Overview

• At least seven UK charities — including Julia’s House, Teenage Cancer Trust, the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, Prevent Breast Cancer, the Children’s Literacy Charity, the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals and the British Heart Foundation — announced they have ended her patronages.
• The email, sent in 2011 just weeks after a public vow to cut contact, apologized to Jeffrey Epstein and called him a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend.”
• A spokesperson says the note was intended to assuage threatened legal action, and adviser James Henderson described a “chilling” call in which Epstein allegedly vowed to “destroy” the York family.
• Reporting indicates the royal household is debating further distancing from the Yorks, with differing views attributed to King Charles and Prince William.
• With these departures, Ferguson’s remaining formal platform is her own Sarah’s Trust, as PR figures warn of severe reputational and commercial damage.