SHAMED Sarah Ferguson faces losing her Freedom of the City of York honour amid fury over her ties with convicted paedo Jeffrey Epstein.
Fergie – who was awarded the honour as a wedding gift in 1987 – could see it revoked by council bosses next week.
In September, The Sun on Sunday exposed how Sarah’s friendship with the late paedo Epstein continued even after she publicly disowned him.
Fergie described him as a “supreme friend” in an email sent in 2011, three years after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor
It came just weeks after she vowed never to have anything to do with the paedo financier again.
In the wake of the scandal she was dropped by seven charities and stripped of her duchess title.
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And a motion to strip the former Duchess of York of the Freedom of the City of York honour will now be voted on by councillors on March 26.
It proposes removing the honour that was given to her when she visited York with her then-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 1987.
Andrew himself was stripped of the honour and had his title as Honorary Freeman following a council vote in April 2022.
Proposals to strip the 66-year-old former royal of the honorary status have reportedly been on the cards since last October.
It is the only item on the agenda for an Extraordinary Council Meeting of the City of York Council at The Guildhall, York, at 6.15pm.
The motion states: “Notice of Motion – Removal of Sarah Ferguson’s Honorary Freedom of the City status
“To consider the following Motion submitted for consideration directly by Council, in accordance with Paragraph 3.1(l) of the Council Procedure Rules:
“The Council resolves that, pursuant to Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972, the City of York Council withdraws the Honorary Freeman of the City status from Sarah Ferguson, which was conferred upon her in 1987.”
York Council’s Labour leader Cllr Claire Douglas previously said it was deplorable anyone bearing titles linked to the city associated with Epstein.
Fergie has never been accused of wrongdoing over her relationship with Epstein, despite the revelations in the so-called Epstein files.
Emails show she begged Epstein to splash out on first class flights for her and her daughters to see him just days after he walked free from jail.
The desperate ex-Duchess – who was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy – asked the convicted sex offender to fund a luxury US trip.
It came within within hours of his release under house arrest for child sex offences.
Ms Ferguson’s ex-husband, the former Duke of York, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February.
Andrew was quizzed at Aylsham police station in Norfolk over suspicions of slipping state secrets to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and later released.
We revealed earlier this week how ex-Royal Highness Prince Andrew was labelled just plain Detainee A when arrested last month.
His arrest followed the publication of emails between him and paedo Epstein while the former prince was serving as a UK trade envoy.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of all his royal titles in October in the wake of revelations about his association with Epstein.
He resigned from public roles in 2020 and Queen Elizabeth removed him from his honorary military and charitable roles in 2022.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing.