IT WAS AT TIMES BOTH AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE AND THE FALLOUT
KEEPS COMING.
KEEPS COMING. .
. THE MONDAY MORNING HEADLINES SAY
IT ALL, PRINCE ANDREW’S ATTEMPT
TO EXPLAIN HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH
ACCUSED SEX TRAFFICKER JEFFREY
EPSTEIN BACKFIRING.
EPSTEIN BACKFIRING. >> YOU’VE BEEN ON HIS PRIVATE
PLANE.
PLANE. >> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU’VE BEEN TO STAY ON HIS
PRIVATE ISLAND.
PRIVATE ISLAND. >> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU’VE STAYED AT HIS HOME IN
PALM BEACH.
PALM BEACH. >> YES.
>> YES. >> THE DUKE OF YORK GENERATING A
NEW WAVE OF QUESTIONS IN WHAT
HAS BECOME A SEA OF SPECULATION
SURROUNDING HIS TIES TO EPSTEIN.
PRINCE ANDREW DENIED HE EVER SAW
HIS FORMER FRIEND WITH UNDERAGED
GIRLS IN A POINTED AND DETAILED
INTERVIEW WITH THE BBC.
>> DO I REGRET THE FACT THAT HE
HAS QUITE OBVIOUSLY CONDUCTED
HIMSELF IN A MANNER UNBECOMING,
YES.
YES. >> UNBECOMING, HE WAS A SEX
OFFENDER.
OFFENDER. >> I’M SORRY, I’M BEING POLITE
IN THE FACT THAT HE WAS A SEX
OFFENDER.
OFFENDER. >> QUEEN ELIZABETH’S SON 8th IN
LINE TO THE THRONE WAS
SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT HIS
VISIT TO EPSTEIN’S MANSION,
AFTER THE FINANCIER PLEADED
GUILTY TO SOLICITING MINORS FOR
PROSTITUTION.
PROSTITUTION. >> I WENT THERE WITH THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF SAYING TO HIM THAT
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED IT
WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE
SEEN TOGETHER.
SEEN TOGETHER. >> DESPITE ENDING THEIR
FRIENDSHIP, PRINCE ANDREW
ADMITTED HE STAYED WITH EPSTEIN
FOR FOUR DAYS.
>> WAS STAYING AT THE HOUSE WITH
A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER.
>> IT WAS A CONVENIENT PLACE TO
STAY.
STAY. >> PRINCE ANDREW LINKED TO
EPSTEIN IN A 2015 DEFAMATION
LAWSUIT AGAINST GHISLAINE MAX
WELL, EPSTEIN’S ONE TIME
GIRLFRIEND.
GIRLFRIEND. THE LAWSUIT WAS FIRED BY
VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE WHO
ALLEGED EPSTEIN DIRECTED HER TO
HAVE SEX WITH THE ROYAL ON THREE
SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN SHE WAS
A MINOR.
A MINOR. GIUFFRE SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY TO
SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH. >> PRINCE ANDREW OF COURSE
DENIES THAT THIS EVER HAPPENED.
>> HE DENIES THAT IT EVER
HAPPENED, AND HE’S GOING TO KEEP
DENYING THAT IT’S EVER HAPPENED
BUT HE KNOWS THE TRUTH, AND I
KNOW THE TRUTH.
>> ECHOING HIS REPEATED DENIALS
OF THE ALLEGATIONS, PRINCE
ANDREW SAYS HE HAS NO
RECOLLECTION OF EVEN MEETING
GIUFFRE.
GIUFFRE. >> I CAN ONLY CATEGORICALLY TELL
YOU IT NEVER HAPPENED.
>> GIUFFRE CLAIMED ONE OF THE
ALLEGED SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS
HAPPENED IN MARCH 2001 AFTER
DANCING WITH THE PRINCE AT A
LONDON NIGHTCLUB.
LONDON NIGHTCLUB. >> SHE WAS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT
THAT NIGHT.
THAT NIGHT. SHE DESCRIBES DANCING WITH YOU
AND YOU PROFUSELY SWEATING AND
THAT SHE WENT ON TO HAVE --
>> THERE’S A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH
THE SWEATING BECAUSE I HAVE A
MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH IS THAT
I DON’T SWEAT.
>> PRINCE ANDREW WHO SERVED IN
THE ROYAL NAVY SAID HE DEVELOPED
THE RARE CONDITION DURING HIS
COMBAT TOUR IN THE WAR.
CASTING DOUBT ON THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THE PHOTO,
APPEARING TO SHOW HIM WITH
GIUFFRE WHEN SHE WAS JUST 17.
>> THAT’S ME, BUT WHETHER THAT’S
MY HAND OR WHETHER THAT’S THE
POSITION, BUT I DON’T -- I HAVE
SIMPLY NO RECOLLECTION OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHS EVER BEING TAKEN.
I’M NOT ONE TO AS IT WERE, HUG
AND PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION
ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT I DO.
>> THE PRINCE PROVIDED THIS
EXPLANATION FOR WHERE HE WAS
THAT NIGHT.
THAT NIGHT. >> I WAS AT HOME.
I WAS WITH THE CHILDREN.
I HAD TAKEN BEATRICE TO A PIZZA
EXPRESS IN WORKING FOR A PARTY
AT FOUR OR FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON
AND BECAUSE THE DUCHESS WAS
AWAY, WE HAVE A SIMPLE RULE IN
THE FAMILY THAT WHEN ONE’S AWAY,
THE OTHER ONE IS THERE.
>> REGARDING HIS 2010 VISIT TO
EPSTEIN’S MANHATTAN MANSION,
PRINCE ANDREW DID ACKNOWLEDGE HE
LET DOWN THE ROYAL FAMILY SAYING
HE KICKS HIMSELF ON A DAILY
BASIS.
BASIS. AS FOR GIUFFRE, SHE AND HER
ATTORNEYS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO
OUR MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR
COMMENT.
COMMENT. >> WOW.
>> WOW. >> EYEBROW RAISING INTERVIEW,
THE ROYAL FAMILY, ARE THEY
SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT --
>> WELL, THE QUEEN KNEW ABOUT
THIS INTERVIEW BUT THEY HAVEN’T
MADE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
HIS EX-WIFE SARAH FERGUSON HAS
CALLED HIM QUOTE A TRUE
GENTLEMAN, BUT ALSO COMES AS
REPORTS TWO WEEKS AGO, A PUBLIC
RELATIONS PERSON WORKING FOR
PRINCE ANDREW RESIGNED BECAUSE
HE DIDN’T WANT HIM TO CONDUCT
THIS INTERVIEW.
THIS INTERVIEW. >> SO DAMAGING.
>> HOW IS THAT BEING RECEIVED
OVERSEAS?
OVERSEAS? >> NOT WELL, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE BRITISH TABLOIDS HAVE
LAUNCHED INTO THE FUROR OVER IT
DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SETTLING
DOWN TODAY.
DOWN TODAY. >> THESE EXPLANATIONS LIKE HE
WENT TO EPSTEIN’S HOUSE BECAUSE
WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS BUT STAYED
THERE FOR FOUR DAYS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS, YOU
DON’T GO TO BREAK UP WITH
SOMEONE, AND STAY THERE AND HAVE