The US Department of Justice has released over three million documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case, including emails that appear to implicate the Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson in fresh allegations. Emails sent from accounts labelled “The Duke”, “The Invisible Man”, and “Sarah”, with references to “Fergie”, suggest the pair contacted the disgraced financier shortly after his house arrest ended in August 2010.
The correspondence indicates that Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were in touch with Epstein immediately after his release from house arrest, and that the prince visited the US that December. The timing of these contacts has raised questions, given Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea to soliciting a minor for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in a work-release programme before a year of house arrest.
The release of the documents marks the latest tranche of evidence from the Epstein case, which has already led to widespread scrutiny of the Duke of York’s association with the financier. Buckingham Palace has previously denied any wrongdoing by Prince Andrew, who stepped down from royal duties in 2019 amid public backlash over his friendship with Epstein.
The documents do not provide direct evidence of criminal activity by Prince Andrew or Sarah Ferguson, but they add to the body of material that has kept the royal family’s ties to Epstein under scrutiny. The Duke has consistently denied allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.
