Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew brace for royal banishment after Epstein scandal

Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew may be banned from all royal events (Image: Getty)
It’s the end of the road for Sarah, Duchess of York, as the Epstein email is one scandal too many. Charities have quite rightly axed Prince Andrew’s ex-wife in their droves over her fawning email to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

While some may leap to her defence and point out the email was sent over 14 years ago – such an argument is ignorant and offensive to the disgraced financier’s many victims.The email, in which she refers to Epstein as a “supreme friend” and issues him an apology, shows her willingness to put a toxic friendship above her charitable work and moral duty to stand by his victims.

For years, she has aligned herself with key charities and portrayed herself as empathetic and compassionate—but how can that public persona reconcile with her extraordinary association with Epstein?

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As Queen Elizabeth’s former press spokesman Dickie Arbiter said, “I’m not sure she’s going to survive this one because mud does stick. It’s one thing to have financial problems, quite something else to be associated with a convicted paedophile.”

Fergie has been rehabilitation her image under the Carolean era, focusing on her charitable causes and standing by the Royal Family.

Following her diagnosis with breast cancer last summer, she helped raise hundreds of thousands to raise awareness of the disease and fund new specialist training and equipment.

And her candid conversations about her health journey, having received a skin cancer diagnosis just six months after being treated for breast cancer, encouraged members of the public to get regular checkups and helped raise awareness of the disease.