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Natalie Dormer has said that she will not promote ITV and the upcoming drama series ‘The Lady’ by Britbox, in which she plays Sarah Ferguson, after revelations about the connections of the Duchess of York with deceased sex offent Jeffrey Epstein. The Brit actress also said that she has donated her entire salary of the show to charities aimed at child abuse.
The news comes after a leaked e -mail from 2011 was recently published and seemed to show that Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, apologized to Epstein who had publicly rejected him years after he was imprisoned for sex offenses in 2008.
“You have always been a steadfast, generous and supreme friend for me and my family,” she wrote, weeks after she said in an interview that her involvement in Epstein, including borrowing money from him, had been a “huge error error” and that she “would have had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever.”
In the leaked e -mail to Epstein she says that she “humbly apologized” and “do you know that you have abandoned your Hellacious.”
‘The Lady’, from ‘The Crown’ producer Left Bank Pictures, is a partially fictionized drama that the rise and four of former Royal dresser Jane Andrews (played by Mia McKenna-Bruce), played by Mia Mcenna-Bruce), who was sentenced to Ferguson Before He Before He Before He Before He’s Biend Cesson Werkte Before He Werkte Before He’s Biend Cesson Before He Werkte Before He’s Biend. Speleeers) in 2001. The four-part series that was convicted earlier this year in the end of 2026.
“When I agreed to take the role in ‘The Lady’, I knew that the portrayal of Sarah Ferguson would require the nuance script. People are layered, their journeys are full of highlights and low points, and as an actor is my job to lean in those elements and bring them to life with an explanation,” Variety. “Since completing the project, new information has come to light, making it impossible to reconcile my values with the behavior of Sarah Ferguson, of which I think it is unforgivable. For that reason I will not participate in the promotion of the project.”
Dormer added: “In accordance with my dedication to the well -being of children, I donated my entire salary of this project to the National Association for People in childhood (NAPAC) and the center of expertise on sexual abuse of children (organized by Barnardos).”
Dormer noted that her decision was “no reflection” of her experience working with the left bank. “They are an extraordinary company to work with and I am grateful for the time we spent together,” she said.
In the aftermath of the revelations with Ferguson, many charities have dropped her as a patron or ambassador, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, the Children’s Literacy Charity and the British Heart Foundation.
When the e -mails were published, a spokesperson for the Duchess claimed that they were written to prevent a threat from Epstein to sue her because of the defamation, according to the BBC, and that she still regretted her association with him.
“This e -mail was sent in the context of advice given the Duchess to try to mitigate Epstein and his threats,” they said in a statement.
