Jeffrey Epstein allegedly plotted to have Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson killed. Europa Press / MEGA "He spoke to a hitman who was a former member of the British SAS and said he wanted the Yorks dead. He wanted to remove them," historian Andrew Lownie told The Daily Beast. "I've been told this by two reliable sources, one in Paris and a former FBI agent in Florida, and I can believe it's true." "Epstein said all sorts of things, and you can't always believe what he said," Lownie added. Ferguson and Mountbatten-Windsor's ties to Epstein ended their public careers.