Duchess of York sent Epstein email ‘after he threatened to destroy her family’

The Duchess of York sent Jeffrey Epstein an apology email after he reportedly threatened to destroy her family (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Sarah, Duchess of York, sent an apology email to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein after he threatened to "destroy" her family in a "chilling call", it has been reported.

The duchess sent the message in April 2011, describing Epstein as a "supreme friend", after publicly disowning him in the media.

Several charities severed ties with her on Monday following the emergence of the correspondence.

James Henderson, the duchess's spokesperson at the time, said the email was sent after a "really menacing and nasty" phone call from the sex offender who had a "Hannibal Lecter-type vo

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