Natalie Dormer Donates Salary and Refuses to Promote Drama Amid Controversy
Actress Natalie Dormer has decided not to promote her upcoming drama, The Lady, due to her portrayal of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who has ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Dormer will donate her salary from the series to charities focused on child abuse. The decision follows the leak of an email in which Ferguson apologized to Epstein for comments she made about him. Dormer expressed that she could not reconcile her values with Ferguson's behavior and will not participate in promoting the project. She plans to donate her salary to organizations like the National Association for People Abused in Childhood and the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse. The drama, The Lady, is not about Epstein or Prince Andrew, but it does fictionalize the 2001 murder conviction of former royal dresser Jane Andrews.