Sarah Ferguson has reportedly been dropped from two high-profile British daytime television shows as the scrutiny over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein intensifies.
The 66-year-old, who also gave up the use of her “Duchess of York” title at the same time as ex-husband Prince Andrew announced he was relinquishing his, was hailed as a “saviour” of ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women programs following her appearances as a guest host and contributor.
“Fergie won’t be appearing on ITV again, there is nothing in the pipeline for her. There was once such high hopes for her, she appeared on This Morning as a guest presenter and contributor, as well as Loose Women,” a TV source told the UK’s Mirror.
“Fergie did a lot with ITV for a time and was always part of the gang. She was very much part of the plans at ITV but no more.”
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The scandal surrounding Andrew in particular, reignited this month as a result of a leaked email from the prince to Epstein, weeks after the date he’d declared they’d cut off all contact with each other.
The new leaked email also coincided with the release Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl, in which she detailed her alleged sexual encounters with Andrew, one of which she claimed happened when she was just 17 years old. Andrew has vehemently denied all wrongdoing.
Sarah was recently embroiled in an Epstein scandal of her own, with the Mail on Sunday publishing details of the communication between herself and the convicted sex offender from back in 2011, which was just weeks after she pledged never to contact him again.
In the messages, she called the billionaire a “dear friend” and “humbly” apologised after publicly condemning him after he was first jailed for soliciting prostitution with a minor.
“I know you feel hellaciously let down by me from what you were either told or read and I must humbly apologise to you and your heart for that,” she wrote in one of the emails.
Just weeks earlier, she’d told an interviewer that her former friend had made a “gigantic error of Judgement” and that she “[abhorred] pedophilia and any sexual abuse of children.”
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Following the publication of the email’s contents recently, a spokesman for Sarah stated that they had been sent to avoid a defamation suit by Epstein.
However, she was still dropped by a slew of charities, many of whom she’d worked with for years.
According to The Sun, Andrew has now issued an ultimatum to his brother and royal aides regarding his living arrangements as pressure mounts for him to downgrade from the sprawling Royal Lodge.
Andrew is reportedly demanding the use of two nearby Windsor royal properties; Adelaide Cottage, which is about to be vacated by Prince William and Kate, and Prince Harry and Meghan’s former UK base, Frogmore Cottage.
It’s understood that he and Sarah – who have lived together since 2008 – want two properties as they are planning to now live apart.
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