Six charities have dropped the Duchess of York as a patron or ambassador after an email from 2011 emerged in which she called sex offender Jeffrey Epstein her “supreme friend” and seemed to apologise for her public criticism of him.
Julia’s House, a children’s hospice charity, was the first to remove Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, saying it was “inappropriate” for her to continue in the role.
Later on Monday, the Teenage Cancer Trust, Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the Children’s Literacy Charity and Prevent Breast Cancer also announced they had dropped the duchess as patron.
The British Heart Foundation also said she would no longer be the charity’s ambassador.
Article about the email: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj11l3wd35o
I did not have it on my bingo card that royalty would be the only ones to face any kind of consequences, and they’re not much.
I guess Maxwell did for a time, but she’s now where? Has anyone checked if she skipped?
It’s probably because the Royals are actually not that important to the excessive accumulation of wealth my the 1% and as such are not that integrated into the web of oligarchs. They don’t rally around them to protect them as they don’t care about them.
Makes me think of Jimmy Savile. Funny how these creeps always end up working around children’s charities.
Hiding in plain sight/access.
I wonder if there is more to all this though, seeing as Savile was pally with Charles.
