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Has Fergie been dropped by another charity? Plaque commemorating Sarah Ferguson's association with Great Ormond Street hospital vanishes

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Pyke, N. (2026, October 11). Has Fergie been dropped by another charity? Plaque commemorating Sarah Ferguson's association with Great Ormond Street hospital vanishes. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/royals/article-16199157/Plaque-commemorating-Sarah-Ferguson-Great-Ormond-Street-hospital-vanishes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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A plaque commemorating Sarah Ferguson’s association with Great Ormond Street Hospital has vanished, leading to speculation that she may have been dropped by another charity due to her recent scandals. The plaque, which noted Ferguson's involvement as the Duchess of York when she opened a 'Home from Home' for parents of sick children in 1990, is now missing, leaving only an outline on the wall where it once hung. This disappearance follows a series of other charities severing ties with Ferguson after revelations about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein emerged last year.

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A plaque honoring Sarah Ferguson, formerly Duchess of York, for her work with Great Ormond Street Hospital has disappeared, raising speculation about her being disassociated from another charity. The grey slate plaque was previously fixed to a wall near the main hospital entrance, marking Ferguson's involvement in opening a "Home from Home" facility for parents of sick children in 1990. Neither Ferguson nor the Sick Children's Trust, which runs the hostel and has been patronized by Ferguson, commented on the disappearance. The apparent removal of the plaque is seen as a significant setback for Ferguson, who had previously supported the hospital and the charity that manages hostels across several towns and cities in the UK.

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🔮 Neither the former Duchess nor the charity behind the hostel - which sits near the main hospital entrance - would comment on Saturday. But the apparent snub will come as a blow to Ferguson, 66, who was once a keen supporter of Great Ormond Street and had been a patron of the Sick Children's Trust, which runs the 'Home from Home'.

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A plaque commemorating Sarah Ferguson's association with Great Ormond Street Hospital and its young patients has mysteriously vanished, prompting speculation that the disgraced former Duchess has been dropped by yet another charity. asserted

Duchess → commemorate → charity

Ferguson → fix → 1990

Yet today there is no sign of the plaque, only a tell-tale outline on the Georgian brickwork and two holes in the wall where, until recently, it was displayed. asserted

it → be → wall

Neither the former Duchess nor the charity behind the hostel - which sits near the main hospital entrance - would comment on Saturday. But the apparent snub will come as a blow to Ferguson, 66, who was once a keen supporter of Great Ormond Street and had been a patron of the Sick Children's Trust, which runs the 'Home from Home'. asserted

which → sit → Home

Founded in 1982 by doctors at Great Ormond Street and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, the Trust now funds ten hostels in towns and cities around the country, promising to keep families together while their children undergo treatment nearby. asserted

children → found → treatment

The former Duchess had a spectacular fall from grace last year when The Mail on Sunday published emails revealing the true depth of her relationship with the late US financier and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. asserted

Mail → have → financier

For decades, a grey slate plaque with gold lettering was fixed to the wall of a special hostel for the parents of sick children at Great Ormond Street, marking the fact that Ferguson, as Duchess of York, had opened the 'Home from Home' in 1990 There is now no sign of the plaque, only a tell-tale outline on the Georgian brickwork and two holes in the wall where, until recently, it was displayed Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-WIndsor at Ascot in 2019. asserted

it → fix → 2019

The former Duke and Duchess of York were stripped of their titles in October last year Although Ferguson publicly disowned Mr Epstein when he was jailed for abusing a teenage girl in 2008, in private she had called the financier a 'supreme friend' and made a grovelling apology for criticising him. In response to this and other shocking emails uncovered by the MoS, the King stripped Ferguson and former husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of their titles and ejected them from Royal Lodge, the grace-and-favour mansion in Windsor Great Park that they shared. asserted

they → strip → that

Soon afterwards, Ferguson was dropped as a patron by charities including Julia's House, a children's hospice, The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, The Children's Literacy Charity, Prevent Breast Cancer, The British Heart Foundation, The Teenage Cancer Trust and the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals. asserted

Ferguson → drop → Animals

Author and commentator Norman Baker, whose latest book is Royal Mint, National Debt: The shocking truth about the royals' finances, said: 'The former Duchess is now so toxic that it seems no one is willing to work with her.' asserted

one → say → her

Has Fergie been dropped by another charity? Plaque commemorating Sarah Ferguson's association with Great Ormond Street hospital vanishes

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