THE emails from the Duchess of York to Jeffrey Epstein may see her banned from appearing in public with members of the Royal Family, according to the King’s former butler Grant Harold.

He said on GB News: “It’s not exactly the kind of headlines she’ll be wanting to read this morning, because as you said, obviously she was very clear about severing those ties.

“And now with this coming out that there was obviously email communication, it’s not great, and it’s also embarrassing for herself and for the Royal Family.

“The interesting thing is she’s been kind of part of the Royal Family for quite a while now even though obviously Prince Andrew and herself are divorced, we all know they’ve been friends for many, many years, and the friendship’s obviously continued.

“Publicly, we’re getting to see her more and it’s interesting to kind of see how she has kind of come back into the fold. But as I said, getting these kinds of headlines and being associated…with him, even though she said she served the ties, is definitely embarrassing, and it will without question raise, people will be wanting to kind of know why she did it.

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“Why was she doing these emails? As you mentioned, maybe it was borrowing the money. I read that she may have felt that she had to because she was worried, but I would have thought this is kind of digging out a hole, really.”

He added: “It’s really difficult. I do believe that, those comments, cutting him out of her life and everything. I totally believe that.

“I don’t know if you’ve ever met her, but she’s a very kind, genuine person. She really is. She’s also somebody that never [wants to] upset people.

“Now she’s borrowed money, and maybe she did have this fear or worry that maybe he might cause her problems, which is potentially why she did the email. But it was just really bad advice.

“What’s so weird, we’ve seen different members of the Royal Family over the years seem to be given extraordinary advice, and they do things that just don’t kind of make sense.

“Maybe the question is, who’s given advice, as you said, even if it’s the publicist who’s given the advice, and why are they giving them such bad advice?

“They really shouldn’t be getting involved in these kinds of things or doing these kinds of things, because this is why we’re talking about it, and it’s just going to cause, I said, more problems.

“And if anything today, there’ll be questions getting raised about and questioning, is it safe for her? Is it a good idea for her to be seen with members of the Royal Family?”