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Do wuss-wuss for Daddy. Come on.

Come on, Sandy, do your wuss-wuss.

Go on, off you go.

Do your wuss-wuss.

Come on you little buggers, come on.

Do your wuss-wuss.

Charles. I thought you were still in New Zealand.

I'm defending myself from unfound...

What do you mean blow it?

Blow what?

Is Mummy aware?

Yes, of course, Mummy's aware.

As a matter of fact, she thinks it's a very good idea.

Calls me a fucking mummy's boy.

- He's the fucking mummy's boy! - Papa?

Just one more.

Yes, I've told her.

Will do.

Good man.

Well, Charles got wind of the interview

and went full Tonto.

Prince Phillip's done his usual ring round,

Edward's taking Charles' side and Anne's on a horse

- somewhere unreachable. - So, it's off?

We can but hope.

And Her Majesty?

Whatever Andrew wants.

My hands are tied.

If I go against Her Majesty's wishes...

...well, obviously, I can't.

Keep an eye on Andrew, I'll handle Charles.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends.

- Stew? - Emily, I've just had a message

from the Palace. It's off.

- What? - He's called it off.

- No. - Yeah.

No.

We're only hours away from filming.

If we don't do this interview now, we'll never get him back.

No. He's called it off, Emily.

Well, he can't.

I mean, tell him if he doesn't go on record,

the media will kill him.

I mean, they're killing him already.

Yeah, I've been telling them that for ages.

Yeah, well, tell them again.

He can't just call it off like that.

Emily, they just did.

Fuck.

Okay, boys, let's go.

Esme's calling, alright, I'll text you if I hear anything.

Be ready to go just in case.

Emily...

- ...are you listening? - Yes, I'm listening.

Esme's calling. She may know why, alright?

I'll get back to you.

Bye.

Shit.

What's Amanda saying?

Beatrice is on her way to talk to him now.

- How long can we hold the slot? - Uh, another hour max.

I've just told our BBC bosses this was on.

If we lose it now, we look like the worst journalists in the world.

Well, that's kind of an achievement.

Yeah, not really.

They tried to wipe you out

and you're only still here because I stood up for you!

That's not true!

Please, just give me time to think about this.

I'm not saying anything else until she gets here. Quiet!

Mummy, Daddy.

- Thank you for coming, darling. - Of course.

Mummy's, um... Mummy's told you about Charles's call?

Only that he's angry with you for doing the interview.

- What did he say? - Oh...

some nonsense about... damaging the firm's reputation.

He can talk. Mr Tampon.

No, that's really wrong of him.

He should be supporting you, not telling you off. You're family.

As your great-grandfather, King George VI once said,

this isn't a family.

My parents aren't my parents.

I don't have brothers and sisters.

You don't have aunts and uncles, for that matter.

Not in any way that makes sense.

And what's even odder, because in all this,

in all the... whatever it is we actually are,

the one person

who's tried so hard to protect me,

who's gone way beyond,

way beyond,

is actually the least like any other person in the world.

But even Her Majesty has her limits.

Honestly, the happiest I've ever been

was chucked about in the bottom of a boat in the Falklands.

You don't believe that.

You love being a royal.

You love this family.

I love my mother.

I love you.

I love Eugenie.

Why haven't you talked like this before?

I've never been in this much trouble before.

You've done nothing wrong.

Nothing.

So, just tell them the truth.

And Granny's behind it, yes?

Yes, yes, she is.

That's good.

That's good.

Well, I'd listen to your loved ones.

Moody! Oh.

For Christ's sake, Moody.

There's nobody there. Moody!

Oh.

Go, get out.

Fucking fuck.

Good luck.

Shit.

Sorry I shouted.

Okay.

Yeah, yeah. I'm coming. I'm coming.

I've just had a call from Amanda Thirsk.

- Are you ready for this? - What, what?

She's got another alibi.

Apparently on the night he was supposed to be at Tramp

with Virginia Giuffre,

he was at a Pizza Express in Woking

with his daughter, Eugenie, which just happens to coincide

perfectly with the transcript of Virginia's Panorama interview

that we have in our back pocket.

Oh, shit. So, he knows about the Panorama interview.

Possibly.

Buckingham Palace, please.

But what... what was he doing at Pizza Express in Woking, anyway?

You may well ask.

He claims he was at a birthday party for one of his daughter's friends.

Well, seriously, who's gonna believe that?

He's insisting we include it.

No way, I'm not feeding him bloody alibis.

If he wants to bring it up, he can.

Okay, I've got to go.

Yeah, that's it, all the way to the top.

Donal, we're back on.

- Amanda? - Yes, Sir?

Have you still got that list of questions you wrote?

- Yes, Sir. - I'll take another look.

Okay, I'll just, uh... two secs.

Got it.

Feels a bit like Game of Thrones, all this...

...what do you want to call it?

You'll be wonderful, Sir.

I wasn't asking if I'd be alright.

How should I look?

- Sorry? Look? - For the interview.

I know what I have to say, hopefully.

The gist of it, as it were.

But, uh...

...obviously it's all... you know, it's all...

...how you look these days, the angle.

Just be yourself, Sir.

You always come across so confidently.

Cameras.

They got Nixon that way.

All those bloody close-ups.

You'll be fine, Sir.

What if I can't remember?

As we discussed...

...you say, I have no recollection of... whatever it is.

From a legal point of view, that will be the best answer.

It's nearly 20 years ago, Amanda.

And this damn photograph.

What does it actually mean?

Even if it is... true, as it were, which it isn't,

but I mean to say, I put my arm around her, if I did.

That's all I did.

And honestly, I mean, at the end of the day,

how on earth is a bloke supposed to remember

all the women he's bedded?

Sorry, er, I'll pop back later.

- Hey, you okay? - He's doing the interview.

I know. Mummy told me.

It's right, Bea, we need it gone.

You've got your wedding, I've got work.

Frankly, I didn't ask for any of this.

I... I'm not saying it's Daddy's fault, I'm just saying...

No, I'm just not sure if Daddy can handle this.

What do you mean?

Well, I just mean that sometimes he says things

and he doesn't really... really think.

He just...

...honestly, I just want this whole story to go away now.

Totally. It's a bloody nightmare.

What if he can't do it?

He'll be fine, Bea. You worry too much.

- Bye-bye. - Okay, bye.

Who the hell actually told my brother

I was talking to Newsnight?

I'm not quite sure, Sir.

I suspect Donal McCabe

might have had something to do with it.

Cunt. Excuse my French.

Notes.

Why the hell didn't we talk more about any of this?

I did try.

Really, I think just...

...you're such a straight talking person, Sir.

- Yep. - All those business meetings,

you know, your... your talks with young entrepreneurs.

Just think of it like that.

If she asks me all these questions,

we'll be there till bloody midnight.

I was just trying to cover all the bases.

Uh...

Right. Let's do it.

- Shoes. - Oh, oh fuck.

Let... let me.

All done.

- Sir. - Fuck off.

- Donal? - Target in sight.

We're in England, Donal, not Hollywood.

- Sorry. - Stay close, don't speak.

- Record everything. - Will do.

- Emily. - I'm so sorry I'm late.

Don't worry, don't worry, are you okay?

I need the loo.

Uh, it's straight through there, left at the chintz.

This interview has been exceptionally rare.

Fuck.

Yeah.

- Okay. - Sam.

Good luck, Em.

So sorry I'm late, Your Royal Highness.

- Amanda. - Not at all.

I was just telling your team here that, uh,

I was an engineer for my sins.

Uh, so all this technical stuff I find rather interesting.

Yes.

I'm just gonna pop that on there.

Yeah. It's the most insane carpet.

- It's making me dizzy. - Yeah.

Trump meets the Kardashians. Who knew? You'll be fine.

Just focus on the Duke.

I've still got an hour?

One take straight through. They're not budging on that.

- So, if I overrun? - You can't.

Camera cards only last for an hour,

so he's gonna try and talk too much,

but just don't let him.

And if he denies knowing her, take out the photo.

- Nothing's off limits, right? - Right.

So sorry.

- There we go. - Yeah.

You need to run that round the back.

- Sorry? - The lead.

He'll need to run it around the back,

or it'll be in shot, I believe.

Oh, yeah. Thank you. Yes.

Sorry.

That's all good.

Mrs Maitlis seems nervous.

She should be.

What's Donal doing here?

I have no idea.

Shall I ask him to go?

No, leave it. Somebody sent him.

Probably the boss.

Oh.

- All set? - Almost there.

I'd like to get on. Shall we start?

Yeah, just... just doing last checks.

Okay. Positions please.

Standby.

Cameras.

Rolling.

Sound.

Speed.

Emily.

Your Royal Highness,

we've come to Buckingham Palace in...

...highly unusual circumstances.

Normally we'd be discussing your work, your duty,

we'll come onto that.

But today you've chosen to speak out for the first time.

Why have you decided to talk now?

Because... there is no good time to talk about, um,

Mr Epstein and all things associated.

Um, and we've been talking to Newsnight

for about six months now, uh, about doing something

around the work that I was doing.

Uh, and unfortunately, we just haven't been able to fit it

into either your schedule or my schedule

um, until, uh, now.

Uh, actually it's a... a really good opportunity,

and I'm delighted to, uh, be able to... see you today.

As you say, all of this goes back to your friendship

- with Jeffrey Epstein. - Mm.

How did you first become friends? How did you meet?

Well, I met through his girlfriend, uh, back in 1999.

Uh, who... and I'd known her since she was at university in the UK.

And to some extent,

it would be a stretch to say that, as it were,

uh, we were close friends.

I mean, we were friends because of other people.

Uh, and I had a lot of opportunity

to go to the United States.

Um, but I didn't have much time with him.

I suppose I saw him once or twice a year, perhaps,

maybe a maximum of three times a year.

And quite often, uh, if I was in the United States,

and I was doing something,

and if he wasn't there, he would say,

"Well, why don't you use, uh, my houses?"

So, I said, "Well, that's very kind. Thanks very much indeed."

She's letting him talk too much.

But he had an extraordinary ability to bring, um,

extraordinary people together.

And that's the bit that I remember, uh,

is going to the dinner parties where you'd meet, um,

politicians, uh, the academics, people from the United Nations.

I mean, it was a cosmopolitan group of US eminence.

He was your guest as well. In 2000,

Epstein was a guest at Windsor Castle and at Sandringham.

He was brought right into the heart

of the Royal Family at your invitation.

Yes but, but certainly at my invitation,

not at the royal family's invitation.

But remember it was his girlfriend

that... that... that was the key element in this.

He was the, as it were, plus one, uh, to some extent,

in, in, in that aspect.

Am I... am I right in thinking you threw a birthday party, um,

for Epstein's girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell,

at Sandringham?

No, it was a shooting weekend.

A shooting weekend?

Just a straightforward... straightforward shooting weekend.

But during these times that he was a guest at Windsor Castle,

at Sandringham, uh, the shooting weekend...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

...we now know that he was

and had been procuring young girls for sex trafficking.

Uh, we now know that.

At the time,

there was no indication... to me

or to anybody else

that that was what he was doing.

And certainly, um, when I saw him, uh,

either in the United States or... no...

when I saw him in the United States,

or when I was staying at his houses in the United States,

um, there was no indication,

absolutely no indication.

And if there was, uh, you have to remember that at the time

I was patron the NSPCC's, uh, Full Stop campaign.

So, I was close up with what was going on at those, um, times

about, uh, getting rid of, um, abuse to, to, to, to children.

Uh, and so I knew what... what was...

...what the things were to look for, and I never saw them.

So, you would have made that connection

because 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 stayed on his private island.

Yes.

You've stayed at his home.

Yes.

You've visited Ghislaine Maxwell's house

in Belgravia, in London.

Yes.

Do you regret the whole friendship with Epstein?

Ah... now, still not.

Just apologise, for God's sake.

And the reason being, the people that I met

and the opportunities that I was given

to learn either by him or because of him,

were actually very useful.

He himself, not as it were, um, as close as you might think.

We... we... we... were... we weren't that close.

So, therefore, I mean, yes, I stayed at his house,

but that was because of his girlfriend, not because of him.

In July of this year,

Epstein was arrested on charges of sex trafficking

and abusing dozens of underage girls.

One of Epstein's accusers,

- Virginia Roberts, - Yeah.

has made allegations against you.

She says she met you in 2001.

She says she dined with you,

danced with you at Tramp Nightclub in London.

She went on to have sex with you in a house in Belgravia,

belonging to Ghislaine Maxwell, your friend.

Your response?

I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady.

None whatsoever.

You don't remember meeting her?

No.

Do you know you didn't meet her?

Or do you just not remember meeting her?

No, I ha... well, I... I don't know if I've met her.

But no, I have no recollection of meeting her.

Because she was very specific.

She described the dance that you had together in Tramp.

She described meeting you.

She was a 17-year-old girl

meeting a senior member of the royal family.

Never happened.

You seem utterly convinced you're telling the truth.

Would you be willing to testify

or give a statement under oath if you were asked?

Well, I... I'm like everybody else,

and I... I would have to take all the legal advice

that there was before, um...

...I... I was to do that sort of thing, but...

...if push came to shove and the...

...and the legal advice

was to do so, then um, I would be duty-bound to do so.

Do you recall any kind of sexual contact

with Virginia Roberts then, or at any other time?

I... I... I can't. I've... I've racked my brains.

I'm... I'm thinking, oh, uh, when the first allegation,

when the allegations came out originally, I was like,

er... well, that's strange, I don't remember this.

And... and then I've been through it

and through it and through it,

over and over and over again.

And... no, nothing.

It just never happened.

Epstein's housekeeper,

also in a Florida court legal deposition,

said that you visited the Palm Beach residence

around four times a year. You got a daily massage...

Four times a year?

That was what he said in a Florida Court

- legal deposition. - No.

Is there a chance that those massages

might have been the services of someone

who was being sexually exploited or trafficked by Epstein?

N... no.

I don't, I mean, I... no, no, definitely not, definitely not.

And I definitely did not visit his Palm Beach house

three or four times a year.

Absolutely not.

How many times would you say you visited?

Uh, in total, probably four times in total,

uh, throughout the time that I knew him.

Uh, and... in fact, uh...

probably that... that was the place that, um...

...if you see what I mean, that he was there.

He was more in the house there than in, um...

...than in other places that I was at.

But it was usually because I was going...

...I was going through, and on to somewhere else.

So, it was a day.

That was it.

I mean, there are all sorts of things on the internet

and out there in the public domain,

and we'd just sort of go, well, yeah,

but I'm afraid this... just never happened.

I wonder if you have any sense now

of guilt, regret, or shame

about any of your behaviour or your friendship with Epstein?

Well, as far as Mr Epstein is concerned,

um, it was the wrong decision to go and see him in 2010.

As far as my, uh, association with him was concerned,

there were some seriously beneficial outcomes,

uh, in areas, uh, that have nothing...

that had nothing to do with what I would describe

as what we're talking about today.

On balance, could I have avoided ever meeting him?

Probably not.

And that's because of my friendship with Ghislaine.

It was... it was... it was inevitable that, um,

we would come across each other.

Do I regret the fact that he has quite obviously, uh,

conducted himself in a manner unbecoming?

- Yes. - Unbecoming?

He was a sex offender.

Yeah, sorry, I was being polite.

I mean, in the sense that he was a sex offender.

But no, um...

...was I right in having him as a friend at the time,

bearing in mind this was some years before

he was accused of being a... a sex offender?

I don't think there was anything wrong then.

Um, the problem was the fact that once he was convicted...

- You stayed with him. - I stayed with him.

So, if Virginia Roberts is watching this interview,

what is your message to her?

Your Royal Highness, thank you.

Thank you very much indeed.

Hold your positions, please.

Great.

Your Royal Highness, thank you so much.

Did we get it? I didn't show the photo.

You didn't need to.

Sir, the alibis.

You didn't mention those.

I didn't?

I do think it would be advisable to have those included.

Yes, of course, um...

...but it went alright otherwise?

It went very well, Sir.

He denied knowing her, I should have shown the photo.

You didn't need to. It was...

You didn't ask me about my alibis... as discussed.

Um, the sweating and, um, my visit to Pizza Express.

- Sweating? - Yeah.

I must insist that we include these details.

They're material to His Royal Highness's defence.

We were expecting to be asked about them.

It'd have to be a drop-in.

If anything goes wrong, they can accuse us

- of tampering the chronology. - It's fine. Absolutely.

We'll do it now.

Stewart.

Right, um, yep.

Emily, if you want to lead us in then, uh,

yeah, we can cover those questions now.

From?

From... wherever you like.

Let's check the cards on all cameras.

Hmm. Alright.

Cameras reloaded.

Standby.

Standing by.

Cameras.

Resetting. Rolling.

Roll.

Rolling.

Sound.

Speed.

- Emily. - Mm.

And cut.

That's a wrap then, guys.

Well, thank you, Emily, for coming to Buckingham Palace.

As I said, um, I am most grateful for the opportunity

to have discussed this with you.

Would you mind if we did some walking shots for the opening?

Oh, not at all, not at all.

Uh, in fact, we have some splendid corridors.

- Shall we? - Ah, thanks.

Donal.

Done.

And?

I'll let you listen.

Camera rolling.

And action.

Um, yes, this is, um...

I thought that went well.

Very good.

Just one more please, Sir.

- Once more. - Just?

- Yes. - Mm.

- Sir. - And action.

So...

...you'll keep in touch?

Absolutely.

Thank you.

We've got this, Sir. Thank you.

- Okay. - Yep.

Um...

Ah.

This is my great-great-great grandfather, Prince Albert.

They called him the first royal entrepreneur,

Her Majesty calls me the second , so, no,

well, I have great plans for the, uh, the, uh...

...how do you think it went?

I thought it was... very frank.

Yes. Yes, I hope so.

Well, I certainly do appreciate the chance to, uh, as it were...

...oh, well, obviously it was a... a risk, but no, no, no, I... I felt it.

And you... and you felt it.

- Absolutely. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, yeah, well...

- Very good. - I should probably...

- Yes, thank you. - Oh, yeah, well...

Thank you, Emily.

- Amanda. - Miss Maitlis, thank you.

Wow.

What the fuck just happened? That was wild.

- Like having a baby. - Honestly, Em, you are amazing.

I actually thought it was bizarre.

Why?

Well, everything, I mean, the... the whole way he talked.

His... his alibis.

He made about as much sense as my gran,

and... and she barely even knows her own name.

Well, I'm just glad it's over.

There's a slight problem with the party...

Uh...

Daddy?

Bea.

Did it.

Well done, Pups.

We talk to nobody about what just happened.

Anyone on the BBC gets wind of it or it's leaked,

we screw up our chances of getting it out there.

So, what have we got?

Uh, okay. Wide tracking shot, two shot, two over the shoulders,

uh, and a clean single on Andrew.

Um, there was a slight problem with, er, Emily's single.

Uh, it just... it was a colour thing.

Um, it's fine, we've got tonnes of footage to cut from.

The problem is we, you know, we've got very little time to cut it.

You'll be fine.

Yeah.

It was not at all like we rehearsed. I mean...

- How do you mean? - No, pushbacks.

A bit of blustering at the beginning, but, yeah,

you know, Jake said it in the cab,

he was weirdly guileless.

Amanda thinks it went very well.

Well, so does he.

Alright, Stew, you're gonna need to manage that.

Any questions from Amanda,

I want you just to politely push back on.

I don't want her or anyone else at the Palace breaking cover

before this goes out.

I'm gonna need an edit by tomorrow PM

and two trailers by tonight.

Transmission is this weekend, TBC.

Wow.

Duke of York address addresses the ball.

Two points clear at the 18th with only himself

between victory and defeat.

It's going to swing left or right.

And he sends it on its way, perfectly weighted,

curling right across the green.

Is it gonna come up short?

No, oh-ho-ho!

A perfectly judged putt once more

to take the claret jug.

Waaah, the crowd,

listen to them going wild, roaring,

waah, roaring for him here at St Andrew's Golf course.

Waah, so aptly named. Waaah, what a fighter.

What a thoroughly deserved victory.

I'm going on a shooting weekend.

I'll leave tomorrow.

Very good, Sir.

Oh, here she comes.

All that just to murder some birds.

How are we looking, Amanda?

I just wanted to let you know

Newsnight have announced transmission for tomorrow.

Nine PM on BBC 2.

Ah, good slot?

It's the intelligent person's lot, Sir.

Oh. Any, uh... any publicity, as it were?

Some announcements on radio

and a post on their Twitter account.

I imagine there'll be more as the day goes on.

Yes, yeah.

There does appear to be quite a lot of interest

from the reaction to their Twitter post.

Positive?

The usual mix.

Right, right, yeah.

Well, I'll be shooting this weekend, so, uh...

...I probably won't be watching.

You'll keep me posted?

Yes, Sir.

Sir?

Right then.

Can we hurry, please? We're running out of time.

Yeah, I'm going as fast as I can.

- Do you want me to drive? - No, I fucking don't.

- Boys. - We're 24 hours off transmission.

We're drowning in fucking footage,

and no one has any clue where anything is except me.

So, can you please all stop pretending

like you know what you're talking about and just...

...just shut the fuck up?

Okay, so I've put the pickup between two questions

- about the nightclub. - Okay.

Also, um, Emily moved her hair behind her ear between takes.

Pick up, main interview.

No one spotted it at the time, so...

Oh God, shit, I'm so sorry, Jake.

I didn't even realise I was doing that.

Will anyone notice?

Probably not, no.

It took me a while to see it.

And to be fair, she could have moved her hair between shots.

Okay, let's have a look.

Do you remember her?

No.

I... I have no recollection of ever meeting her.

I'm almo... in fact, I'm convinced

that I was never in Tramps with her.

Uh, there are a number of things wrong with that story,

one of which is that I don't know where the bar is

in Tramps.

I don't drink.

Er, I don't think I've ever bought a drink

in Tramps whenever I was there.

Do you remember dancing at Tramp?

Can you tell?

You can't tell.

You know that you were at home with the children.

Was it a memorable night?

On that particular day, um...

...that we now understand is the date, um,

that is the 10th of March, I was at home.

I was with the children.

I'd taken Beatrice to, uh, a Pizza Express in Woking

for a party at, I suppose,

sort of four or five in the afternoon.

And why would you remember that so specifically?

Why do you remember a Pizza Express birthday

and being at home?

Because going to a Pizza Express in Woking

is an unusual thing for me to do.

A very unusual thing for me to do.

I've never been.

Go to the sweating.

Yeah, I can do. It's um... I haven't used the two shot yet.

It needs tidying up.

Well, show us anyway.

So, you're absolutely sure you were home

- on the 10th of March? - Yep.

She was very specific about that night.

She described dancing with you

and you profusely sweating.

And that she went on to have a bath, possibly.

There's... there's, a slight problem, uh, with the sweating,

which is that, um, I have a... a peculiar...

...medical condition,

which is that I don't sweat or... or I didn't sweat at the time.

And that... actually, yeah, I didn't sweat at the time.

Uh... uh, because I had suffered what I would describe

as an overdose of adrenaline

in the Falklands War when I was shot at.

And I simply... it... it was almost impossible

for me to sweat.

Is it possible that you met Virginia Roberts,

dined with her,

danced with her at Tramp,

had sex with her on another date?

So, from there on in,

you are back with the main interview.

I don't know. It feels it dropped in.

Well, he's the one who pushed for it.

Press won't know that.

They're his own words, Stew,

you were there when we recorded them.

Yeah, and now that I'm looking at them in the edit,

they don't feel right. Sorry.

Well, I guarantee you

those are the lines everyone's gonna remember.

And if the palace leaks that we cut them in,

how are we gonna deny it? BBC hangs Prince out to dry.

They're never gonna say that. He thinks they're his best lies.

Yes, and we're still pretending that it's a live recording

- as a single event when it isn't. - The truth what he said, Stew.

- they're his own words. - Enough, enough.

Enough!

We keep them in.

Tomorrow first thing, we send embargoed transcripts

to select journalists.

Alright, they can post reactions on Twitter,

but not reveal content.

Now, with any luck, they'll be as gobsmacked as we were,

which should tee us up nicely for reviews.

Saturday morning, Emily will do some more press,

then nine PM we go to air.

Now, fuck off all of you, and let Jake do his job.

Come on.

Okay.

Come in.

- Edward. - Uh, may I?

Oh, please, do sit down.

Uh, no, I'm not staying.

Just popped by to ask

how you thought it went yesterday?

Uh, very well, I think.

Oh, really? Only Donal thought it was a bit of a dog's dinner.

What's your leverage with Newsnight?

Leverage?

I mean, if you decided that the interview was a mistake,

could you stop it?

Well, I could make a call.

I mean, obviously we'd need to tread carefully

around Her Majesty's feelings.

In her eyes Andrew can do no wrong.

But if you thought it was in the Prince's best interest...

No.

Thank you, but that won't be necessary.

Well, it's your call.

Coffee or vodka?

Vodka.

And no shooting any of my birds this time, Jack.

You veered perilously close to my airspace last time,

I seem to remember.

It's not Yorkshire rules, you know.

Right, come on ladies. They're not gonna wait for us.

Any time today.

- Morning. - Morning, Mrs Thirsk.

- Thank you very much. - You're welcome.

Please leave your message after the tone.

Good shot, Sir.

328 birds.

Hey, hey!

Not bad at all for a day's work.

I'd say we've earned our suppers, wouldn't you?

Well, most of us have.

I'm not looking at anyone in particular, James.

Leave James alone.

Not quite the record. I believe that's still 336 birds,

but still not bad...

...young women and children.

The investigation into Epstein is ongoing.

For his part, Prince Andrew has always denied

any allegations made against him by Virginia Roberts,

one of Epstein's victims.

But has never done so in his own words...

...until tonight.

Your Royal Highness,

we've come to Buckingham Palace

in highly unusual circumstances.

Normally, we'd be discussing your work, your duty,

we'll come onto that,

but today you've chosen to speak out for the first time.

Why have you decided to talk now?

Because...

there is no good time to talk about Mr Epstein.

I had to show leadership.

I had to go there and see him, I had to tell him, that's it.

At the time, you know, I thought it was

the honourable, and... and right thing to do.

Um, but I admit fully that, um, my judgement

was probably coloured by my um...

...tendency to be too honourable.

But that's just the way it is.

Do you regret the whole friendship with Epstein?

I... ah...

She spoke about you outside the court

in August of this year.

She said, I quote, "He knows exactly what he's done,

and I hope he comes clean about it."

And the answer is... nothing.

So, if Virginia Roberts is watching this interview,

what is your message to her?

I... I... I don't have a message for her

because... I have to have a thick skin.

And...

...if somebody's just gonna make those sorts of allegations,

I've just got to have a thick skin and get on with it.

But they never happened.

There are all sorts of things on the internet and out there...

Your Majesty.

It just never happened.

Yes, I am.

Quack, quack.

- Uh, Donald Duck. - No.

Alan Sugar?

Pfffft.

Oh, don't worry, darling.

Argh!

Oh, it's Donald Trump.

How did it take you so long?

Her Majesty is on the line, Sir.

She'd... like a word with you.

Mummy?