At least five charities said the duchess could no longer continue as one of their patrons. Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty Images Reuters —

Several charities said on Monday they had cut their links with Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York , after media reports that she had described the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a “supreme friend” in an email.

According to the Sun on Sunday newspaper, Ferguson, 65, the ex-wife of King Charles’ brother, Prince Andrew , sent the message to Epstein in 2011, weeks after giving an interview in which she said she would never contact him again.

Epstein had pleaded guilty in 2008 to a state prostitution charge in Florida and agreed to register as a sex offender.

The Sun said Ferguson, often known by the nickname “Fergie,” had email

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