US charities urged to ditch Duchess over her apology to paedophile Epstein

THE family of Virginia Giuffre want US charities to follow British organisations in cutting ties with the Duchess of York over her email to "supreme friend" Jeffrey Epstein.

- By Christopher Bucktin US Editor

Relatives of the woman who claimed Prince Andrew abused her have spoken out after it emerged Sarah Ferguson once sent a grovelling apology to the notorious paedophile.

It comes as it was reported yesterday that the duchess has resigned from the Youth Impact Council, a US-based charity for young people.

Fergie has come under intense pressure after it emerged at the weekend that she described Epstein as a "steadfast, generous and supreme friend" in correspondence sent in 2011 two years after his conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.

Commendable

The duchess wrote to him after she had publicly criticised him despite the financier lending her at least £15,000 during her financial troubles.

The disclosure prompted seven UK charities, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, to end their associations with her on Monday.