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Boss of Sarah Ferguson-linked firm used royal links to threaten worker with jail
Recordings and messages show Manuel Fernandez and a security adviser threatened a worker over alleged email hacking and warned of prison.
- Manuel Fernandez, a business partner of Sarah Ferguson, and security adviser Mark Harry threatened a worker with jail, claiming the employee put "royal security" at risk by hacking emails, according to a recording obtained by The BBC.
- The failed lifestyle app backed by Ferguson collapsed last year after failing to launch a product despite raising more than £9m from investors, while Ferguson and Fernandez were described as "friends and business partners" from 2015 to 2017.
- In the recording, Harry warned that the Palace "don't investigate it," noting Scotland Yard handles such matters as a "number one priority," while Fernandez claimed he was a regular visitor to Royal Lodge, the 30-room Windsor mansion where Ferguson lived with Andrew.
- Administrators are pursuing Fernandez for £324,609 they believe he owes the company, though the matter remains in dispute; Fernandez strongly disputes allegations regarding his conduct and faces two years in jail for Computer Misuse Act breaches.
- These revelations follow previous scandals regarding Ferguson's associations, including her 2011 description of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as a "supreme friend," raising questions about her awareness of how associates used royal connections.
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