CRACKS IN ROYAL FOUNDATIONS!

Sarah's charity shutdown latest in string of shocking scandals

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Sarah Ferguson, embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, closed Sarah's Trust for the "foreseeable future"

DISGRACED ex-Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson abruptly shut down her namesake charity amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal — but critics say glaring questions remain about the financial activities of the British royal family’s do-good nonprofits.

Sarah’s Trust, which declared its focus was on improving the lives of women and children, announced it was closing for the “foreseeable future.” The news followed revelations in documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice that showed Fergie continued communicating with late pedophile Epstein even after his 2008 conviction in Florida for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.

Fergie has claimed she only buttered up Epstein via email to defuse his threat of ruining the York family.

Now, GLOBE can also share The Anti-Slavery Collective — a charity cofounded by Fergie’s daughter Princess Eugenie — is also under investigation by the U.K. Charity Commission after a watchdog group complained that it barely doled out cash to causes despite collecting $1.7 million in donations.

A charity run by Princess Eugenie (right, with sister Princess Beatrice) is also under investigation

“All the charities that members of the York family have been involved with have been viewed as dubious at best,” says royal expert Hilary Fordwich, who stresses Eugenie and sister Princess Beatrice “need to be transparent” about the goings-on of organizations linked to them.