buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew is returning his royal and military titles to the queen. he will no longer be referred to as his royal highness in any official capacity. it comes just a day after prince andrew s lawyers failed to persuade a judge in america to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him that accuses him of sexually abusing a teenager two decades ago. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. buckingham palace says he will continue not to carry out any public duties and will defend the civil court case as a private citizen. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the duke of york near his home in windsor great park today. behind the scenes, they were clearly discussions with his advisers and with other members of his family. it is clear that the impossibility of his retaining his remaining honorary military positions had been accepted by the queen, particularly after yesterday s court ruling in new york. he is therefore no
As an extension of the office. which has been in constant use because of the role of fresh air in stopping the virus. and when i went into that gardenjust after 6pm on the 20th of may 2020, to thank groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working, i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but, mr speaker, with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside, i should have found some other way to thank them, and i should have recognised that even if it could be said technically to fall within the guidance, there would be millions and millions of people who simply would not see it that way. so that s borisjohnson admitting for the first time that he d attended a drinks gathering in the garden at downing street in may 2020 when london was under strict
Number ten and is the very centre of government. sue gray is now the centre of attention because she is investigating allegations about a number of different parties and gatherings in downing street while england was under a variety of covid restrictions. the former labour minister douglas alexander used to work with her. she minister douglas alexander used to work with her- work with her. she is an extraordinarily - work with her. she is an - extraordinarily accomplished and capable civil servant. the guardian re orts capable civil servant. the guardian reports that capable civil servant. the guardian reports that she capable civil servant. the guardian reports that she has capable civil servant. the guardian reports that she has a capable civil servant. the guardian reports that she has a reputation l reports that she has a reputation for vigorous internal investigations. sue gray was previously in charge of ethics at the cabinet office and ran a number of investigations, in
Hello and welcome to thursday s one show, live on bbc one and iplayer, with alex jones. and harryjudd. harry, lovely to see you. how have you been? lucky the prime minister himself said yesterday that, with hindsight, he regrets going out into the garden and thanking the staff rather than telling them to come back into the office. i think he was right to do that, recognising as he said, and it is something i ve seen as well, is that notjust is something i ve seen as well, is that not just the frustration, anger and upset is whether people have had around their view that there has been one thing being sent to people about what we should all do, as we were doing at the time, and what they perceive happening at number ten. it is also why it is right that we have got this investigation being taken forward. and once you ve got the details of that, we will come back to parliament. obviously we will be publishing the findings of that report, it will be taking questions from parliamentarians a
Support as he faces growing calls to quit as prime minister. on wednesday, he admitted to attending a drinks gathering at downing street when england was in lockdown 2020. and today, the message from his government was this. the prime minister himself said yesterday that, with hindsight, he regrets going out into the garden and thanking the staff rather than telling them to come back into the office. i think he was right to do that, recognising as he said and it is something i ve seen as well is that not just the frustration, anger and upset as well that people have had around their view that there has been one thing being sent to people about what we should all do, as we were doing at the time, and what they perceive happening at number ten. it is also why it is right that we have got this investigation being taken forward. and once we ve got the details of that, we will come back to parliament. obviously we will be publishing the findings of that report, he will be taking questio