The Duke of York was interviewed by Emily Maitlis for the BBC about his relationship
with Jeffrey Epstein.
He was mostly calm, but there were 10 body language clues that revealed the emotions
he was trying to conceal.
The Duke is one of the most notorious figures related to Jeffrey Epstein's scandal; mainly
because he stayed at Epstein's house in New York.
There are also witnesses that claim having seen him at Epstein's Island.
He accepted the interview to clear up these claims.
But just for the record, Jason Stein, his personal PR advisor had told him not to do
that interview.
We can imagine why.
Since the Duke of York did accept to do the interview, Stein presented his resignation.
In fact, no one at Buckingham Palace wanted Prince Andrew to do it... but he did it anyway.
For this analysis, I used proprietary AI software to analyze Prince Andrew's facial expressions.
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Throughout the video, he's sitting in pretty much the same position.
In fact, in 45 minutes he never changes his leg crossing; this is very rare and shows
that he is tense and defensive.
When someone is relaxed, it's normal to switch legs and posture, but this is not the case.
His general attitude is to 'shrink', both the trunk, the hands and the neck.
It's a defensive position, that someone usually adopts when they feel threatened.
You can mimic his posture and see for yourself that it's a very uncomfortable position and
reinforces your insecurity.
Now we're going to see the first questions from Maitlis, and as in most body language
analysis, you have to pay attention at the reactions from those questions.
- you stayed with him, you were a visitor, a guest on many occasions at his homes and
nothing struck you as suspicious…
- Nothing.
- …during that whole time.
- Nothing.
- Just for the record, you've been on his private plane.
- Yes.
- You've been to stay on his private island.
- Yes.
Those two or three seconds after any questions reveal the true emotions of the person, and
it's usually through their facial microexpressions.
Throughout the whole interview he shows strong indicators of anxiety, even when answering
simple questions.
In this case, he blinks quickly and purses his lips.
Those are two clues of an emotional response.
There's an internal conflict revealed on his face every time he answers a question.
- Another guest was John Brockman, the literary agent.
Now, he described seeing you there getting a foot massage from a young Russian woman,
did that happen?
- No.
- You're absolutely sure or you can't remember?
- Yeah, I'm absolutely sure.
His gestures are mostly restrained, except when the subject of John Brockman comes up.
He has all the signs of being a fake surprise.
Even the timing is artificial.
Then he falls into one of the strongest dissonances: Saying yes with his words but saying no with
his head.
When asked about the meeting Epstein organized for him as guest of honor, he shows restrained
anger for a moment.
- You were invited to that dinner as a guest of honour.
- Well I was there so there was a dinner, I don't think it was quite as you might put
it but yeah, OK I was there for
It's extremely subtle.
He realizes this and makes an emotional adjustment, changing his expression on purpose.
He even tries to adjust the term 'meeting'.
With regard to having drunk and danced, among other things, with a minor in Tramps, he quickly
fires off a series of excuses:
- I'm almost, in fact I'm convinced that I was never in Tramps with her.
There are a number of things that are wrong with that story, one of which is that I don't
know where the bar is in Tramps.
I don't drink, I don't think I've ever bought a drink in Tramps whenever I was there.
- Do you remember dancing at Tramp?
- No
I don't know where the bar is, I don't drink, I've never bought drinks at Tramps
But when you think about it, if he just said 'I don't drink', He wouldn't need to say anything
else.
He is showing panic.
three times.
She is not confused about this.
She said the first was in London when she was trafficked to you, the second was at Epstein's
mansion in New York.
These emotional changes are atypical.
From seriousness, to mockery, to concern.
Why didn't he react with the surprise of Brockman's mention?
When we did a software analysis of Prince Andrew's face, we found a couple things.
In most answers he had subtle contractions of brows and forehead muscles, which tells
us that he was under a lot of stress.
There's also the tension of his jaw when he's trying to find the words answering the most
pressing questions.
There's a moment of the interview, at thirteen forty, when he's trying to describe Epstein's
house like a place where there's a lot of people coming and going.
The software detected two things:
Pupils contracted as in fear; and both his breathing pattern and voice tone changed to
reflect fear, too.
With that statement he's trying to make it look like he couldn't possibly have known
every person at Epstein's house.
But his body reactions reveal the amount of stress he had at the moment.
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Near the end of the interview, she opens with a direct sentence:
- Epstein's dead.
- Yes (laughs)
He nods and laughs at the same time.
Why laugh at a single, direct sentence like that?
He might have shown for a moment what a relief it is for him that Epstein is dead.
- She made these claims in a US deposition.
- Hmm mmm.
- Are you saying you don't believe her, she's lying?
- That's a very difficult thing to answer because I'm not in a position to know what
she's trying to achieve...
There's a question: you are accused of something you (supposedly) did not do.
If they ask you, directly:
"Is that person lying?"
...there would be no reason not to answer directly, right?
After all, you're innocent.
Aren't you?
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Looking at the entire interview, it all revolves around him being in December 2010 at Epstein's
house in NYC.
What was he doing there?
According to him, "To tell Epstein that they couldn't see each other or be seen together
anymore."
So that's what I don't understand.
He went to New York again, to meet with Epstein again, be seen with him again... in order
to tell him that they couldn't see each other anymore?
That doesn't make sense.
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There's also the issue of the picture of Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts and Epsteins' fiance,
Ghislaine Maxwell.
When asked about the photo, his answer was:
"I can't say whether that picture is fake or not."
The problem is that we are really not talking about the picture itself, but the fact that
he was physically next to Virginia Roberts at that moment.
So with that non-statement he is in fact making a statement that at some point, he was with
Roberts and Maxwell at Epsteins' house.
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