By Molly Claire Goddard
9:15am PST, Mar 5, 2026
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Andrew Lownie, author of
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, believes
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh — the wife of
Prince Edward — is likely taking Sarah Ferguson's downfall the hardest. "I think some people like Sophie may feel betrayed," he told
Daily Express.
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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Sarah Ferguson reportedly share a close bond. The relatives were photographed hugging during Easter celebrations at Windsor in 2025. "I think there may be people in the wider royal family who didn't know what was going on who may feel that their sympathies were abused, but that's what Sarah does. She uses people; everything is transactional," Andrew Lownie said.
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The U.S. Department of Justice released more emails between Sarah Ferguson — who was stripped of her titles and evicted from Royal Lodge last year — and Jeffrey Epstein. "You are a legend. I really don't have the words to describe my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness," she wrote in a January 30, 2010, message via
People. "I am at your service. Just marry me."
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In a message from 2010, Sarah Ferguson asked Jeffrey Epstein for a job. "I am wanting to work for you at organizing your houses," she wrote in the message via
Daily Express. "I am in the south of France. I have the perfect butler." In another email, she pressed, "When are you going to employ me?"
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Sarah Ferguson's past with Jeffrey Epstein has reportedly put her relationships with
Princess Beatrice and
Princess Eugenie on the line. "I would actually go so far as to say that they are even more disappointed in Sarah Ferguson than their father [
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor] now," royal expert
Rebecca English told
DailyMail.com. "They are genuinely fearful for their father and have grave concerns about what he will do for the rest of his life."
