Sarah Ferguson’s charity formally closes down following Epstein scandal
Sarah Ferguson’s charity, Sarah’s Trust, has officially closed after the former Duchess of York was embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Days after new revelations emerged about the former duchess’ friendship with the pedophile financier, Sarah Ferguson’s charity has announced it will close for the “foreseeable future”.
In a statement in February, Sarah’s Trust said Ms Ferguson and the trustees had agreed “with regret” to close the charity.
The statement continued: “This has been discussed and worked on for several months.” “We are extremely proud of the foundation’s work in recent years.”
Now, months later, Sarah’s Trust has been marked “removed” in the charity’s public register.
The charity, which was launched in 2020 during the Covid pandemic, has provided assistance to NHS, care home and hospice staff. He also provided money to send computers to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
Independent He contacted Ferguson’s representatives for comment on the charity’s closure.
The announcement that the charity would be shut down came just days after the US Department of Justice released more than three million documents revealing that Epstein was in contact with her while she was in prison for soliciting sex from a minor.
Files released by the Ministry of Justice suggested that Ms Ferguson, along with her two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, visited Mr Epstein just days after he was released from prison for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
In an email dated July 28, 2009, six days after his release from prison, Epstein caught up with his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and told her how many people had been billed to visit him that week.
“Ferg and the two girls came yesterday [sic]”he said. “today [redacted].. tomomwo sultan , yesterday Farkas` sat jarecki, Sunday [redacted],, monday novak [sic].”
In other emails, Ms Ferguson said Mr Epstein was “the brother I always wished for” and later said she needed £20,000 for rent following the collapse of her business venture.
In a 2009 email exchange, the then-Duchess of York briefed Epstein on potential opportunities for her trademarks and books.
“After just one week of eating lunch, energy appears to increase,” he wrote.
“I’ve never been this impressed by any of my friends [sic] More kindness than the compliment you gave me in front of my daughters.
“Thank you, Jeffrey, for being the brother I always wished for.”
Mentioning your name in documents does not constitute a crime.
Ms Ferguson lost her title as duchess after her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor renounced his title as Duke of York over his links to Epstein.
