Six companies linked to Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, are being wound down following revelations about her association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Documents filed with Companies House show applications to strike off each of the six firms were made after the release of the Epstein files by US authorities.
Ms Ferguson, 66, was the sole director of S Phoenix Events, Fergie’s Farm, La Luna Investments, Solamoon Ltd, Philanthrapreneur Ltd and Planet Partners Productions Ltd. The applications came after new details about her contact with Epstein emerged in the thousands of documents made public last month.
Among the material is an email exchange from 21 September 2011, in which Ms Ferguson appears to write to Epstein: “I am at your service. Just marry me.” In the same correspondence, she refers to hearing from “The Duke” that Epstein had had a baby boy, and later complains that Epstein had disappeared and that she felt he had only been friends with her to get to Andrew. Many of the exchanges are dated after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child.
Further disclosures show Ms Ferguson thanking Epstein in 2009 for being the “brother” she “always wished for”, and apologising “humbly” to her “dear friend” a month after publicly disowning him in 2011. Earlier this month, her charity Sarah’s Trust announced it would close “for the foreseeable future”, and seven other charities, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, terminated her patronage. The cancellation of a planned book last autumn led to thousands of copies being pulped, after she was stripped of her title of Duchess of York.
A representative for the former duchess has been contacted for comment.
