Fergie’s Cringe Epstein Emails Explode, Dragging Beatrice and Eugenie Into Royal Damage Control
Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files have delivered another deeply embarrassing blow to the House of York, placing Sarah Ferguson — and her daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie — back under an unforgiving spotlight. The emails, sent years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction, show Ferguson expressing warmth, loyalty and dependence on the disgraced financier, with language critics say is impossible to reconcile with his criminal record.
Several of the messages directly reference Beatrice and Eugenie, sometimes casually and sometimes uncomfortably, leaving sources close to the sisters describing them as mortified by the revelations. One exchange includes a crude reference to Eugenie, while others suggest Epstein was welcomed into family life and royal spaces long after he should have been cut off entirely.
Royal commentators argue the emails expose not just personal misjudgment but a broader failure of palace oversight. While Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of titles and removed from public duties, critics say the slow, reactive response has only prolonged the damage — particularly for Beatrice and Eugenie, who now find themselves tied to a scandal they played no role in creating.
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