US lawmakers urge Sarah Ferguson to say what she knew about Andrew’s Epstein hyperlinks | EUROtoday

Sarah Ferguson has been requested to testify about her “close personal and business ties” with Jeffrey Epstein by a senior US lawmaker.

Congressman Suhas Subramanyam wrote to the previous duchess to “respectfully request your cooperation” in showing earlier than the US congressional committee investigating the convicted paedophile.

While there is no such thing as a authorized mechanism to compel Ms Ferguson to testify, the letter, which was first reported by the BBC, is essentially the most direct type of strain she has confronted because the scandal unfolded.

The letter, which was despatched on Thursday and units a two-week deadline, additionally asks if she had any data of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s involvement within the disgraced financier’s operations. The former duke has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing over his relationship with Epstein.

It cited the emails she despatched to Epstein after his conviction in 2008 for soliciting prostitution for a minor during which she described him as a “legend”, and one other the place she wrote: “I am at your service. Just marry me.”

In one other, she wrote to him to ask for monetary help and requested to borrow £50,000 or £100,000 to “help get through the small bills that are pushing me over”.

The letter stated: “Additionally, while you officially divorced former Prince Andrew in 1996, the committee is interested in learning more about any knowledge of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s involvement in Mr Epstein’s operations.

“It is clear that you possessed social and business ties to Mr Epstein and have knowledge of information that can assist our investigation,” it went on.

“I request that you cooperate with the committee’s investigation and provide information regarding the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.

“Due to the urgency of this matter, I ask that you provide a response no later than 9 April 2026.”

The newest releases from the Epstein recordsdata have revealed a detailed relationship between Ms Ferguson and Epstein, during which she typically lavished reward upon him as “the brother I have always wished for”.

It additionally prompt she took her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, for lunch with him simply days after his launch from jail.

Being named within the Epstein recordsdata shouldn’t be a sign of any wrongdoing.

The household of the late Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has additionally stated they “strongly believed” that the previous duchess ought to testify within the US.

“If Ferguson knows anything, she should testify in the United States immediately,” a consultant for Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, advised the BBC.

It comes after the City of York Council stripped her of her Freedom of the City of York title throughout a gathering on the Guildhall on Thursday night.

Speaking throughout the debate, Liberal Democrat councillor Darryl Smalley stated: “We now know, following the release of thousands of documents, that Sarah Ferguson too had a close friendship with Epstein, which continued well beyond his conviction.

“We don’t expect recipients of York’s highest honour to be saints. We simply do not want them to be best friends of convicted paedophiles.

“We stand with victims. We stand for the rule of the rule of law. We stand for decency.”

He added: “York will have hopefully have etched out our city’s connections to both Andrew and Sarah.”

Six corporations linked to the previous duchess began winding down within the wake of the publication of the Epstein recordsdata, in response to Companies House paperwork.

Sarah’s Trust, a charity she based, additionally introduced it might shut “for the foreseeable future”. Ms Ferguson’s representatives have been approached for remark.