Overview

• The April 26, 2011 email called Jeffrey Epstein a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend” and offered a humble apology for letting him down.
• Sarah, Duchess of York, wrote that she was “bedridden with fear,” felt “paralysed,” and did not want to “hurt Andrew one more time.”
• The Sun on Sunday and the Mail on Sunday published the correspondence this weekend, bringing the private message to light.
• Her spokesman said Epstein had threatened to sue for defamation and that the note was sent on advice to try to assuage his threats.
• On March 7, 2011 she told the Evening Standard she regretted accepting £15,000 and would have nothing to do with Epstein again, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial.