New Email Shows Epstein Proposing Beatrice & Eugenie ‘Should Own Shares’ in Fergie’s Business Deal
A newly unearthed email shows the shocking role Beatrice and Eugenie were meant to play in Fergie's business empire.
Sarah Ferguson—once celebrated as a breath of fresh air for the Royal Family—is currently going through an incredibly difficult period due to her contentious ties with Jeffrey Epstein. This time, however, it's not just her, but Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie find themselves dragged into the mess as well, with a newly unearthed correspondence suggesting that the late financier wanted the princesses as shareholders in Fergie’s commercial venture.
The House of York has been going through immense scrutiny. While Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ferguson are facing the heat of the situation, Beatrice and Eugenie have also found themselves mentioned in the Epstein files. The said email dates back to 2010, when the sisters were 21 and 19, respectively. In the early hours of March 8, 2010, following a meeting with American supplements businessman Keith Frankel, the disgraced financier messaged Ferguson, talking about a joint venture to market health products, including fish oil supplements, via platforms like QVC.
In the correspondence, Epstein detailed Frankel’s apprehensions regarding who actually controlled the brand and the specific portion of equity held by the former duchess. The late financier wrote, “Keith just left we should talk, he was concerned that you had the rights to use your name. he was concerned that someone said you did not want equity, (the Beatric and euge should own the shares).” As per the disclosures, Epstein was positioning the York sisters as the primary shareholders in the project, all to milk Ferguson’s name for everything it was worth. That said, the files don’t show any proof that Beatrice or Eugenie actually knew about these messages—and in the end, those shares were never even issued. Later, a spokesperson for Ferguson told iPaper that while the business discussions did occur, the proposal involving the princesses never materialized.
The emails also pull back the curtain on just how bad things had gotten for the former Duchess of York, particularly after her US lifestyle brand, Hartmoor, went under. By 2009, she was allegedly drowning in a debt of £650,000. By January 2010, the situation had turned for the worse, so much so that she went straight to Epstein to ask for a loan to keep herself afloat. In another exchange, she wrote, “Is there any chance I could borrow 50 or 100,000 US dollars to help get through the small bills that are pushing me over.. Had to ask. If you cannot, Giuseppe said he would, but I am embarrassed to ask. Him.” In the emails, ‘Giuseppe’ is widely understood to be Giuseppe Cipriani, a New York restaurateur and a long-time friend of Ferguson.
Epstein allegedly declined to help her out at the time, citing legal limitations following his conviction on solicitation of p---------------, replying, “I cannot do anything until July at earliest, dictated by current restrictions.” But despite the judicial oversight, he did act as a middleman, connecting the former Duchess with Frankel to broker the supplement deal.
