the communications office in buckingham palace is only as good as the advice thatis palace is only ashe advice that is being taken. of the principal will take the advice there is nothing you can do about it. he has been forced to give up his role asa has been forced to give up his role as a trade envoy, a job he said he loved. do you think you should not be reflecting on whether he has a role in public life any longer? he is probably thinking about it and his charities are probably thinking about it. northern ireland decided to cancel an engagement or he was due to participate. as for next year, we will know until the fullness of time. he will have to think he can fulfil his rule while this whole sorry saga is hanging over him like a cloud. thank you very much. thank you very much. the lawyer representing some of epstein's 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

your royal highness, we've come to buckingham palace... interview has been heard, andrew's answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. the reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. the consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill—advised. andrew's denial of impropriety with the then 17—year—old virginia roberts is based in part on his recollection that, on the night in question in march 2001, he was at this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey. how had he managed to remember a specific night so many years ago? because going to pizza express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. a very unusual thing for me to do. i've never been... i've only been through woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. as soon as somebody reminded me of it, iwent, oh, yes, i rememberthat. in the united states, home to most of the young women who say they were trafficked to perform sexual favours, lawyers are saying andre

and nick is at buckingham palace. the magnitude of this decision for the palace, what light can you shed on the way the decision came about?|j light can you shed on the way the decision came about? i think the palace has undoubtedly been taken aback by the sheer intensity of the negative reaction. they have been behind the curve, really for the past two days, discussions began yesterday involving andrew, the queen, the prince of wales, who has beenin queen, the prince of wales, who has been in new zealand, and senior officials, a decision finally taken today, unprecedented, of course. now what does it mean in practical terms? andrew, i'm told, is not resigning any of his patron edges but if charities want to find a new patron, i am told that will be fully understood. he will not be carrying out any public engagements but he will still attend what are called royal family events, such as trooping the colour or remembrance sunday. he is, of course, the honorary colonel of the grenadier guards. but by the time those event

. >>> the bombshell at buckingham palace. prince andrew under fire for his ties to sex offender jeffrey epstein makes a highly unusual decision after getting permission from his mother, the queen. now we learn what could happen next. >>> survivors speak out. the woman nearly crushed beneath this truck crashing off an icy highway tells us what happened seconds later. >>> fight fallout. >> it's one of the worst things i've ever seen on a professional sports field. >> the player in this brutal brawl now fighting to return to the field. why he says he deserves a comeback. >>> and sleepless nights. how neighbors took action when the baby in the next door apartment would not stop crying. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with two more impeachment witnesses going before the cameras today after hearing testimony from president trump's dealmaker on ukraine. >> u.n. ambassador gordon sondland confirmed what the president previously denied, the existence of a quid pro quo. look here at the front pag

let's speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell, who's at buckingham palace.essentially it is a courtesy call. time was when a prime minister and head of government would come and see the monarch to ask the monarchy to exercise his or her unique power and what used to be known as the royal prerogative to dissolve parliament. it was something that only mnemonic could do. that is no longer the case since the passage of the fixed—term parliaments act. —— the fixed—term parliaments act. —— the monarch. the government could not gaina the monarch. the government could not gain a two thirds majority required under the fixed—term parliaments act and it passed it with a simple, straightforward majority. parliament has in effect dissolved itself without the action of the monarch. nevertheless, 105 days after the queen asked him to form a government, borisjohnson will come to the palace later this morning and he will tell the clean—up parliament has dissolved itself. i imagine it would be a fairly short audience. he has things to do and so does the queen. she has an enga

good for the bbc and bad for buckingham palace. a major error.ce but it is not very good. why has he done it? it is a mystery. if he is thinking, maybe perhaps he is trying to clear the air before the wedding of his elder daughter, beatrice, ido air before the wedding of his elder daughter, beatrice, i do not know. whichever way you look at it, it is a major mistake because it raises more questions than it answers. and the phraseology, saying it is unbecoming of a member of the royal family to stay with a paedophile in new york. it is unbecoming of any decent person to do so. i think, other people will say he cannot recollect, he doesn't remember. those of your view it he were a little bit older we remember president reagan with a round gate saying he could not remember, could not recollect that i could not recall. —— irangate. saying you cannot remember does not mean it did not happen. he has denied all allegations of impropriety. we were speaking to emily maitlis he did the interview earlier on. her understanding is the agreement to go ahead wi

buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him.e 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, he's been the focus of troubling questions. prince andrew, the queen's 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 called virginia roberts when she was 17 years old. 18 years on, virginia roberts—giuffre, as she is now, insists she's telling the truth. he knows exactly what he's done and i hope he comes clean about it. thank you. buckingham palace has consistently denied any impropriety by prince andrew. now, he's decided to speak for himself to bbc newsnight‘s emily maitlis. one of epstein‘s accusers, virginia roberts, has mad

this is the car going into buckingham palace.interesting when the result comes through. we could end up result comes through. we could end up in much the same position as we are now with a minority government and the tories not being able to command a majority or it could be quite different. 0ur command a majority or it could be quite different. our system usually expects a rapid change. a small change in the votes and suddenly an enormous difference in the number of seats. mrjohnson about to get out of his official car before his audience with the queen. alice has been explaining that as a courtesy call because the days when a prime minister would officially ask for permission from the queen to hold an election have gone. three elections in five years, despite us having the fixed—term parliaments act which was supposed to do away with this. fixed—term parliaments act which was supposed to do away with thism fixed—term parliaments act which was supposed to do away with this. it is theissue supposed to do away with this. it is the

buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. that is the bit that, as it were, i kick myself for, on a daily basis because it was not something that was becoming of the royalfamily. labour promises free, full—fibre broadband, for every home in the uk, by 2030. borisjohnson dismisses the plans as a ‘crackpot scheme.‘ around 100 people are rescued from floods, many stranded in cars — as river levels continue to rise in the west midlands. more details emerge about the duchess of sussex's court action against the mail and mail on sunday. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, broadcasterjohn stapleton and the telegraph's women's editor claire cohen. stay with us for that. the duke of york has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with the financierjeffrey epstein. prince andrew 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 newsnight‘s emily maitlis pr

it was issued by buckingham palace royal communications just before six o'clock this evening.ijust read it to you, this was a statement by his royal highness the duke of york. it says, it has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with jeffrey circumstances relating to my former association withjeffrey epstein has become a major disruption to my family's work. and the valuable work going on in the many organisations and charities i am proud to support. he says, therefore, i have asked her majesty if i may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future and she has given her permission. so a recognition, i think, over the last few days since the interview aired on the bbc on saturday night that his position has become untenable. the many charities he work with, we have seen a slow drip of these charities and organisations backing off from association with their royal patron, which is normally seen as a huge benefit to any charity or organisation. this has become less so. organisation. this has become less so. i

but i think his allowance will probably go once he -- his office will move out of buckingham palace.> reporter: questions continue to swirl around prince andrew's relationship with virginia robs giuffre, seen here photographed with him when she was just 17 years old. roberts giuffre says she was forced to have sex with the prince at least three times, all at properties owned by epstein, who died earlier this year in prison. in prince andrew's statement last night, he said he would cooperate with law enforcement officials if asked. >> i think he will have to be interviewed by the fbi eventually, and -- because he is not going to be able to lay it to rest until, you know, everybody knows the truth. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that prince andrew will no longer receive around $300,000 a year in public funds. however, he will get an allowance from the queen from her private funds and will be nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. nyquil severe. the nightime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, be

an annoucement from buckingham palace this evening, that prince andrew is stepping back from public duties for the forseeable future. it follows an explosive interview with the bbc — in which he was widely criticised for a lack of remorse over his friendship with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. borisjohnson boris johnson pleasers borisjohnson pleasers major changes in the amount we all pay for national insurance. i mean low tax for people, for working people. we're going to be cutting national insurance up to 12,000. the liberal democrats launch their election manifesto — promising to stop brexit in order to generate a £50 billion pound bonus for public services. i'm not a tribal politician, and where we agree, where we share values, where we share objectives, i will always be open to working with people. but i fundamentally do not think borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn are fit to lead our country. another blow for president trump, as the hearing into his impeachment continues in washington. and jose mourinho takes charge of spurs — does the manager known as the "special one" stil

tonight, he and buckingham palace accepted that his position had become unsustainable.d: "i have asked her majesty if i may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future and she has given her permission". he went on: "i continue to unequivocally regret my ill—judged association with jeffrey epstein. i deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected. i can only hope that in time they will be able to rebuild their lives". and finally and significantly: "of course, i am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations if required". the tone was notably contrite, something of a contrast to saturday night's broadcast. any sense now of guilt, regret or shame about any of your behaviour in 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, that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? yes. unbecoming? he was a sex offender. yeah, i'm sorry, i'm being polite. for the queen, fulfilling royal duties tonight on this,

tonight, he and buckingham palace accepted that his position had become unsustainable.d: "i have asked her majesty if i may step back from public duties he went on: and finally and significantly: the tone was notably contrite, something of a contrast to saturday night's broadcast. any sense now of guilt, regret or shame about any of your behaviour in 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, that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? yes. unbecoming? he was a sex offender. yeah, i'm sorry, i'm being polite. for the queen, fulfilling royal duties tonight on this, her 72nd wedding anniversary, it must be both upsetting and unwelcome. andrew has always enjoyed her particular support but by this morning, it will have become evident that his position was untenable. thus, for the first time, one of her own immediate family has been forced by public opinion to step back. i've never seen such a reaction to a royal interview. i mean, there have not be

buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. 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, he has been the focus of troubling questions. prince andrew, the queen's 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 called virginia roberts when she was i7—years—old. 18 years on, virginia roberts giuffre, as she is now, insists she's telling the truth. he knows exactly what he's done and i hope he comes clean about it. thank you. buckingham palace has consistently denied any impropriety by prince andrew. now he's decided to speak for himself to bbc newsnight‘s emily maitlis. one of epstein‘s accusers, virginia roberts, has made allega

our royal correspondentjonny dymond is at buckingham palace.t all means. really early in the interview that prince andrew gave newsnight, it was asked, when did you first meetjeffrey epstein and he said he met him in 1999, through jeffrey epstein's and he said he met him in 1999, throutheffrey epstein's then girlfriend. this letter that went to the times newspaper, published in march, 2011, which was from andrew's private secretary, his most senior adviser, speaks of prince andrew knowing jeffrey epstein since the early 19905. buckingham palace says that prince andrew stands by his words and by his recollection. in itself, it is not a vast bombshell, but it is part of this trip trip trip, slow unravelling, of some of the aspects, some of the aspects of what prince andrew said in the interview, and alongside that drip drip drip, the seeping away of corporate support for the events he is attached to. a number of companies have said they will either stop supporting organisations as a relationship —— organisations he has a relationship with anne bt

joining me now is simon jones, who is outside buckingham palace. 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 didn't 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 didn't sweat in the nightclub and the paper thinking he had no regret for what had happened. 0ne royal commentator said ahead of the interv

buckingham palace has denied all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. after the government unexpectedly announced it was sharply increasing the price of petrol and rationing supplies. police in the czech capital prague say at least 200,000 people have attended a demonstration against the prime minister, andrej babis. prosecutors recently halted a criminal investigation into claims he defrauded the eu of subsidies. but organisers of today's protest — held on prague's letna plain on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of communism, are still calling for him to step down. rob cameron reports. they gathered at a symbolic time in a symbolic place on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the velvet revolution, at the sight of the largest demonstration of november 1989. not against a totalitarian regime, buta 1989. not against a totalitarian regime, but a democratically elected politician. andrej babis dismisses the vast —— protests against him. what matters to him of the opinions of his voters. andrej babis remains way ahead in the polls. translation: th

i am sure the communications team at buckingham palace would also have urged this.en, although, andrew has always been a real favourite of the queen's and she is now 93. she doesn't like confrontation, she doesn't like, i am sure she would not have enjoyed telling andrew that it was time to call it a day. you think this has come from her? no, i suspect it is the prince of wales. but mind you, it could be her private secretary who said, who forced her hand. you think it is the prince of wales because of information that you have? it is my hunch, not information i have. and that would be because of the damage to the royal family and because of the particular seriousness of this whole episode? absolutely, absolutely. really, this must not allowed to infect the goodwill that the public has for the rest of the royal family. it was a cancer that had to be cut out. dickie arbiter, former press spokesperson to the queen has given us his reaction to today's story. his position was untenable when it came to after the interview. he went into that interview believing it was cri

your royal highness, we've come to buckingham palace in highly unusual circumstances...e, 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 bbc‘s emily maitlis, there's 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... there's a slight problem with the sweating, because i... i have a peculiar medical condition which is that i don't sweat or that i didn't 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

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but i think there will be great concern within buckingham palace at the impact that this is all havingood name of the royal family. as it were, the good name of the royalfamily. and as it were, the good name of the royal family. and they will be very anxious, obviously, to protect that. thank you very much indeed. i'm joined now by the pr agent mark borkowski via webcam from stroud in gloucestershire. good afternoon. if your advice had been sought by the duke as to whether he should do this interview or not, what would you have said? whether he should do this interview or not, what would you have said ?|j would or not, what would you have said?” would have said no, don't do it. to me, it's a gamble. and you don't gamble in this day and age with a reputation. particularly when the whole social media universe can judge you. i listened to a couple of extracts in the package and i suspected what. .. you extracts in the package and i suspected what... you know, i agree with nicholas witchell, you can't judge an interview until you've seen it, but there were a couple of tones in his voice wh

tonight, he and buckingham palace accepted that his position had become unsustainable.statement, prince andrew said: "i have asked her majesty if i may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future and she has given her permission". he went on: "i continue to unequivocally regret my ill—judged association with jeffrey epstein. i deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected. i can only hope that in time they will be able to rebuild their lives". and finally and significantly: "of course, i am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations if required". the tone was notably contrite, something of a contrast to saturday night's broadcast. any sense now of guilt, regret or shame about any of your behaviour in 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, that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? yes. unbecoming? he was a sex offender. yeah, i'm sorry, i'm being polite. for the queen, fulfilling ro

buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. evo morales, the deposed president of bolivia, says he might stand again if there's a re—run of last month's divisive election. the former american ambassador to ukraine tells the impeachment enquiry president trump as manipulated by corrupt foreign interests. and — five alleged spies let go. three countries join a cold war—style spy swap.

duke of york losing support from corporate sponsors, may no longer be allowed to work out of buckingham palacec's morgan cheskey has more. good day to you saturday time there. prince andrew's entire office was booted from the palace, what can you tell us? >> we're certainly hearing those reports and what a difference a week makes, if you're born into the royal family, then buckingham palace should feel like a second home. but for andrew, the son of the queen nicknamed the party prince, he's finding the royal footing is slipping fast. this morning a first look at prince andrew, trying to ride out the storm after his botched interview about disgraced financier jeffrey epstein which led to the duke of york's announcement that he's stepping back from royal duties, brins press reporting the prince forced to move his private office. a spokesperson saying he'll be taking his work outside of buckingham palace, not even a week after the interview which has become a pr nightmare for the royal family. >> do i regret the fact that he's quite obviouslily conducted himself in manner unbecoming, yes. >> unbe

here is royal correspondent nicholas: driving himself into buckingham palace yesterday, the andreiting of prince since the "newsnight" interview was broadcast. honility towards him has sh no signs of lessening. "poison prince" and "pariah prince" were just two of the headlines this morng. at the same time, sponsors of his various initiatives and charities have continued to distance themselves from him. all this in response to a notably misjudged interview in which he failed to fineither the right tone or the right words to respond to his association wi epstn.ey tonight he and buckingham palace accepted that his decision had -- position had become unsustainable. w a statement, prince and said, "i asked her majesty if i may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permison.un i continue tuivocally regret my ill-judged association with jeffrey epstein. i deeply sympathize with everyone who has been ed. i can only hope that in time they will be able to rebuild their lives." llnally and significantly, "of course i'm g to help any agency with their inves

leaving home in windsor this morning, seemingly as normal, prince andrew — bound for buckingham palacend further meetings to reshape the next phase of his life. arriving at the palace to offer her advice and support, his ex—wife, the duchess of york. andrew won't now perform public engagements for the foreseeable future, but it is suggested he may still appear at trooping the colour, the annual celebration of his mother's birthday, though whether he will do so in the uniform of colonel of the grenadier guards is less clear. similarly, it's suggested he'll still lay a wreath at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday. he is, after all, a former serving officer in the royal navy. what's much clearer now is that it's the core members of the royal family, those who appeared together on the palace balcony for the diamond jubilee, who represent the future. this episode has seen prince charles exercise his authority alongside the queen. they were the ones who decided that

buckingham palace has consistently denied any impropriety by prince andrew.ided to speak for himself to bbc newsnight‘s emily maitlis. but you are staying at the house of a conflict with sex offender.m but you are staying at the house of a conflict with sex offender. it was a conflict with sex offender. it was a convenient place to say. does mcstay. i have been through this so many times in my mind was not at the end of the day, with the benefit of all the hindsight that one might have, it was definitely the wrong thing do but at the time i felt that it was the honourable and right thing to do. and i admit fully that myjudgement thing to do. and i admit fully that my judgement was probably thing to do. and i admit fully that myjudgement was probably coloured by my tendency to be too honourable but that'sjust the by my tendency to be too honourable but that's just the way it is. and then there was his relationship with virginia roberts who was on epstein‘s payroll. one of epstein‘s accusers, virginia roberts, has made allegations against you. she says she met

earlier i spoke to our correspondent, simonjones, who was outside buckingham palace. ad been no reaction from the palace since the interview was broadcast. you certainly get the impression that this is something the queen would very much like to keep out of. now, we understand the decision to do this interview was made by prince andrew himself and his advisers, it's unclear whether he consulted any other members of the royal family before going ahead with it. here at buckingham palace, it is certainly the talk of the day. throughout the day, we have seen people arriving, tourists taking their usual pictures outside the building. at 11 o'clock, lots of people gathered for the usual service of changing the guard. but that really hasn't been the spectacle that everyone has been talking about today, they've been wanting to talk about that documentary, that interview, last night. i have been speaking to tourists from america, canada, germany, who all eagerly tuned in last night, the overwhelming response seems to be that it may have done the prince more harm than good overa

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. will bring you more on the story later.ouse claims testimony from a us diplomant in donald trump's impeachment hearing "completely exonerates" the president. the former vice president, joe biden, said it was clear the president didn't want to face him on the 2020 election. earlier, the diplomat gordon sondland told the enquiry mrtrump diplomat gordon sondland told the enquiry mr trump directed efforts to have joe enquiry mr trump directed efforts to havejoe biden investigated. republicans said he was exonerated. defying orders from both the white house and the state department not to testify, gordon sondland provided the most stunning evidence at this enquiry so fara the most stunning evidence at this enquiry so far a wealthy hotelier was made ambassador to the eu on the strength of $1 million donation to donald trump's inauguration committee, he told of the campaign led by the president, orchestrated by his personal lawyer and known to the most senior members of the trump administration. i was acting in good faith. as a pr

the paper also features a picture of interviewer emily maitlis with the duke at buckingham palace.lls the interview a grilling. that's just a little flavour of those front pages but like we were saying claire and john, one story dominating. let's start with the telegraph. you want to kick us off? this is what journalists telegraph. you want to kick us off? this is whatjournalists call a really good get. congratulations to newsnight for getting this scoop and keeping it so quiet for a few days. ironically we all thought the new series of the crown would be the must watch tv event of the weekend, right? the first thing to note and this is made clear on the photograph on the front is that this interview ta kes pla ce on the front is that this interview takes place in buckingham palace with the approval of the queen. so i think from that we can take an attempt to protect rather than expose arroyo. but nonetheless, it's a brave thing to have done. he admits that he is nervous. no doubt, he found the channel for documentary very unnerving. he has released a statement emphatically denying

bad for buckingham palace, big mistake.ince andrew pr and legal advice but it is not very good, i have to tell you. this interview... kudos to emily. well done, you. this brings a tremendous number of problems to him because it raises more questions than it answers and even raises questions of taste, his phraseology, saying it is "unbecoming" of a member of the royal family to stay for an extended period of time in the new york town house of a convicted child abuser. well, it's unbecoming of any decent human being to do that and, of course, it was more than a mistake, it was a tragic error. and, of course, at the heart of this, prince andrew talks a lot about his own failings and own reactions but there is a very vulnerable, as she was in 2001, aged 17, from an ordinary home in america, there is a woman called virginia roberts at the heart of it and she seems to be a little bit forgotten. but the most serious thing is, and it is impossible to exaggerate the seriousness of this, this entangles prince andrew in the american l

let's speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell who's at buckingham palace.ected on an occasion such as this. the prime minister arriving here just before 1015 and leaving 20 or 25 minutes later. not of course is used to be the case, a prime minister arriving to request the queen to dissolve parliament, but a prime minister arriving to tell the queen that parliament had assaulted cell. that is the way things work now. still, a short audience and not an occasion at the queen might have talked much about the campaign, other than her wish that it would be conducted in as kindly a passion as a political campaign can be. but she will not be wanting to involve herself in any sense in the details of the campaign. that is now the politicians. so, a little bit more than 20 minutes later, borisjohnson left to return to downing street and here at buckingham palace, the ordinary business of the day goes on and that is the changing of the guard. well, jermaine is to be seen whether we will have a changing of the political guard in coming weeks. 0ur third general election

we have come to buckingham palace in highly unusual circumstances.le close to prince andrew told the bbc he stood by his decision to do it. they said he wanted to address the issues involved with what they called "honesty and humility. " but it's hard to find anyone who thinks it was a success. i think if a member of the royal family who clearly was friendly with a convicted sex offender who is going to go on television, the first words out of his mouth should be "i'm sorry, and if there's anything i can do to assist these victims in any way, shape and form, i would want to do that." but today's daily mail claims andrew has expressed in private the sympathy for epstein's victims that he didn't state in public. the sun takes a very different line, claiming the prince told the queen his interview had been a great success. whatever the angle, the interview continues to dominate the headlines. there's also analysis of andrew's admission that he had met epstein's girlfriend ghislaine maxwell this year, even though she'd been accused of helping epstein gro

buckingham palace has consistently denied any impropriety by prince andrew.ecided to speak for himself to bbc newsnight‘s emily maitlis. but you were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. it was a convenient place to stay. i mean, i've gone through this in my mind so many times. at the end of the day, with the benefit of all the hindsight that one could have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do but at the time i felt it was the honourable and right thing to do. and i admit fully that myjudgment was probably coloured by my tendency to be too honourable but that'sjust the way it is. and then there's andrew's alleged friendship with the then 17—year—old virginia roberts who was on epstein‘s payroll. she's alleged that andrew seduced her. one of epstein‘s accusers, virginia roberts, has made allegations against you. she says she met you in 2001. she says she dined with you, danced with you at tramp nightclub in london. she went on to have sex with you in a house in belgravia belonging to ghislaine maxwell, your friend. your response? i have no rec

after was, he was so buckingham palace after was, he was so pleased he got the chance to aire of a man who had been looking around the palace furious that this coverage had been going on and that his side of the story was not coming out, so he would present it as a mental health thing for him so to some extent you can see why he believes he has achieved something. however the lack of sympathy is what is picked up on in the metro and that is even before you get into questions of potential consistencies in the story. it was really the tone and the tin earedness towards serious crimes over which epstein was convicted, there is no doubt that some crimes were committed, and his idea of personalising it as him as the victim as the prince rather than the women in the united states. the express, boris set to trigger a brexit boom. lucy? there are rumoured to be tax cuts on the way, particularly business tax cuts. some changes to business rates and also perhaps the national insurers. what we know in america, when they did that, there was a huge boom in the economy and a lot of people

joining me now is simonjones who is outside buckingham palace.n any reaction from the palace to the interview? no reaction from the palace itself. plenty of reaction from the people who have gathered here at the changing of the guard this morning. the events here seem very much a sideshow compared with that interview yesterday evening. some of the tourist here told me they tuned in and the feeling was that they felt prince andrew didn't come across well and thatis andrew didn't come across well and that is certainly reflected in the front pages of this morning's papers. this is the mail on sunday. astonished nation watches prints squirm. talking about the moment prince andrew said he wasn't dancing swiftly in a nightclub because he didn't sweat at the time. the paper feels he wasn't really giving any sort of remorse for what had happened. prince andrew was hoping by speaking out it might draw a line under what happened, but he may well be disappointed. 0ne royal commentator said they are expecting this to be a bit of a train crash of an interview

but i think there will be great concern within buckingham palace at the impact that this is all having good name of the royal family. and they will be very anxious, obviously, to protect that. and you can see the full interview in a bbc newsnight special on bbc 2 and here on the news channel tonight at nine oclock and also on the iplayer. the fire brigades union has called for a complete overhaul of the uk's fire safety system, following a large fire at a student accommodation block in bolton last night. in the past hour, borisjohnson visited the site of the fire, where two people were injured. witnesses described seeing the flames spreading rapidly up the ouside of the six storey building. dan johnson is there. dan, tell is a little bit about the prime minister's visit and what was said. the prime minister has been here in the last half an hour or so visiting the scene of the fire, the student block and visiting bolton university, where there is a hall that has been set up as a refugee centre essentially. so the prime minister went to see where students are sheltering and where people