Feb. 8, 2026

Fergie Epstein Bombshell: Sex Claims, Cash Transfers and ‘Bring the Girls to Lunch’ Emails Explode

Fergie Epstein Bombshell: Sex Claims, Cash Transfers and ‘Bring the Girls to Lunch’ Emails Explode

There are sugeestions Sarah Ferguson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein may have been sexual, calling the web of connections around Andrew, Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell a “complicated psychosexual network.”

Newly released Department of Justice files deepen the damage, revealing cash transfers from Epstein to Ferguson, rent pleas, and emails describing him as a “legend” and a “pillar.”

Even more explosive, documents suggest Ferguson brought Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to meet Epstein just days after his release from prison, with emails reading, “It will be myself, Beatrice and Eugenie. Are we having lunch?”

Old TV clips of Fergie fiercely defending Andrew resurface, ITV drops a trailer for The Lady, and palace insiders admit she won’t disappear for long as the scandal swallows the House of York whole.

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Calarogu Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue game

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host Mark Francis. In Thenews dot co dot UK, Daniel

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Alsa writes the adjective explosive gets used far too often

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to describe snippets of news, but in the case of

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what I'm about to tell you, it is positively a

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grade semtex. Just when you thought your jaw could not

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plummet closer to the floor. Faced amid the tide of

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horrifying revelations about Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew mount Batten Windsor

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comes a new claim that has concussive force to take

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the roof off a nuclear silo. Sarah ferguson the erstwhile

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Duchess of York, might have slept with Epstein after her

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divorce from Andrew, also explains that on substack, Andrew Lowney,

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author of The Rise and Fall of the House of York,

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suggested the possibility that the relationship between Epstein and Fergie

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was sexual, saying Andrew was sleeping with Glaine, Glaine was

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sleeping with Epstein. I've heard that Epstein and Sarah were

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sleeping together. It doesn't surprise me, quoting Louney Further, there's

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a complicated psychosexual network going on as well as a

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financial one. Certainly, Glaine and Sarah were not friends. I

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think Elaine was rather jealous of Sarah and vice versa.

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She felt that Sarah was moving in on someone she

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saw as her boyfriend, Elsa adds. Meanwhile, Fergie was still

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writing about Andrew like a love sick teenager after a

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Mills and Boone bander on Christmas Day, twenty ten, decades

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after divorcing Andrew, calling him my handsome Prince a Saint

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says that she worships him and still loves him. Documents

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from the United States Department of Justice show that Sarah

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Ferguson received several cash transfers from Jeffrey Epstein, including a

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payment of approximately one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, according

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to reports. One transaction highlighted in the files dates back

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to two thousand and one, when Epstein is said to

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have transferred roughly one hundred and nine thousand pounds to

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Sarah Ferguson following a sheer sale. The payment was reportedly

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sent by Epstein's JP Morgan account and is described as

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one of several financial injections made to the former Duchess

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of York. Further documents detail Epstein's financial dealings, including dividends, purchases,

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and transfers. Among the emails released is a message from

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two thousand and nine in which Ferguson appears to ask

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Epstein for twenty thousand pounds to cover rent. That exchange

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begins with an email from an American lawyer and former

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NBA commissioner, David Stern, who forwarded an ABC News article

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to Epstein under the subject line Duchess of debt closure

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of Sarah Ferguson's business. Epstein then copied in a contact

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identified as ferg writing you have a rat. The recipient,

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appearing to be Ferguson, replied correct adding that a named

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investor had broken a confidentiality agreement and continued ABC and

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all this is being handled by my lawyer. Other emails

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attributed to Ferguson described Epstein as a legend and as

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the brother I have always wished for. Other documents suggest

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Sarah took her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to

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meet Epstein shortly after his release from prison in two

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thousand and nine. According to the documents, the visit took

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place in July of that year, just five days after

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Epstein had been released following a sentence for child sex offenses.

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At the time, Princess Beatrice was nineteen and Princess Eugenie

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was twenty. Epstein had served twelve months in custody for

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soliciting a minor for prostitution and was subsequently placed under

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house arrest. Emails released as part of the latest Tranch

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show Epstein informing Glenne Maxwell of the visit, writing ferg

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and the two girls come yesterday. The day before the meeting,

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Sarah Ferguson herself appeared to contact Epstein directly, writing what

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address shall we come to? It will be myself, Beatrice

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and Eugenie. Are we having lunch? The correspondence indicates that

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the meeting took place at Epstein's home in Palm Beach,

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where he reportedly served vegetable asignia prepared by a Parisian chef.

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In one email sent in twenty ten, Ferguson expressed anxiety

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about how she believed the institution would respond to scandal,

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writing no woman has ever left the royal family with

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her head and they cannot behead me. Therefore they will

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discredit me. In another message, she said she was totally

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on my own after a scandal in which she appeared

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to accept five hundred thousand dollars in exchange for offering

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access to Andrew to a tabloid. As her financial situation deteriorated,

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she told Epstein she felt abandoned, writing that she was

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being one thousand percent hung out to dry. She continued,

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I am totally on my own now. This is beyond

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scandalous and nobody can do anything. I cannot believe what

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this is all coming to. In an earlier email sent

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before those messages, Ferguson pleaded for reassurance from Epstein, writing

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have you died on me? Don't please? You are my pillar.

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Additional messages suggest that Epstein also attempted to arrange social

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contact between Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie and his goddaughter,

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Selena Dubin. Selena is the daughter of billionaire hedge fund

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manager Glenn Dubin and his wife Eva. In one email

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dated June twenty second, two thousand and nine, Epstein wrote

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to Sarah Ferguson and Eva Dubin saying, my goddaughter will

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be in London. From July eighth through ninth, Eva will

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be with her. Let's come up with a fun idea.

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A previously recorded television interview in which Sarah Ferguson publicly

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defended Andrew has resurfaced. The interview, broadcast in twenty fifteen

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on The Meredith Vieira Show, shows the former Duchess of

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York responding to allegations made against her ex husband by

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Virginia Geoffrey. During the interview, Ferguson rejected the claims and

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criticized those making them, saying I don't understand in this

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day and age how people can make sealacious lies up.

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This is defamation of character of the person who is

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the opposite of how he is poortrayed. It's just shockingly

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accused lies which I won't stand by or let anybody believe.

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In The Daily Mail, Richard Kay writes of Fergie, all

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we can be sure of is that she won't disappear

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for long and then well, she won't be hiding anyway,

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says a close figure. It's not her style. It's true

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she needs some space now. This holsaga has dominated her

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life for the last five years, making it impossible for

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her to think about anything else. She has been in

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the middle of it all and it has undermined her resilience.

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Being away from Royal Lodge, away from Andrew, will, says

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her friend, enable her to be reputationally freer. According to

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the same figure, however, she will continue to live in

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britain More Palace. In just a moment in the Telegraph,

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Hannah Furness writes about Andrew's latest photo op. As sure

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as night follows day, those in royal circles now except

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the negative headlines about the King's brother will be followed

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by a horse ride captured for the cameras. Driving his

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Range Rover on the Windsor estate, Mister mount Batton Windsor

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looked as though he thought he were a superstar, greeting

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a crowd of fans, waving and grinning. He seemed either

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unaware or unmoved by fresh revelations about his years of

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communication with Jeffrey Epstein and the growing accusations about his

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own sex life. Responses from other sources close to the

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royal family range from exasperation to discust. Most, though, use

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the phrase duty of care to a man who is

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under significant pressure and whose patterns of behavior have sometimes

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been concerning. Sending him into exile won't help, says one.

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The King is instead providing a roof over his head

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and a modest stipend, which, the theory goes, will prevent

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mister mount Batten Windsor from seeking financial help from others

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whose motives are less clear. ITV has released a trailer

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for its forthcoming royal drama The Lady, a series that

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revisits the story of Ferguson's former dresser Jane Andrews, who

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was convicted of murder nearly twenty six years ago. The

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trailer was made public just hours after the latest tranch

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of Epstein related documents emerged. Jean Andrews worked for Sarah

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Ferguson for nine years from nineteen eighty eight until ninety seven.

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In the drama, Andrews is played by me and McKenna Bruce,

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while Ferguson is portrayed by Natalie Dormer. ITV shared the

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trailer on its social media platforms with the caption Jean Andrews,

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former dresser to Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. She

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rose from Grimsby to Buckingham. Pallison fell from Buckingham Palace

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to the Old Bailey on trial for the murder of

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her partner. The Lady Coming Soon. Natalie Dormer drew attention

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last year when she announced she would not promote the

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series following renewed reporting on Ferguson's links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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At the time, Dahmer said, the new information makes it

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impossible for me to reconcile my values with Sarah Ferguson's behavior,

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which I believe is inexcusable. The drama chanced the rise

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and fall of the Cleathorpes born former royal dresser, whose

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career unraveled after she was convicted of killing her boyfriend

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Tom Cressman in two thousand Andrews attacked Cressman as he slept,

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striking him with a cricket bat and stabbing him at

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their flat in Fulham, London. She was convicted of murder

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at the Old Bailey the following year and sentenced to

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life imprisonment. Andrews served fourteen years before being released on

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license in twenty fifteen. She was recalled to prison in

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twenty eighteen following allegations of harassment involving a married man,

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though police took no action after finding no evidence. She

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was released again in twenty nineteen. The series will air

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on ATV one and STV in the UK and they

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