because it s confidential, but i will let you know and thank you, dan. if he had done something like that, then not only would i have walked away, but i would have walked and looked like an absolute idiot if i had pursued him aggressively. so, it was his denials that made me certain in my mind, and the way that he was behaving, certain, that he had something to hide, and of course he did because it turned out that at the same time that he was sending me those letters, he was engaged in discussions with hmrc to settle the tax liability that he was denying to be that he had. and anna isaac from the guardian, journalists revealing how a story is put together, showing the to ing and fro ing behind the scenes, is something of a trend these days and clearly, we have seen dan neidle, not a journalist but putting a lot of it out there on social media, on platforms and working with journalists as well. but 20 years ago, this was the thing thatjournalists kept quiet about to some extent and now,
that and closely with my advisor, i will do that and i closely with my advisor, i will do that and i will let you know and thank that and i will let you know and thank you. that and i will let you know and thank you, dan. if he had done something thank you, dan. if he had done something like that, then not only would something like that, then not only would high i ve walked away, but i would would high i ve walked away, but i would have walked and looked like an absolute would have walked and looked like an absolute idiot if i had pursued him aggressively. so, it was his denials that made aggressively. so, it was his denials that made me certain in my mind, and the way that made me certain in my mind, and the way that that made me certain in my mind, and the way that he was behaving, certain. the way that he was behaving, certain, that he had something to hide, certain, that he had something to hide, and certain, that he had something to hide, and of course he d
concentrate on the queen sjubilee submissions later this year. the lawyers have told that they need to decide by the end ofjuly whether they want to go ahead with a trial in the autumn, or whether they wish to settle, but before we get to that stage, i think we are going to get quite a lot of publicity, to ing and fro ing, arguing over the two sides positions, who has the better witnesses, what they are going to be calling, what they hope to produce. pretty uncomfortable, i think, that a palace and the royal family, in what is intended to be a year of celebrations. what is intended to be a year of celebrations. ~ , ,., , . celebrations. absolutely, i wanted to ask ou would imagine that is the last thing the palace wants right now, a very public trial with the allegations being played out, as you say, in the newspapers. tell us more about the timing of what happens next? indeed. we have this timing of what happens next? indeed. we have this period timing of what happens next? inde
now, look, and then this is optimistic, but also possible. i don t think putin expected us to be as united in our criticism against him. and i will say one thing in your opening, there actually is, and i was surprised in speaking with the german chancellor and nato and others that were at the munich security conference, there is, in fact, an agreement on a wide list of sanctions that will be ready to go if putin does a further incursion. i don t think putin expected us to be this united. that s interesting you say that because even in reporting from diplomatic circles in europe a few days ago, they were saying, yeah, they agree on the broad principle, but there s a real arguing, to ing and fro ing about the actual detail. these individual economies in europe are worried about the impact on them. yes. i mean, it s going to impact. some economies will be impacted more than others. but, again, all.you know, germany and france, spain, italy are the countries that are, you know, most impa
that s interesting you say that because even in reporting from diplomatic circles in europe just a few days ago, they were saying, yeah, they agree on the broad principle, but there s a real arguing, to ing and fro ing about the actual detail. these individual economies in europe are worried about the impact on them. yes. i mean, it s going to impact. some economies will be impacted more than others. but, again, all.you know, germany and france, spain, italy are the countries that are, you know, most impacted by it and have been perceived as being most reluctant to agree to it. there was unanimity that there is a package of sanctions the european commission will implement like that if he invades. we ll talk more about sanctions. just on this question of strategy, the president said, we re calling out russia s plans loudly and repeatedly because we re doing everything in our power to remove any reason that russia may give to justify invading ukraine. what is the risk, though, of mis