal Lodge before she and the disgraced former prince were officially given the boot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Since then, it is understood she has been holed up in a luxe wellness retreat in Zurich, Switzerland, lying low and plotting a financial comeback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Her charity, Sarah\u2019s Trust, alongside six other charities affiliated with her, has shut down this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thenightly.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A royal expert has slammed a \u201crevolting\u201d message Sarah Ferguson sent convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in a freshly surfaced email. 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