Sarah Ferguson visited Epstein TWICE at office for a bogus firm he set up while he was serving prison sentence for child sex offence

Sarah Ferguson visited Jeffrey Epstein twice at the offices of a fake firm he founded while he was still in prison for child sex crimes.

Emails buried deep in the Epstein Files reveal that the former Duchess of York traveled to Palm Beach, Florida, once in April 2009 and once in May of the same year.

The meetings took place at the office of the Florida Science Foundation, the dummy company that Epstein invented to secure a job release while in prison.

Fergie appears to have discussed how she could make money during one of the visits and even planned to return for a third time, but those plans fell through at the last minute.

It was also revealed that Lord Peter Mandelson called Epstein from his office and had a video call while he was staying at the financier’s mansion in New York.

Epstein’s victims alleged that he abused them at the Florida Science Foundation headquarters when he should have been in jail at the nearby Palm Beach County Stockade.

After his conviction in June 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution, the sex offender entered a generous work release program that allowed him to leave prison for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, to work in his office.

He was being supervised by off-duty Sheriff’s deputies.

Epstein was included in a generous work-release program after he was convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution in June 2008

But even though Ferguson was still in prison, he asked the pedophile if he could see him during a stopover in Palm Beach.

On April 4, 2009, she emailed him: ‘Hi Jeffrey. I’ll be landing in Palm Beach in a few hours. Is there any chance of having a cup of tea during a short break…’

Ferguson signed the email: ‘I love Red Head Sarah.!!’

Epstein responded and said he could visit him and gave the address of his office in West Palm Beach, which he said was “ten minutes from the airport.”

After the meeting, which appeared to be mostly about his own business, Mothers Army, Epstein emailed her saying ‘you look great’ and added: ‘I read everything you gave me, too many pictures… not enough content, so numbers.’

He advised her on how to land a £10 million sponsorship deal and instructed her to get women such as Michelle Obama involved.

Thanking him for his advice, she replied: ‘My dear wonderful and special friend Jeffrey.

‘You are a legend and I’m so proud of you… for being such a great friend.’

Pictured: Offices of the Florida Science Foundation, which he founded to secure Epstein’s release from prison

Former British ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, was seen walking his dog on April 17

More emails from the period also suggest that he tried to visit her again in late April, but this ultimately did not happen.

Then, in May, while he was still in prison, she emailed him: ‘I’m coming to Palm Beach to see you on Wednesday and I get off at 9.30am.

‘You are great [driver] take me, bring me to you, Almighty!! Then take me to Miami!??? Please put roses on it!’

Epstein told his staff to ‘please coordinate’ his request.

Later emails also suggested that Ms. Ferguson walked past a Sheriff’s deputy and entered Epstein’s office during an April visit because the pedophile needed to be monitored on the day he was released from prison.

In the same week as one of Ferguson’s visits, Lord Mandelson called Epstein from his Palm Beach office in London: Telegram reported.

Amid the fallout from the 2009 MPs’ expenses scandal, the then business secretary told Epstein that things were “still politically in disarray”.

The following month, Lord Mandelson video-called Epstein from the Florida Science Foundation office while he was staying at a pedophile house in New York.

This was four weeks before Epstein was officially released from prison.

Lord Mandelson, who was stripped of his titles over his links to the pedophile, maintained he saw no evidence of wrongdoing during his time with Epstein.

A spokesman for Ms Ferguson previously told the BBC: ‘The Duchess expressed her regret over her relationship with Epstein many years ago and, as always, her first thoughts were with his victims.

‘Like so many people, she fell for his lies. As soon as he became aware of the extent of the allegations against him, he not only cut off communication, but also publicly denounced her; So much so that she later threatened to sue him for libel for associating him with pedophilia.’

The Daily Mail has approached Lord Mandelson’s representatives for comment.