Sarah Ferguson brought Princess Beatrice to lunch with Jeffrey Epstein just days after his release from prison for sex crimes.
Now we know she did something even worse.
She made her 22-year-old daughter witness phone calls where she defended Epstein to journalists – then called the reporter back with Beatrice listening to make sure he wouldn't call the convicted sex offender a pedophile.
DOJ Epstein Files Reveal Princess Beatrice Was Witness to Reporter Call
Department of Justice emails released in February 2026 show Ferguson sent a message to Epstein and her spokesperson in April 2011.
She'd just given an interview to the London Evening Standard apologizing for taking money from Epstein and promising to "have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again."
That interview included her saying she "abhorred pedophilia."
But the email tells a different story.
Ferguson wrote that after hanging up with journalist Geordie Greig, she and Beatrice "had a discussion and we agreed it was important to call Geordie back and make sure he understood the severity of NOT making a mistake and getting it wrong about Jeffrey."
She explained they wanted to clarify that Epstein "was sent to prison for sexual offending, but that he had done his penence [sic] and was out of jail and moving on with his life."
The key line: "And Geordie was NOT in anyway to go down the P. route."
Ferguson wrote that she "duly did the call" with Beatrice as a "witness."
Sarah Ferguson Brought Daughters to Epstein After Prison Release – The Pattern Emerges
This wasn't the first time Ferguson involved her daughters with Epstein.
Emails from July 2009 show Ferguson brought both Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie – then 20 and 19 – to Epstein's Palm Beach mansion while he was under house arrest.
Ferguson emailed asking "What address shall we come to. It will be myself, Beatrice and Eugenie. Are we having lunch?"
Epstein confirmed to associate Ghislaine Maxwell: "Ferg and the two girls come [sic] yesterday."
In 2015, another email shows someone telling Epstein that "Princess Beatrice will be joining" their group during a Mexico trip.
Epstein responded: "She likes me it's ok."
Sarah Ferguson Epstein Emails Contradict Public Statements
The same month as the phone calls with Beatrice listening, Ferguson sent Epstein an email calling him "a steadfast, generous and supreme friend to me and my family."
She apologized to him, writing "I know you feel hellaciously let down by me."
Ferguson claimed she was told "in no uncertain terms, to have nothing to do with you" but explained she needed to protect her "career as a children's book author and a children's philanthropist."
Wait – let that sink in.
She was a children's philanthropist who brought her teenage daughters to meet a convicted sex offender, then made one of them witness calls defending him to journalists.
Princess Beatrice and Eugenie 'Feel Duped' – Royal Expert on Epstein Scandal
Sources told PEOPLE that Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie "feel pretty duped" as revelations continue emerging about their parents' Epstein connections.
Royal author Robert Jobson said: "They are pretty torn because they believed [their father]. Just like the late Queen and Charles, Andrew told them all the same story – that he had done nothing wrong. My understanding is they feel pretty duped by the whole thing."
He added: "They were only 19 or 20-year-olds at the time. If, at that age, your parents say we are going to see someone who's a friend of theirs, you don't think much about it beyond that."
But here's what makes this different: Beatrice was 22 when Ferguson made her witness those phone calls.
Old enough to understand exactly what was happening.
Old enough to know her mother was coaching a reporter not to call Epstein a pedophile.
Prince William 'Deeply Concerned' as Royal Family Epstein Crisis Deepens
Beatrice was also present at the meeting before her father's disastrous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview about Epstein.
Producer Sam McAlister called her presence the "curveball of curveballs" and said having to negotiate "on these sensitive and difficult subjects in front of his young daughter really was taking an already extraordinary experience to the next level."
The pattern is clear: Ferguson and Andrew repeatedly involved their daughters in damage control around their Epstein connections.
Prince William's spokesperson said he is "deeply concerned" about the continued revelations.
King Charles stripped Andrew of his royal titles in October 2025, but Ferguson herself has faced no consequences beyond some charities cutting ties.
Her charity, Sarah's Trust, announced closure "for the foreseeable future" in early February 2026 as the new emails surfaced.
Royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News that Ferguson is now "unfit for any royal proximity" and said Prince William is "beyond disgusted."
But the real victims here aren't Ferguson and Andrew.
They're the daughters who were brought to meet a convicted sex offender at ages 19 and 20, then used as witnesses in calls defending him – daughters who now have to watch their parents' lies unravel in public while the whole world sees exactly what kind of judgment their mother and father exercised.
Sources:
- Stephanie Petit, "Princess Beatrice Was a 'Witness' to Call Where Sarah Ferguson Sought to Walk Back Epstein Pedophile Comments, Emails Suggest," PEOPLE, February 10, 2026.
- "Sarah Ferguson claimed Princess Beatrice agreed with her stance on Jeffrey Epstein," GB News, February 10, 2026.
- "Sarah Ferguson's emails to Epstein reveal talk of marriage and comments about daughters," Hello Magazine, February 3, 2026.
- "Sarah Ferguson Brought Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to Lunch with Epstein Days After His Prison Release, Emails Suggest," Yahoo Entertainment, February 1, 2026.
- Simon Perry, "Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie 'Feel Duped' as New Epstein Revelations Emerge About Dad Andrew," PEOPLE, January 2026.