Jeffrey Epstein ‘threatened to destroy’ Sarah Ferguson before her apologies | Jeffrey Epstein

The Duchess of order would have sent an e-mail apologizing for the disagreement disgraced Jeffrey Epstein after threatening to “destroy” it during a telephone call “Hannibal Lecter”, according to reports.

Sarah Ferguson sent the message in April 2011, describing Epstein as a “supreme friend”, after having publicly deny the media.

James Henderson, his spokesperson at the time, said that the email was sent after a “really threatening and nasty” telephone call from the sex offender, in which he had a “Hannibal Lecter voice,” reported the Telegraph.

Henderson said that Epstein was exasperated by his description of him as a pedophile and made a “scary” telephone call in which he threatened to take legal action, the newspaper said.

Several charitable organizations have broken the links with the Duchess, 65, on Monday after the emergence of her email.

Her apologies to Epstein followed an interview published in the evening standard in March 2011 in which she declared that she had made a “terrible and terrible error of judgment” by accepting £ 15,000 from the financier, a sexual offender condemned, to repay her debts, adding: “I hate pedophilia.”

In her e-mail of apologies to Epstein, reported by the Sun, she described it as an “unshakable, generous and supreme friend”. She also “humbly excused” of having criticized her in public and told her that she was aware “you feel locked up by me”.

Describing the phone call that caused the email, Henderson told Telegraph: “People do not understand how terrible Epstein was. I remember everything related to this call.

“It was a scary call and I am surprised that whoever was friends with him given the way he told me about.

“He said he would destroy the York family and he was quite clear on this subject. He said he would destroy me. He was not crying. He had a Hannibal Lecter -type voice. It was very cold and calm and really threatening and mean.

He added: “The pressure that was subjected to him to protect his family must have been huge. I am sure there have been legal actions.

“And it was well before the Duke’s life was ruined by his association with Epstein. It was 14 years ago and everyone will do what they have to do to protect their family. Her family and children will always come first for her. ”

Henderson was contacted to comment.

Ferguson had declared to the evening standard in his 2011 interview: “I hate pedophilia and any sexual abuse of children and I know that it was a gigantic judgment error on my behalf. I am so contributed, I cannot say. Whenever I can, I will reimburse the money and I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. ”

Among the organizations to put an end to their relations with the Duchess after the 2011 email was revealed this week, the Trust Cancer Teenage, which dropped it as a boss after 35 years.

Similar announcements came from the house of the children’s hospice in Wiltshire and the Dorset, Julia, warn breast cancer, the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation and the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals, which all reduced the links with the Duchess on Monday. The British Heart Foundation also said that Ferguson was no longer an ambassador in service for the charitable organization.

Epstein was found dead in his cell in a federal prison in Manhattan, in the United States, in August 2019, when he was expecting a trial for accusations of sex trafficking. Death was deemed suicide.