Overview

• Julia’s House removed Sarah, Duchess of York, as a patron after publications disclosed a 2011 email in which she called Jeffrey Epstein a "steadfast, generous and supreme friend."
• The April 26, 2011 message "humbly" apologised to Epstein weeks after her March 7 Evening Standard interview vowing to cut ties and regretting accepting £15,000 from him.
• A spokesman for the duchess said the email was written to assuage legal threats from Epstein, who they say was preparing to sue her for defamation.
• Organisers cancelled upcoming signings for her children’s book, with events at Waterstones Kensington and Chorleywood Bookshop no longer taking place.
• The disclosure aligns with a broader flow of Epstein-related material, including a cache of more than 18,000 emails reportedly obtained from his Yahoo account.