Several charities have dropped Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson as a patron or ambassador after a leaked email in which she called paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein a “supreme friend”.

Children’s hospice Julia’s House was the first charity to drop Prince Andrew’s ex-wife as patron, saying: “Following the information shared this weekend on the Duchess of York’s correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein, Julia’s House has taken the decision that it would be inappropriate for her to continue as a patron of the charity.”

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The Teenage Cancer Trust, Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, Children’s Literacy Charity, National Foundation for Retired Service Animals and Prevent Breast Cancer all announced they had also severe

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