Sarah Ferguson allegedly made a vulgar remark about her then-19-year-old daughter, Princess Eugenie, in an email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein that has surfaced in the latest tranche of Epstein-related files released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
On Friday, Jan. 30, the DOJ unsealed more than 3 million files connected to criminal investigations involving the late financier and convicted *** offender. Among the newly public material is an email exchange from March 2010 in which Epstein wrote to Ferguson about a possible trip to New York.
In the message, Epstein asks Ferguson about taking the trip. She appears to respond by saying she wasn’t sure yet, adding a crude comment about Eugenie: “Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a shagging weekend!!”
At the time, Eugenie — now 35 — was 19 years old and just two days away from turning 20. She was reportedly spending time with her then-boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank, to mark the occasion, according to The Mirror.
The exchange also occurred after Epstein had already been convicted and jailed in a *** case involving a minor. In June 2008, he pleaded guilty to charges of solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution with a minor under 18. He was sentenced to 18 months in a minimum-security prison, was later released in 2009, and then served a period of house arrest that ended in August 2010.
A spokesperson for Ferguson declined to comment. Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Ferguson shares Eugenie and her elder daughter, Princess Beatrice, 37, with her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 65, formerly Prince Andrew. He was stripped of his royal titles last fall amid renewed scrutiny over his past relationship with Epstein.
“Just marry me”: Other emails also referenced
Another email attributed to Ferguson — also sent in 2010 — has been cited as showing her expressing gratitude to Epstein and telling him to “just marry me.”
“You are a legend. I really don’t have the words to describe, my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness. Xx I am at your service. Just marry me,” she reportedly wrote in a January 2010 message, according to the Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail also reported that Ferguson had written a similar “marry” comment to Epstein in an email dated September 2009.
More scrutiny on Prince Andrew’s links to Epstein
The newly released batch of files also includes material involving Andrew, including email exchanges and photographs. Among the newly surfaced images are photos described as showing him kneeling on all fours over an unidentified woman.
A previous DOJ release in December included a photo of Andrew sitting with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell inside the saloon at Sandringham House, one of the late Queen Elizabeth’s royal estates.
Maxwell, 64, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after a 2021 conviction for *** trafficking. Andrew has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
Andrew stepped back from public royal duties in 2019 after a widely watched BBC interview in which he discussed his relationship with Epstein. He has also been linked in public reporting to Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was forced to have *** with Andrew when she was 17. (Giuffre died by suicide at age 44 in 2025.)
More recently, U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested Andrew should testify before Congress in the United States about what he knows.
“In terms of testifying, I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information,” Starmer told reporters, according to the BBC. “You can’t be victim-centred if you’re not prepared to do that. Epstein’s victims have to be the first priority.”
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Royal Lodge deadline and renewed fallout
The resurfaced correspondence comes as Ferguson faces an approaching deadline to vacate Royal Lodge, the Windsor Great Park residence she has shared with Andrew. As of Jan. 30, she was still looking for her next home and was expected to be overseas for the next few weeks while weighing her options.
Ferguson and Andrew separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996, but remained close and continued living together at Royal Lodge.
Both have faced scrutiny for past associations with Epstein, who died in an apparent suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial after being arrested and charged with *** trafficking of minors.
In 2010, reports emerged that Epstein had helped pay off debts Ferguson owed to staff members. She later issued a public apology in a March 2011 interview with the Evening Standard, saying she deeply regretted accepting Epstein’s help and calling it a “terrible, terrible error of judgment.” She also said, “I abhor paedophilia.”
However, the following month, Ferguson was reported to have privately written to Epstein apologizing for comments she said were made to protect her career and describing him as a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend,” according to a leaked email later published by The Sun.