EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Ferguson Hit With New Nickname Behind Palace Walls After Shamed Ex-Duchess' Epstein Travel Beg Emerged
Luxury travel requests & damaging timing fuel renewed outrage within royal circles.
Sarah Ferguson is facing renewed scrutiny after newly surfaced emails allegedly revealed she sought financial favors from Jeffrey Epstein for luxury travel – and later pressed for first-class upgrades for herself and her daughters.
Ferguson, 66, the former Duchess of York and ex-wife of ex-Prince Andrew, was reportedly under severe financial strain in July 2009 when Epstein, then 56, was released under house arrest in Palm Beach after serving 13 months for soliciting a child for prostitution.
Emails uncovered from that time show that on the very day of his release, Ferguson’s office contacted Epstein’s house manager, Lesley Groff, about funding a visit to Florida.
According to the correspondence, she requested flights for herself and her daughters, Princess Beatrice, then 21, and Princess Eugenie, then 19 – and later sought upgraded seating arrangements for the return journey.
The revelations have allegedly earned her a biting nickname behind palace walls: