Charities cut ties over 'toxic' Epstein email

SARAH Ferguson's life in the public eye lay in ruins last night after charities axed her over a gushing email to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Britain's Duchess of York faced a backlash after referring to the billionaire paedophile financier as a "supreme friend" with good causes queuing up to wash their hands of her.

Children's hospice Julia's House, the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the Children's Literacy Charity, Prevent Breast Cancer, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals dropped her as patron.

The British Heart Foundation also said Fergie, 65, was no longer an ambassador.

Experts said the scandal could leave Fergie a toxic brand and have a devastating effect on her ability to financially support herself and ex-husband Andrew, 65, who was already disgraced because of his own friendship with Epstein.

PR guru Mark Borkowski said: "The leaked emails are reputational napalm. Julia's House severing ties is not a side note; it's a siren. When a children's hospice decides the reputational risk of association outweighs the patronage of a Duchess, the verdict is clear: She is toxic.

"Charities are bellwethers for public trust. If they won't touch her, then publishers, sponsors and producers won't either.

"This isn't a PR headache it's financial destitution dressed up as disgrace."