Six companies connected to Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, are being dissolved following fresh disclosures about her contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reports Baltimore Chronicle via Guardian.
Filings recorded at Companies House show that applications have been submitted to strike off six entities where Ferguson, 66, is listed as the sole director. The move follows the release by US authorities of millions of documents tied to the Epstein case, which included previously undisclosed communications involving the former Duchess.
The companies subject to dissolution are S Phoenix Events, Fergie’s Farm, La Luna Investments, Solamoon Ltd, Philanthrapreneur Ltd and Planet Partners Productions Ltd. Official records confirm that Ferguson served as the sole director across all six businesses.
Documents published last month contain email exchanges and messages attributed to Ferguson that were sent after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. In one message, she appears to write: “I am at your service. Just marry me.”
An email exchange dated 21 September 2011 includes a message in which she allegedly wrote: “Don’t know if you are still on this bbm but heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy. Even though you never kept in touch, I still am here with love, friendship and congratualtions (sic) on your baby boy. Sarah xx.”
A subsequent message states: “You have disappeared … I did not even know you were having a baby. It was soooo crystal clear to me that you were only friends with me to get to Andrew. And that really hurt me deeeply (sic). More than you will know.”
Several of the communications are dated after Epstein’s 2008 conviction. Additional disclosures from the files indicate that in 2009 Ferguson thanked Epstein for being the “brother” she “always wished for,” and that in 2011 she “humbly” apologised to her “dear friend” approximately one month after publicly distancing herself from him.
Earlier this month, Ferguson’s charity Sarah’s Trust announced it would cease operations “for the foreseeable future” following the publication of details concerning her past relationship with Epstein. Seven other charitable organisations, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, also ended their associations with Ferguson and revoked her patronage.
A new book authored by Ferguson was cancelled last autumn, resulting in thousands of printed copies being pulped. The cancellation followed the removal of her royal divorcee title, Duchess of York.
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