which says that the prince of wales had no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours of british citizenship on the basis of donations to his charities. well, there are questions today about whether prince andrew will ever return to a role in public life, after he reached an out of court settlement with a woman who d accused him of sexual assault. no details of the payout to virginia guiffre have been made public. the duke of york, who has always denied the allegations, has accepted that ms giuffre suffered as a victim of abuse and he said he regretted his association with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. within windsor castle where the queen is based and among royal officials there is an absolute determination to say nothing at all about prince andrew or the out of court settlement he has reached with virginia giuffre. however, the questions are not going away. first, how much is andrew having to pay? different newspapers
and if you have a question about the crisis in ukraine we d like to hear from you. get in touch with us using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and we ll be answering some of those queries at half past four today in your questions answered. prince andrew is coming under pressure to explain how he ll fund the payment he has agreed to make as part of his settlement ending virginia giuffre s sex assault claim against him. speaking to the bbc news channel, labour has sought assurances that no taxpayers money will be involved. the duke of york, who has always denied the allegations, has accepted that ms giuffre suffered as a victim of abuse and he said he regretted his association with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. within windsor castle, where the queen is based, and among royal officials there is an absolute determination to say nothing at all about prince andrew or the out of court
labour has sought assurances that no taxpayers money will be involved. the duke of york, who has always denied the allegations, has accepted that ms giuffre suffered as a victim of abuse and he said he regretted his association with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. within windsor castle, where the queen is based, and among royal officials, there is an absolute determination to say nothing at all about prince andrew or the out of court settlement he has reached with virginia giuffre. however, the questions aren t going away. first, how much is andrew having to pay? different newspapers have different figures. 10 million or 12 million are just two of them. andrew isn t thought to have that sort of spare cash. all of which raises the question of whether the queen and possibly even other family members like the prince of wales will have to step in to subsidise andrew. if prince andrew had to go to the queen to help out with his settleme