A number of charities on Monday severed ties with Sarah Ferguson , the ex-wife of Prince Andrew , after British newspapers published an email that she reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein , describing him as a “supreme friend.’’

Julia’s House, a children’s hospice, said that the reported correspondence made it inappropriate for Ferguson, also known as the Duchess of York, to remain a patron.

A spokesman for Ferguson said that she sent an email on the advice of her lawyers after Epstein threatened to sue her for associating him with sexual abuse in a media interview, Britain’s Press Association reported.

“Following the information shared this weekend on the Duchess of York’s correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein, Julia’s House has taken th

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