Hello and welcome to bbc news. Prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with the financiers Jeffrey Epstein. The prince has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on a sex trafficking charges. With an exclusive interview with bbc, Prince Andrew was asked to asked about his relationship with one of the women, Virginia Roberts. Our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews, and yet for month after month, he has been the focus of troubling questions. Prince andrew, the queens second son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home of a convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, and photographed strolling through central park with him. The headlines have been lurid, relentless and deeply damaging. Most serious of all is the allegation that andrew himself had sex with a girl
Fourth quarter bottomline estimates. We will break down the results ahead of disneys highly anticipated streaming platform debut. But first, to our top stories. Facebook continues to struggle to regain trust over how it handles user data. But that has become more complicated. There has now been a leak of internal documents suggesting business considerations outweighed those privacy concerns. It is something that facebook publicly touted when it decided five years ago to cut off tens of thousands of developers from its platform. To discuss, im joined by Bloomberg Technologys sarah frier, as well as ben brody in washington. Sarah, let me start with you. You covered this story. What do we know from these leaked documents so far . Reporter the documents give us this interesting internal picture in a way we really havent seen before of how these decisions are made and the difference between how they are discussed internally and how the company explains them externally. Internally, they are
Three countries join a cold war style spy swap. Prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with financierJeffrey Epstein. The prince has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. In an exclusive interview with bbc news, Prince Andrew was asked asked about his relationship with one of the women, Virginia Roberts. She says she was forced to have sex with the duke three times. Buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday, he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews. And yet, for month after month, hes been the focus of troubling questions. Prince andrew, the queens second son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home of a convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, and photographed strolling through central park with him.
Enquiry President Trump as manipulated by corrupt foreign interests. And five alleged spies let go. Three countries join a cold war style spy swap. Prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with the financier had Jeffrey Epstein. The prince is accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. In an exclusive interview with bbc news, prince and he was asked about his relationship with one of epsteins accuses, Virginia Roberts, who said she was forced to have sex with the duke three times. Buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. Our rule correspondence, nicholas which of the boards. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday, he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews. And yet, for month after month, hes been the focus of troubling questions. Prince andrew, the queens second son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home o
Of epsteins victims about the princes own sexual conduct. He knows exactly what hes done and i hope he comes clean about it. I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. What did he know about epstein . What did he do on his visits to epsteins many exclusive homes . Why were you staying with a convicted sex offender . Right. Over the next hour, we hear testimony from the heart of the British Royal family about the allegations and what he says happen. Would you be willing to testify or give a statement under oath . Tonight Prince Andrew the epstein scandal. I let the side down, simple as that. Some breaking news right now. Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has taken his own life while he was behind bars here in new york city. Jeffrey epstein was found dead in his prison cell in august of this year. He was due to be tried in new york on charges of sexual abuse and trafficking of dozens of underage girls. He was facing up to 45 years in prison. Epsteins death robbed his victims ofj