Sarah Ferguson Asked Epstein for Advice Regarding Children’s Charity While He Was in Jail
Correspondence dates back to his 2009 sentence for offences involving a minor.
With each new release of documents, the correspondence between Sarah Ferguson and Jeffrey Epstein appears increasingly uncomfortable. The latest batch of emails, published by the U.S. Department of Justice, just added more to the already existing overwhelming details. The emails suggest that in 2009, while Epstein was serving a jail sentence in Florida, Ferguson sought his advice on promoting a children’s charity. At the time, Epstein had pleaded guilty to charges including soliciting a minor and was incarcerated as part of an 18-month sentence, of which he served 13 months before being released on probation on July 22, 2009.
The exchange began on July 4, 2009, when Amr A. Al-Dabbagh of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority emailed a redacted recipient. Though the DOJ files obscured the sender’s identity, the Daily Mail reported that the account belonged to Ferguson. The email was addressed formally and referenced a recent meeting at Royal Lodge, the Windsor residence she shared with her former husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. “Your Royal Highness,” the message began. “I was very honored to have met you at the Royal Lodge, and I must thank you again for the two lovely books you signed for my daughters. They were so excited they carried them off to read over the summer holidays, and I haven't seen any sign of either the books or the girls since.”
Al-Dabbagh went on to describe the work of the Stars Foundation, which he founded to support disadvantaged children in areas including health, education, and protection. “As I mentioned, I founded the Stars Foundation and we look after disadvantaged children in areas of health, education and protection in the U5MR countries and one of our channels is Mums for Mums, which offers training opportunities for destitute mothers (inc. income generation activities, business skills & revolving loan fund), childcare, reproductive health training, family nutrition advice (using cactus), support for Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVCs),” he wrote.
“I thought I'd let you know cause it's dealing with mothers in a certain segment that Mother Unite may not cover,” he added, including a link to the organization's website. The following day, the redacted recipient forwarded the message to Epstein. Roughly 25 minutes later, he responded from jail in Palm Beach, Florida. In his reply, Epstein offered marketing advice, suggesting the charity envision a promotional approach styled like a cinematic preview. He advised creating a “movie trailer” modeled after “Be All You Can Be,” a U.S. Army recruiting slogan. “Join the army, with photos of mothers, not soldiers, breastfeeding not shooting, reading to a child, not teaching them to shoot a rifle,” he wrote. In response, the email user believed to be Ferguson replied, “Has anyone told you, you are a genius.”
Other emails in the same tranche suggest that shortly after his 2009 release, Ferguson discussed bringing her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, to meet him for lunch. In a separate 2010 message, she wrote to him, “Just marry me,” in what appeared to be an effusive exchange.
