Overview

• Julia’s House said it was inappropriate for Sarah, Duchess of York, to remain a patron after reports of her 2011 email to Jeffrey Epstein, announcing the decision on Monday.
• The leaked message, dated April 26, 2011, shows her apologising and calling Epstein a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend.”
• Her spokesman said she wrote the email to assuage Epstein’s threats to sue her for defamation after she publicly condemned him.
• In a March 7, 2011 interview, she apologised for accepting £15,000 from Epstein and vowed to have nothing to do with him again.
• The Sun on Sunday and Mail on Sunday published the email over the weekend, and wider outlets have since reported its contents; Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial.