The Duchess of York in recent years has seemed to be back in the royal fold.

She appeared at Sandringham for Christmas and just on Monday she was alongside the rest of the Windsors and Prince Andrew , for the Duchess of Kent's funeral.

Fast forward to this weekend and she's right at the centre of the latest Jeffrey Epstein scandal, a problem the royals just can't seem to shift.

The email that's emerged from Sarah Ferguson is a grovelling apology to the convicted paedophile, another example of the apparent lengths it seems people would go to not to upset Jeffrey Epstein; just think of the recent messages from Peter Mandelson that cost him his job , and the card allegedly written by Donald Trump .

Blackmail is the reasoning given by a spokesperson for the Duchess of Y

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