"It was definitely the wrong thing to do. But at the time I felt it was the honourable and right thing to do."— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 16, 2019
The Duke of York speaks to #Newsnight about his links to Jeffrey Epstein and his decision to stay with him https://t.co/78O1778YJx
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Prince Andrew comes across as incredibly arrogant, entitled and deluded. He is accused of much more than staying at the home of a convicted sex offender, but his concern isn’t for victims of such crimes but for the reputation of the royals.— Republic (@RepublicStaff) November 16, 2019
In the BBC interview, Emily Maitlis asks the prince about Ms Giuffre's claims that in 2001, she had dined with him, danced with him at a nightclub, and went on to have sex with him at the house of a friend of the prince in Belgravia, central London.
The prince replied: "It didn't happen. I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever."
When asked once more whether he remembered meeting Ms Giuffre, the prince said: "No."
Ms Giuffre says she was abused by the prince in Ghislaine Maxwell's London home, where she was pictured in 2001
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The hour-long BBC programme on Prince Andrew and the allegations against him, including a 45-minute interview in which he tried to justify himself, has just ended.
It was an excruciating car crash performance by the prince that would convince any impartial observer that Andrew is blatantly lying.
Andrew had a long friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail in August.
Among the many extraordinary statements were:
▪️That he was initially “too honourable” to break off his friendship with Epstein when sex trafficking allegations first emerged.
▪️That when he went to stay with Epstein at his Manhattan townhouse in 2011, it was because he wanted to tell him in person they could no longer be friends. But he was then forced to admit he stayed there for four days and Epstein threw a dinner party in his honour.
▪️That allegations by sex trafficking victim Veronica Roberts Giuffre that Andrew went to Tramp nightclub in London with her, danced with her while sweating profusely, and later had sex with her cannot be true because on that day he was at Pizza Express in Woking, and moreover at that time he had a mysterious medical condition that made him unable to sweat.
▪️That he has never partied and never allows photographs of him to be taken hugging anybody because he ‘doesn’t hug as a royal’ (claims contradicted by numerous tabloid photographs).
▪️That he doesn’t regret his friendship with Epstein.
The interview was a staggering disaster that has managed to do further damage not only to Andrew’s already ruined reputation, but also to the British monarchy.
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