Second charity drops Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson over Jeffrey Epstein email

A second charity has dropped Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, as its patron following the fallout over the emergence of an email to the disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein where she called him a "supreme friend".

Food charity The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation said in a statement today that it was "disturbed" following the revelation. Founders Nadim and Tanya Ednan-Laperouse OBEs said: "We were disturbed to read of Sarah, Duchess of York's, correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.

"Sarah Ferguson has not been actively involved with the charity for some years. She was a patron but, in the light of the recent revelations, we have taken the decision that it would be inappropriate for her to continue to be associated with the charity. We would like to thank her for her kindness and support in the past."

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The email to Epstein, which was dated April 26 2011, came a matter of weeks after she is believed to have told reporters that she would “never have anything to do with” the sex offender again. The duchess's axing comes as a children's hospice earlier today removed her as its patron.

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