Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, apologized to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein weeks after publicly disowning him in 2011, according to emails published in a British tabloid.

The Duchess of York may have split from Andrew in the 1990s, but the pair are very much still a part of each other's lives. She has defended the royal on U.K. television in the wake of allegations about his friendship with Epstein.

Andrew was accused by Virginia Giuffre of raping her when she was a 17-year-old Epstein sex trafficking victim. The prince denied the allegations in a lawsuit she filed in New York. He settled out of court without admitting liability and paid her a substantial sum.

Newsweek reached out to Ferguson's representative for comment.

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