Newly released documents from the Epstein Files reveal that Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, told convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein she was waiting for her youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie, to return from a 'sh***ing weekend'. The email, sent on March 21, 2010, two days before Eugenie's 20th birthday, shows Epstein asking Ferguson about an upcoming New York trip, to which she replied: 'Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a sh***ing weekend!!'
The documents, part of a tranche of three million files released on Friday, also detail Epstein's financial support for Ferguson. In one email, Epstein helped pay off around $60,000 worth of debts she owed to a former assistant. In another, dated April 4, 2009, Ferguson wrote to Epstein: 'I am landing in Palm Beach in a couple of hours. Is there any chance on my quick layover that I can get to have a quick cup of tea?' She also referred to him as 'my dear, spectacular and special friend Jeffrey' and said: 'You are a legend and I am so proud of you.'
The correspondence includes an invitation to Epstein for Prince Andrew's 50th birthday party at St James's Palace, signed by Ferguson and her daughters. The invitation read: 'Dear Jeffrey, Beatrice, Eugenie and I would love to invite you to celebrate the 50 years of Papa/Andrew.' Epstein declined, replying curtly: 'Not able.'
A source told the Mail on Sunday: 'Epstein was always falling out with Sarah over money. She would borrow it from him and then say something stupid which would make the papers and infuriate him. He wasn't that fond of her, she was more of a useful idiot to him. She offered him a way into Andrew's good graces and, by default, the good graces of the Royals.'
In March 2011, Epstein was 'enraged' after Ferguson called him a paedophile in an interview with the Evening Standard. He hired a crisis manager who drafted a defamation lawsuit, writing: 'Jeffrey, the Fergie retraction is critical. One of your good friends, a member of the Royal family, is calling you a paedophile.'
