Overview

• An email dated April 26, 2011 shows Sarah, Duchess of York, calling Jeffrey Epstein a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend” and saying she was “bedridden with fear.”
• The message came weeks after a March 7, 2011 interview in which she apologized for accepting £15,000 linked to Epstein and vowed to cut all ties.
• Her spokesperson says Epstein threatened to sue her for defamation over reports she associated him with paedophilia and that she stands by her public condemnation of him.
• The Sun on Sunday and Mail on Sunday published the leaked email, joining a wave of 2025 document disclosures examining Epstein’s network.
• The publication renews scrutiny of royal connections, particularly regarding Prince Andrew’s past ties, with no new criminal allegations against the Duchess reported.