Sarah Ferguson will reportedly be set to “play the victim” over the latest Epstein email scandal after major snub by King Charles. The 76-year-old monarch is said to have banned Prince Andrew and Sarah, both 65, from joining the royals at Sandringham this Christmas.
Although Sarah has been seen to survive many previous scandals, including debts and an affair, she has not been so lucky with the latest scandal involving the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sarah has recently come under fire following new revelations about an email that she had sent to Epstein in 2011 – after his release from jail following child sex offences.
Since the new revelation, many charities associated with Sarah have dropped her as patron, including The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, Julia’s House, Prevent Breast Cancer, Teenage Cancer Trust and Children’s Literacy Charity.
Speaking to the Express, historian and author Andrew Lownie – who has recently written Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York – said: “I’m afraid, having studied her for so long, I don’t have a great deal of sympathy for her… She will be pretending, in the way she pretended in that letter to Epstein, that she was the victim.”
He then added: “She has no self-awareness. She has no acceptance of what she’s done, the same problem as Andrew.”
The King reportedly asked Sarah to encourage Andrew to “do the decent thing” and avoid the festivities at Sandringham last year – with the former couple instead spending Christmas together at Royal Lodge.
Insiders have also claimed that Sarah and Andrew should make themselves “invisible” at all further royal gatherings.
The King is thought to have spoken to Prince William during a recent trip to Scotland. William, 43, is understood to consider his uncle a “risk” and “threat” to the monarchy and is said to fully support his father’s stance.
A source said the King is “not of the mind to banish someone”, but would hope the Yorks can “find a more discreet way of attending these events”.
They added: “In the Duke of York’s case, he seems to relish the prospect of not being low-key about it.”
