The country, but we have to control the country, but we have to control the cost. At 10. 30am, we take an in depth look at the the trade war between the United States and china, as an agreement to resolve the dispute between the worlds two largest economies could soon be in sight. Prince andrew has categorically denied having any sexual contact with a woman, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17. He told Bbcs Newsnight he could not have been with Virginia Roberts on the day in question in 2001 as he was at home after spending the afternoon at a Pizza Express in woking with his daughter. The prince was also grilled about his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. Our royal correspondent, Nick Witchell reports. In the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, a Senior Member of the British Royal family, Prince Andrew, second son of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgment. Your royal highness, weve come to Buckingham Palace in highly unusual circumstances. At issue, which of these two people is telling the truth . Andrew or Virginia Roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken . Groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men. Even the photo is contentious. Andrew says he has no memory of it. Tramp, a nightclub in central london. Virginia roberts says she was there with andrew one night in march 2001. She says they later had sex. Andrew says he was with his family. And he told the bbcs emily maitlis, theres a medical reason why ms roberts allegation cannot be true. She was very specific about that night. She described dancing with you. No. And you profusely sweating, and that she went on to have. Theres a slight problem with the sweating, because i. I have a peculiar medical condition which is that i dont sweat or that i didnt sweat at the time. Is it possible that you met Virginia Roberts, dined with her, danced with her in tramp, had sex with her, on another date . No. Do you remember meeting her at all . No. You can say categorically that you dont recall meeting Virginia Roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp and going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia . I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened. Do you recall any kind of sexual contact with Virginia Roberts, then or at any other time . None whatsoever. The other key figure in all of this isjeffrey epstein, the new york financier who befriended andrew. Epstein employed Virginia Roberts and many other young girls. In 2008 he was convicted of a child sex offence and sent to prison. So. Do you regret the whole friendship with epstein . Now, still not, the reason being that 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. In 2010 andrew visited epstein after his release from prison and stayed for several nights at his home in new york. A wrong judgment, andrew now says i let the side down. 0verall, did he think his behaviour had damaged the royalfamily . I dont believe its been damaging to the queen at all. It has to me. I wonder what effect this has had on your close family . Youve got daughters of your own. It has been what i would describe as a constant sore in the family. Finally, as he looks back. I wonder if you have any sense now of guilt, regret, or shame about any of your behaviour and your friendship with epstein . As far as mr epstein is concerned, it was the wrong decision to go and see him in 2010. Do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming . Yes. Unbecoming . He was a sex offender. Yeah. Im sorry, im being polite. Andrew will be hoping that his answers will allow him to move on. That remains to be seen. Joining me now is simon jones, who is outside Buckingham Palace. Has there been any reaction yet from the palace to this interview, which is exciting interest around the world . Is exciting interest around the world . It was certainly box office. No formal reaction from Buckingham Palace, but the tourists who gathered outside this morning are keen to have their say. I was approached by one woman from germany who said that she didnt think he came across well at all and it was being very keenly followed in germany, as it is in many countries around the world. By giving this interview, Prince Andrew was hoping to draw a line under what happened. Look at the papers this morning. The mail on sunday, not one single word of remorse. They say many viewers we re of remorse. They say many viewers were shocked by a total lack of empathy. This is the sunday mirror, new sweat and no regrets, talking about Prince Andrew saying that he didnt sweat in the nightclub and the paper thinking he had no regret for what had happened. 0ne royal commentator said ahead of the interview they thought it was going to bea interview they thought it was going to be a bit ofa interview they thought it was going to be a bit of a train wreck, but having seen it, they described it like a plane crashing into a train that then set off a nuclear explosion. They felt it was that bad. A lot of questions here from tourists and royal commentators and the public about whether this was the public about whether this was the correct thing to do. Simon jones, thank you very much. Simonjones, thank you very much. Joining me now is angela levin, a royal biographer who has spent months with various Senior Members of the royal family. Were you gripped by the interview . I was, but on the other hand i wanted to put something over my face because i couldnt bear it. It was so because i couldnt bear it. It was so excruciatingly appalling and ill judged. What did you make of the case that andrew was advancing, that he had never met this woman, she is making allegations that dont stand up, and therefore he is in a difficult position because he says it is not true, she says it is. There were no witnesses. It was a sign of his arrogance. He has always been arrogant. Second child, the queen because s favourites. Forgetting about it, having no memory of it doesnt mean it didnt happen. I thought it was a strange way of him saying women come and go andi way of him saying women come and go and i really cant remember names. You obviously meets loads of them and we all know that there are some types of man, im not saying him, who see women in just physical terms, so they dont mean anything. Im quite sure that he wasnt interested in anything she said sushi she would do in one ear and out the other, which is quite unpleasant. He has denied any inappropriate behaviour and he said in the interview he is sure he never met this woman. In terms of the kind of impression it leaves and the impact that could have on the royal family. He was asked in the interview has this affected the queen and he said no, but it has affected me. Presumably, there is some Collateral Damage when the second son of the monarch is all over the papers and has placed these really terrible allegations faced. I cant believe it hasnt affected the queen. Her motto is. I think that in her heart, quite obviously she would have been extremely embarrassed. He always forgives andrew she always forgives andrew she always forgives andrew, he is her favourites. Also, she is 93 now and she will not get involved. In the past, Prince Philip would be very involved and he was very strong about what is right and wrong, but he is 98. You will not get the same reaction as you used to. Do you have a concern than that in a sense that something is slipping at the palace. We had the megan and harry interview a few weeks ago, one that was given despite advice. We were told the Prince Andrew rejected advice for this interview. Now the palace has to pick up the pieces. Is there a sense that this is partly because the greenness of advancing years, that the grip that was exercised centrally on what we used to call the firm has diminished . Yes. We must just say that Prince Charles and the duchess of cornwall are terrific. Prince william and Kate Middleton are terrific, so they are not all falling apart. Each of the families have separate advisors. They try to put them all together but they didnt get on, so they all have separate advisors and they mirror the person they are looking after. They work hard, are paid very well. I know for a fact that Prince Andrew doesnt listen to his advisers. They think they know it all, they are more involved in the world, but actually they dont. We have a senior person who join Prince Andrews team a few months ago and he left a few weeks ago certainly. 0ne doesnt know, but the implication is that he would not have approved of what Prince Andrew was doing. Hejust have approved of what Prince Andrew was doing. He just goes have approved of what Prince Andrew was doing. Hejust goes his own have approved of what Prince Andrew was doing. He just goes his own way. He is so arrogant he doesnt listen to people who may know other aspects of the world and might advise him. Do you think you will be taken aback by the coverage this morning . dont think you would understand that. It was all about him, how charming he was, he was more than dutiful, he presented himself in a way that wont wash with the public. Thank you very much for coming in to speak to us. Thank you very much for coming in to speak to us. The lawyer representing some of epsteins alleged victims, gloria allred, has responded to the interview and urged Prince Andrew to talk to the american authorities under oath. When Prince Andrew said that in fact the reason for meeting jeffrey epstein, staying at his home after mr epstein was convicted of sex crimes, that even after he was released from prison, that Prince Andrew went to see him and walked through central park, the reason being that Prince Andrew says, it was the right and honourable thing to do. He didnt want to tell him he couldnt see him again because he didnt think that was the right thing to do on the telephone, well, i would say to Prince Andrew, the charges made by miss roberts, whom i do not represent but is one of the accusers, the charges made by her against you are very, very serious charges. I think the right and honourable thing to do would be for you to say unequivocally i will voluntarily speak to the fbi. I do not depend on whether or not my lawyers say that i should do it. I know that its the right thing to do, i have nothing to hide, im going to do the right and honourable thing. I say whether a person is a prince or a pauper, if anyone has evidence or information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it to law enforcement. In this case, it would be the federal bureau of investigation. I can share with you that my clients, who allege they are victims of mr epstein, some of whom were sex trafficked when they were underage girls, have spoken to law enforcement. They didnt need the advice of a lawyer to decide to do it, although certainly i provided advice. I have had many people call me and say, tell me how i can speak to law enforcement, i might have information that could be helpful to them. Some of those people couldnt even afford lawyers, didnt need lawyers, they knew it was the right thing to do. That is what i think and i think it is overdue for that to happen and i challenge him to do that. The conservatives have set out more details of their plans for immigration after brexit, saying migrants will be treated equally regardless of where they come from. But theyve refused to set a number for the number of people coming into the country. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn has refused to say whether he would favour the continued Free Movement of migrants after brexit. We can speak to our Political Correspondent susana mendonca. Hello, again. Since we spoke last we have had the interviews on the andrew marr show. Lets start with this conservative pledge that they are making. The conservatives in terms of their line today are talking about immigration and the need to end freedom of movement. And labour, too. Both of them are talking about about the conservatives are specifically looking at what they would do when we leave the european union, saying that people would need a job offer if they are coming from the eu or anywhere else, saying that the charge for using the nhs would increase from £450 a year up to £650 a yearforforeign increase from £450 a year up to £650 a year for foreign migrants. Increase from £450 a year up to £650 a yearforforeign migrants. They also say that foreign migrants couldnt clear benefits for five yea rs. Couldnt clear benefits for five years. The labour party have their ma nifesto years. The labour party have their manifesto which you will get clear details on later on this week, but we understand it was hammered out yesterday. There is a question around what happens in terms of freedom of movement because at the party conference, labour members said they wanted to extend freedom of movement. Jeremy corbyn has addressed that issue we today. Understand that in the manifesto there will not be an explicit temp two extend freedom of movement. He was talking about how what he thinks those members were talking about we re those members were talking about were family reunions. So those immigrants who would come to the uk and the right to be able to bring theirfamily over data and the right to be able to bring their family over data run. And the right to be able to bring theirfamily over data run. He and the right to be able to bring their family over data run. He says he is in agreement with that in principle. Explaining that element of it. We understand in the Labour Party Manifesto there will be some policy around there. Jeremy corbyn was asked about whether or not Free Movement would end if there was a Labour Government and he wouldnt be pinned down on the detail, but he was saying that there would be a great deal of movement after brexit. There will be a great deal of movement. A great deal of movement, so movement. A great deal of movement, so Free Movement will not hand. You will have to wait until thursday, and you are very impatient. Overall, immigration has been a huge topic around brexit. What i am trying to work out is whether your instinct is for more Free Movement of people around the world, including from the eu . My instinct is to recognise that economies are interdependent around the world, that we all benefit from people moving to living in and working in different societies every benefit massively from the vast numberof benefit massively from the vast number of overseas students to come here. I dont want us to become an isolated society. I am proud of the diversity of our society and our country and they want that to be the basis of how we leave. We have heard from dominic rab today as well. The conservatives have had as well. The conservatives have had a difficult time with immigration of the past. They talked about bringing it down to the tens of thousands and never meeting our targets. Dominic raab was asked about this today, would you be able to set a target for how low you can get immigration. It was clear that he didnt want to be drawn on the numbers. It seems to be drawn on the numbers. It seems to bea be drawn on the numbers. It seems to be a tactic from what we are hearing from different government ministers about this issue, that they are talking about not setting arbitrary targets because if you dont set a targets because if you dont set a target you cant be accused of not hitting that target. It is notjust the volume, which yes we are committed to bringing down, but also the kinds of emigration you have got coming into the country. We want people coming here who want to contribute, but we need to control the costs. Let me ask you about that, then. Groups of workers do you wa nt fewer that, then. Groups of workers do you want fewer of . It is not about stigmatising. Want fewer of . It is not about stigmatising. Its not, want fewer of . It is not about stigmatising. Its not, but it doesnt make any kattar sense at the moment. If you talk to business, running care homes or whatever, they all want more workers coming in, including unskilled workers, so i just wonder whats aries you dont wa nt just wonder whats aries you dont want people coming in from . Want to make sure that the best and the brightest can come here and contributes. We want to be able to plug contributes. We want to be able to pluq gaps contributes. We want to be able to plug gaps in specific sectors, whether it is in the nhs or elsewhere. What you dont want to do is encourage elsewhere. What you dont want to do is encourage over elsewhere. What you dont want to do is encourage over reliance on cheap labour from abroad which has a depressing effect on wages in this country. The big other parties are kicking up over the terms of the election debates that the broadcasters are having. Has not been addressed . They are very unhappy they will not be involved in this first debate on tuesday between Jeremy Corbyn and borisjohnson. The snp, we heard from Ian Blackford earlier on. They are taking legal action in order to try and get them incl