Within the dossier, known as the Epstein Files, emails suggest that in July 2009 Epstein paid for Ferguson and her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, to fly from London to Miami with a return flight from New York to London.
A message sent from a redacted email address to Epstein reads: “Re The Duchess and the girls tickets … would it be ok for me to ask if they are FLEXIBLE when it comes to timing and/or airports? There are several options within OUR parameters, but to match the exact times and airport they want are crazy high price tags.”
While Beatrice and Eugenie appeared to be travelling in economy class, Ferguson wanted to know if she would be flying in business class or first class on the British Airways flight.
Lesley Groff, Epstein’s aide, asked him: “I just spoke to [redacted] she will check in to the best prices for the Duchess and the girls. [redacted] just wants to confirm that the Duchess is to fly business… or first? Or should she get you prices on both?”
Epstein replied “biz”, meaning business class.
“Got it!” Groff responded.
Earlier in the email exchange, Ferguson appears to ask Epstein: “Have you died on me? Don’t.. Please you are my pillar..”
Documents appear to show her asking Epstein for a job, writing: “When are you going to employ me?”
On Monday night, Sarah Ferguson’s charity, Sarah’s Trust, announced it will close “for the foreseeable future” after “some months of discussion”.
A spokesman for the charity said: “We remain extremely proud of the work of the trust over recent years. We have partnered with over 60 other charities in over 20 countries, providing education, healthcare, crisis response and environmental projects.
The former Duchess of York travelled with Eugenie, 19, and Beatrice, 20, five days after financier was released for child sex crimes
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