, prince william, prince harry.mes of the meeting, firm conclusions and how we will find out about them, we are yet to find out. there is a lot of stuff out there, how much briefing is going on and how unusual is that? there will be briefings going on all over the place, the news broke last wednesday and here we are, all still talking about it. if you look at sandringham today, completely unrecognisable from the estate normally. i am surrounded by fellow reporters and journalists, cameramen, lights and equipment over the lawn i am standing on. satellite trucks from tv stations from all over this country and the world. i can hear the crew from germany, there is a crew from america over there. this is a big, important story for us, our royal family and these global icons, harry and meghan, the celebrities they are around the world. angela levin is a journalist who followed prince harry for a year and did two interviews with him — captured in the book harry: conversations with the prince. thank you for coming in, there

to interview prince andrew and, to date, prince andrew has provided zero cooperation.andrew says he did not see or suspect any suspicious behaviour when visiting the homes of his then—friend. now that prince andrew has stepped down from official royal duties, buckingham palace is not commenting. and there has been no response so far from prince andrew's lawyers. but there has been from some of the women who say they were epstein‘s victims. i am glad that he has gone public to try and embarrass prince andrew who made one statement and then behind closed doors is doing something very different. the five victims who i represent are outraged and disappointed at prince andrew's behaviour. virginia roberts giuffre claims that she was forced to have sex with prince andrew by epstein and his associates. andrew completely denies any sexual encounter with her. he knows what happened. i know what happened. and there's only one of us telling the truth. in a now—infamous newsnight interview last november, prince andrew said he was willing to talk to american investigators, with som

it's understood to be the first time prince charles, prince william and prince harry will have met sincemade the announcement on wednesday. meghan is expected to join the discussion from canada on the phone. this report from our royal correspondent sarah campbell. the queen is a familiar face here on sundays and, this morning, she attended church as normal. but these feel like very unfamiliar times, with senior members of the royal family all making their way here for a summit unprecedented in its nature. her majesty will have her first face—to—face meeting with prince harry, her grandson, since he and his wife announced they intended to step back as senior royals. attending the meeting, prince charles, on his return from 0man, where he travelled to pay his respects following the death of the sultan. prince william will also be at the meeting. meghan, the duchess of sussex, is expected to join the talks via phone from canada, where she returned last week. there is much to discuss here at sandringham at the meeting tomorrow about the future relationship between the duke and duchess of sus

i fear it will be very difficult for prince harry, no longer prince, harry.ht find he has lost a great deal. he has also never really had a job, meghan has worked her way up had a job, meghan has worked her way up as an actress and done lots of things beside that to keep her money coming in. but prince harry isn't used to that, he is used to getting a list of what was on today, every day, from all his staff, and that will not be there. i think they will miss that a lot, having somebody to look after all the details of their lives. i do fearfor the look after all the details of their lives. i do fear for the future, really. he did have his time in the military, of course, which he enjoyed immensely and gave him a sense of purpose. some people looking on will think why on earth would you give up a life like this, why on earth would you want to step away from so much privilege? can you shed light on that? it is hard to not say prince harry... harry told me when i interviewed him for my book that he was fed up with living in the goldfish bowl. he couldn't bear it

the prince and princess were never happy together.rriage that had failed before it even began. >> i remember the times when diana was shut away and quiet, and crying, and the boys would write messages, please don't cry, mummy, and they would put it under the door. >> when charles and diana divorced, it hit harry hard. then, one year later, his mother is killed. harry is just 12 years old. >> this incredibly loving figure who had given him so much warmth and comfort and what was a very difficult childhood and extraordinary upbringing, was suddenly gone. >> i remember harry coming back to kensington palace, shortly after the funeral, and he ran down the corridor and flung himself into my arms and cried. and his tears wet my shirt through. he was devastated. >> harry later admits to itv, he has deep regrets about his final phone call with his mother. >> i can't really necessarily remember what i said, but all i do remember is, is probably, you know, regretting for the rest of my life how short the phone call was and if i had known that w

and requested to interview prince andrew. tore date, prince a has provided zero cooperation. c >> pretar. well, the prince announced in november that he was stepping back from duties becse the epstein scandal had become a major disruption to the royal he also said at the time, as we've just heard in that clip, that he was willing to help any appropriate law enforcemeen . and that statement, and stepping back from his royal duties, after which he was widelyic cred for lacking empathy for epstein's victims and failing to show regret over his friendship with epstein. jerey epstein took hiswn life in a u.s. jail in august last year. he was awaiting trial on a range of sex trafficking among his many alleged victims she aims epstein trafficked her to u.k. and that she's horrified and ashamed by sexual encounter with prince andrew in 2001. thisap photo which i'm sure you've seen before, shows pri he andrew wit a number of years ago prince andrew emphatically denies any form of sexual contact orp relations with miss geoffrey. also, f

to interview prince andrew and to date prince andrew has provided zero cooperation.ect any suspicious behaviour when visiting the homes of his then friend. now that prince andrew has stepped down from official royal duties, buckingham palace is not commenting. and there has been no response so farfrom prince and there has been no response so far from prince andrew's lawyers. but there has been from some of the women who say they were the victims of jeffrey women who say they were the victims ofjeffrey epstein. i am glad women who say they were the victims of jeffrey epstein. i am glad that he has gone public to try and embarrass prince andrew who made one statement and then behind closed doors is doing something very different. the five victims who i represent are outraged and disappointed at prince andrew's behaviour. virginia roberts claims that she was forced to have sex with prince andrew by epstein and his associates. andrew completely denies any sexual encounter with her. he knows what happened. i know what happened and there is only one of us telling the truth

have contacted prince andrew's attorneys and requested to interview present prince andrew and today prince prince andrew has provided 0 cooperation buckingham palace has refused to comment regarding these allegations against prince andrew meantime gloria already who is representing one of geoffrey epstein's accusers says that she has also personally reached out to prince andrew in a letter asking him to provide information into the epstein sex trafficking investigation but he has not responded to her either last month. on or about well december 10th i sent a letter 1st to the lawyers for prince andrew urging prince andrew to. to agree to be interviewed by the f.b.i. . about what he would know about. jeffrey epstein and or anyone. in mr epstein circle she needs. to provide relevant information. most people if they know that a crime has been committed. or most likely was committed and they have relevant information. as i've said whether they're prince or a proper they should provide it however legal experts say prince andrew does not have to speak to investigators because he has no legal dut

prince andrew.o date, prince andrew has provided zero cooperation. prince andrew says he did not see or suspect any specific behaviour when visiting the homes of his then friend. now that prince andrew has stepped down from it as duties, buckingham palace is not commenting. and there has been a responsive upfront prince andrew's lawyers, but there has been from some of the women who say they were epstein‘s victims. some of the women who say they were epstein's victims. i'm glad geoffrey berman has gone public to try to embarrass prince andrew, he made one statement and then behind closed doors is doing something very different, the five epstein victims who i represent are outraged and disappointed at prince andrew's behaviour. virginia roberts giuffre says she was forced to have sex with prince andrew by epstein and his associates was up and you completely denies any sexual encounter with her. he knows what happened. i know what happened. and there's only one of us telling the truth. in that now inf

charles, prince william and prince george who, of course, are the next three kings.successes and they are what really matters. charles has talked about slimming things down beyond that so i think this was a conversation that was already in play and by all accounts harry and meghan have expressed the fa ct harry and meghan have expressed the fact they wanted to forge a different kind of role and william and charles and, indeed, the queen we re and charles and, indeed, the queen were responsive and receptive to that. i think it has been the pace that. i think it has been the pace that they have initiated and of course, that an announcement that com pletely course, that an announcement that completely wrong—footed buckingham palace. it hadn't been consulted beforehand. that is what has really thrown this crisis into the open in this quite dramatic way. to what extent do the public, then, need to reassess how they view the monarchy or those particular royal family, this iteration of the monarchy? in one sense we want them to be separate from us, to be different, but in a

person who called the reluctant prince do you think this decision was influenced by what prince how you saw his late mother princess diana experience especially at the hands of the british media. i think possibly i think what we have to realize through prince harry is that when i would children out that were spending that challenge becoming a prince or princess living in a costume prince harry was a little boy living in there in back corsa looking out wishing dreaming big could be normal just like run house that has underpinned his entire life. yes i'm sure we're looking at the. in the way that perhaps he feels he's been perceived more coach. seats at the end of the press is a contributing factor but i just think it's very sad i hope it works out. but it is a huge gamble and if the public resent the fact that they've got all the wealth but none of the responsibility of being wrong it was then they could face a bit of a. ride duncan the former going at it out the son and the also if a book on prince harry thank you very much for talking to us and thank you. in other news the pneumoni

other the queen prince charles or prince william being released evolution to public interest there's no public interest test even for those free individuals now we can get a public interest test applied to address the royal family but it's still quite hard to get the thing out and you know the answer to your family always when there's a problem which is arises is not to deal with the problem is to paint over the rotten wood cover it all up that's what they've been doing for 100 years well i want to get on to the members of the royal family today in a 2nd bit why it is important in this book you draw some pretty terrifying not the counterfactuals if. if the royal family hadn't gone the way way it has how their support for hitler against him could've changed the history of this country well absolutely well look i mean the fact is that before the war the aristocracy in this country including of course the royal family and most of the conservative party that was in government wanted to do a deal with hitler because they saw communism as a bigger threat than us years and they didn't like

harry than say prince andrew the queen's. i mean. the male the telegraph before the war or all trailers for hitler. and it's embarrassing for them to admit that the fact that prince george lives giraffes or something i mean who cares and what is that is their business is not our business to know that what is our business is the fact that buckingham palace is being rebuilt effectively 3 to 7000000 pounds of public money when a batter of 3 or 4 years ago we were told need 50000000 that's our business but you won't find the papers very much or we need all programs will go up prince andrew and geoffrey ups femia and actually of the new. reports leg ations of. assassination in a u.s. prison and so forth but you can understand why prince charles wouldn't want the fact that he sought the advice on his marriage to diana from jimmy savile even the stanway things like that would want to be kept secret. because they would be seen in a bad bad light when in fact they were presumably the it's a completely innocent well i don't think there

is this prince harry insulting the queen and being a prince who wants his cake and eat it?est for and therefore allow him to follow his heart, rather than be stuck in what he has described his accident... these statements are an attempt perhaps to soften the more controversial aspects of this, in terms of the money that was spent for the taxpayer doing up there house, and then the fact that harry is still very committed to this because he has promoted full so that we should remember, i have not heard a lot of discussion of this in the past couple of weeks, that when prince harry left the military, obviously before he met meghan come he gave an interview where he made it very clear that he wasn't at that stage in his life wanting to become a full—time working royal and even muted the thought he would like to get anotherjob, muted the thought he would like to get another job, personable muted the thought he would like to get anotherjob, personable away from royal work. that did not happen any kind of fell into full—time royal work and then meghan arrived on the scene. to give

prince andrew, and to date prince andrew has provided zero cooperation.iders airlifting british citizens out of the worst affected area in china, hit by the coronavirus. companies involved in refurbishing grenfell tower have been accused of failing to admit any responsibility for the fire which killed 72 people. world leaders and holocaust survivors gather at auschwitz

can i access the queen and prince charles if i wish to do so will try to act as prince charles was fobbed off a dig into the royal archives which was some major challenge in windsor castle where they allow i think it's 6 researchers at most any one time and there's no access automatically there it's a matter of privilege what i went to no there's no there's no there's no list of files no index to what you can see so it's a question of sticking a pin into the piece of paper and see what comes out and nothing about the present monarchy present monarch and her writing is accessible at all so that effectively as she took the throne in 92 there is a 67 yr ban all material being released from there all archives there's not absolute ban all material from other the queen prince charles or prince william being released even if it's in the public interest there's no public interest test even for those for you individuals now we can get a public interest test applied to the rest of the royal family but it's still quite hard to get the thing out and you know the answer to the whole family always wher

i think particularly from the queen and the prince of wales, there will just from the queen and the princeles, there willjust be a sense that they just cannot use wales, there willjust be a sense that theyjust cannot use them in the nicest possible way that they would've liked. megan came from three different background to a normal member of the british royal family. brought something different to the table in a field be a sense of regret that they cannot be exploited in pursuit. daniela at buckingham palace. today's decision is a landmark for the royal family — and the duke and duchess. our royal correpsondent sarah campbell looks back at the couple's story so far. they met just they metjust over a year earlier and these are the first pictures in september 2017 which showed the relationship was serious. meghan lived and worked in toronto canada, the host of harry's invictus games. the announcement what this might mean for your life was blue i think i can barely safely say, having gone through learning in the past year and a half, i did not have any understanding of what it would be like.

i'm told prince charles and prince william are incandescent with rage. usual type of thing you hearfrom senior members of the royal family. in my story yesterday, i did point out that one of the long term options would be for prince harry and meghan relinquishing or being stripped of their hrh title. you have to think that that is a stronger possibility today after the way they've chosen to handle this announcement. always interesting to get your take on that. that was one of the questions i was going to ask you, about their titles. talks, as you say, were going on about the future of the sussexes and their role but clearly they have decided at a much earlier stage than the rest of the royal family were hoping to make this announcement. what does it say about the relationship currently between meghan and harry and senior members of the royal family? it's incredibly bad. there is a civil war going on amongst the royal family. for a long time, people have tried to tell reporters like me who have been on the story for a long time, you are exaggerating, thin

over the queen and prince charles over the future role of prince harry and meghan.ather? we have. much more sunshine around this afternoon after outbreaks of rain again this morning, some have been heavyin again this morning, some have been heavy in wales, northern england and the midlands. the wet weather will be off into the north sea. still showers dotted around the west and south and showers in the northern half of scotland turning to snow on higher ground, quite a chilly day here. even further south, temperatures dropping relative to the morning. chilly conditions tonight, brief spell of showers temporarily lifting the temperatures, up and down in the night. in the cold spots, touch of frost. northern areas, ice on monday morning. starting sunny on monday, do not be fooled, turning windy and wet from the west, afternoon bringing torrential rain, widespread gales, lifting temperatures up a little bit after the chilly start, fairly academic, with winds touching 50,60, fairly academic, with winds touching 50, 60, maybe 70 miles an hour fairly academic, with winds

the queen is doing less, prince philip, prince andrew.xtra pressure is this going to put on the duke and duchess of cambridge? this going to put on the duke and duchess of cambridge ?|i this going to put on the duke and duchess of cambridge? i think it's going to put extra pressure on them and the prince and the duchess of cornwall and also on the prince of wales and the other siblings and the princess royal. there are over three and a half thousand royal engagements in the year and they have to be shared around a reduced number of senior members of the family. but the monarchy, another stage in the evolution of the monarchy. these crises come and it isa monarchy. these crises come and it is a very resilient institution and they will find a way of adapting but it's not going to be easy straightaway. it is going to mean that a number of charities perhaps are going to see less of the patrons, but it is very important to know that this is not only combined to the public stage but they're going to carry on supporting them. they'll probably do

have basically let the crown prince mohammed bin solomon get away with everything well. the governments of western countries have let him walk free for the time being i think it's fair to say that within those countries there is far more dispute as to how those countries treat engage with them b.s. i mean the american congress is on record for having requested the director of national intelligence a report on the rest. sponsibility is of the crown prince for the killing so i think the situation in those countries is a little bit more complex and could in my view turn around these being said you are perfectly correct so far the governments of the united states of france of the u.k. have been unwilling to challenge the crown prince for his behavior of and by so doing they are sending the wrong message one final question and this column up on january 3rd the united states launched an airstrike that killed general qassam sulaimani the commander of the iranian couldn't force or the most powerful figures in iran president trump claims he posed an imminent threat to the us with

so that would be the queen, prince charles, prince william and eventually of course prince george.t this is not the way that anyone would have wanted it to be done. let's not forget something, when we're talking about clean breaks and all of that. harry and meghan were, and remain, stars, and they managed to reach the bits of the population here and around the world that are the royal seven, particularly younger people, they got through to the social media generation, people ofan the social media generation, people of an ethnic minority. it is a loss to the royal family and perhaps of an ethnic minority. it is a loss to the royalfamily and perhaps in of an ethnic minority. it is a loss to the royal family and perhaps in a sense they have dealt with this, it isa sense they have dealt with this, it is a real loss to the star power and to their brand and their ability to reinvent and refresh themselves. they would be doing hundreds of engagements they would have done, so that workload presumably shifts now onto the remaining members and of course prince andrew not doing royal duties e

prince charles gave £4.9 million to his sons last year.ceived just less than half of that. harry and meghan say they want to be released from the financial tie of the sovereign grant. that will open up many lucrative sources of income to them. keeping their titles will no doubt be an income booster. they have recently trademarked their sussex royal brand on products including t—shirts and books. meghan may restart her lucrative lifestyle blog, shut down when she got married. that was created by the same toronto —based company that made the new royal sussex website. the obvious areas where they potentially could make money will be in writing books or appearing on television or even going on the lucrative american lecture circuit, but all of these areas are fraught with danger. it is like walking into political territory and there must be considerable doubt as to whether this will work in the long run. so how much will they need to sustain their new lives? they are both already wealthy, harry is thought to have inherited £7 million from his

but prince william and prince harry we re but prince william and prince harry were always very close. i think there was a planet would be very much centred on him and his wife camilla and dan his two sons, and theirfamilies. well, camilla and dan his two sons, and their families. well, now camilla and dan his two sons, and theirfamilies. well, now harry camilla and dan his two sons, and their families. well, now harry has checked out about. he has checked out of the firm. he remains a member of the family, of course he does, as the queen made clear in that statement. but he isn‘t going to be a working royal, he isn‘t going to be supporting charles and william in that way. beneath all the warm words unsupportive statements, that is a pretty shocking split, in a way, the firm. no doubt it is going to take some getting used to for all members of the royal family, some getting used to for all members of the royalfamily, as some getting used to for all members of the royal family, as well of course as harry and meghan, as they embark in this new life in north america. it is interesting, of

charles, prince william and prince george who, of course, are the next three kings.successors and they are what really matters. charles has talked about slimming things down beyond that so i think this was a conversation that was already in play and by all accounts harry and meghan have expressed the fact they wanted to forge a different kind of role and william and charles and, indeed, the queen were responsive and receptive to that. i think it has been the pace that they have initiated and of course, that an announcement that completely wrong—footed buckingham palace. it hadn't been consulted beforehand. that is what has really thrown this crisis into the open in this quite dramatic way. that was historian and whitelock. borisjohnson has travelled to 0man following the death of sultan qaboos, the longest serving modern arab ruler. the sultan died on friday at the age of 79 after a long illness. mrjohnson will attend a condolence ceremony today as part of three days of offical mourning. he will be joined by prince charles. the defence secretary ben wallace and the c

of wales, prince william and by prince harry.or him to explain to them face—to—face why he and his wife wa nt to face—to—face why he and his wife want to partially withdraw from royal life, and for the family to try to agree on how such a withdrawal would work. the main issues have been identified. how would they finance a semi—royal life? expect to keep their royal titles? and who would pay for and their security? there is already evidence that the couple are seeking nonroyal work. here are harry and meghan ata nonroyal work. here are harry and meghan at a film premiere last summer. meghan at a film premiere last summer. the meghan at a film premiere last summer. the cameras meghan at a film premiere last summer. the cameras caught harry's conversation with the chairman of the disney corporation asking him if you could find his wife some voice—over work. and as the royal family tries to find a way forward, commentators are adding their analysis. some are suggesting that criticism of meghan has been racially motivated. it's the t

it will now be left to williams to support prince charles, andi williams to support prince charles, andnk that works, as you're corresponding to said there, it will provide a blueprint for future generations, that yes you might be born in the royalfamily, as prince harry was, but it doesn't mean that you have to stay there and live a rigid and defined life, propping up the institution, waving on the balcony, scrutinised by the press. but perhaps not having a meaningful role in life and in society that you perhaps want. and clearly, harry and meghan have not been happy over the last few months and indeed years. i think there is a sense clearly, in the queen's statement, tinged as it is with sadness and disappointment, that she understands that intense scrutiny. if this is indeed a blueprint for the future, one of the keyissue blueprint for the future, one of the key issue seems to be how one would expect other members of the royal family, non—core members, to make a living and support themselves without incurring the wrath of the public by expecting a bit of public money and a bit of pri

the queen, the prince of wales, prince william and prince harry, the first time they have all come together they have had telephone conversations but the first time they have met face—to—face since the successes issued their personal statement on wednesday night, and we also think that the duchess of sussex will be joining the discussion by telephone probably from canada where she is now. officials have been working very ha rd now. officials have been working very hard in these past two hours to better understand what it is that the suffixes want. they have achieved that but do not have a com plete achieved that but do not have a complete understanding of what they are seeking. but they will present a range of possibilities for the family to consider. certainly, there isa family to consider. certainly, there is a consensus that this will take time. it is a complex range of issues they have got to go through. they need to establish how much royal official work they are still prepared to do, and then they need to agree the protocols for the nonroyal work, going out to make their own living, f

use our prince philip and then use our prince charles and prince william and kate in prince george absentd was of course the duke and duchess of sussex. was that one of the reasons why she was focusing on those photographs knowing of course what had happened to prince andrew and what might be coming in the new year? i suppose people was accurate about that. interesting in the statement that they put on their instagram account that they clearly are professing several times in the short statement their loyalty to the crown and their commitment to the crown as well and to her majesty. let's move onto other news now because there has been a lot of it on the iran front. if the missiles fired overnight on the two us bases in iraq are the limits of iran's retaliation, for the death of general suleimani, then donald trump's gamble appears to have paid off. a bad guy has been removed from the battlefield, no americans have paid the price. but the longer term question is whether killing suleimani has made the region safer. that's less clear. iran could still retaliate in other ways and this strike

in the room, the queen, prince charles, princess william and —— prince william and prince harry.oing to be in canada joining on the phone. also their private secretaries who will be spending the last few days frantically talking to members of government, other officials, looking at how the potential problems can be avoided. it is —— potential problems can be avoided. it is -- it potential problems can be avoided. it is —— it has proved extremely difficult in the past when members of the royal family have tried to combine a private career with a royal role but prince harry and meghan have shown a determination that this is what they want to do and think now i there is a real feeling within the royal family and their determination to try and work out how that is possible, to try and work out how to accommodate that desire. the summit, we know is going to ta ke desire. the summit, we know is going to take place today. terms of timing, prince charles flew back late last night from oman and of course meghan is in north america. that suggests the talk will be take in —— the talks will

prince charles and prince william as well as advisors to discuss the couple's plans to step back from royal jus cheese and seek to become financially independent. well for more i'm joined by did you report it will. what is it what is it exactly that harry and meagan want to get is was this meeting is about what kind of role they will have in the future. and their own money they want to still have some role duties and they want to share their time between the u.k. and canada now it's unlikely that the queen will tell them you have to stay in the u.k. and everything continues as the status quo but it also seems unlikely that she will you know cut all her ties with her grandson and that he will have no official duties anymore being a part time royal will be quite a difficult balancing act one day cutting ribbons for the royal family the next day a pair making appearances for money you can see what kind of difficulties that could have especially when it comes to the impartiality that the that the roles maintain as as being speculated that they might get a high role within the commonwealth

to interview prince andrew and to date, prince andrew has provided zero cooperation.menting. and there‘s been no response so far from prince andrew‘s lawyers but there has been from some of the women who say they were epstein‘s victims. there are dozens of women, i represent five of them, who allege that they were the victims of sexual assault by this predator, jeffrey epstein. it is time for anyone with information to come forward and answer questions. virginia roberts guiffre claims she was forced to have sex with prince andrew by epstein. andrew completely denies any sexual encounter with her. he knows what happened. i know what happened and there‘s only one of us telling the truth. in that now infamous newsnight interview last november, prince andrew said he was willing to talk to american investigators with some conditions. if push came to shove, the legal advice was to do so, then i would be duty—bound to do so. in a statement a few days later, when he stepped down from royal duties, his commitment was even clearer. he said "of course i am willing to help in the

i'm told prince charles and prince william are incandescent with rage. usual type of thing you hear from that is not the usual type of thing you hearfrom senior members that is not the usual type of thing you hear from senior members of the royal family. in my story yesterday, idid point royal family. in my story yesterday, i did point out that one of the long options would be for prince harry and meghan relinquishing or being stripped of their hrh title. you have to think that that is a stronger possibility today after the way they have chosen to handle this announcement. always interesting to get your take on that. that was one of the questions i was going to ask you, about their titles. talks come as you say, were going on about the future of the suffixes and their role but clearly they have decided ata role but clearly they have decided at a much earlier stage than the rest of the royal family were hoping, make this announcement. what does it say about the relationship currently between meghan and harry and senior members of the royal family? it's in

to interview prince andrew and to date prince andrew has provided zero cooperation.viour when visiting the homes of his then—friend. now that prince andrew has stepped down from official royal duties, buckingham palace is not commenting. and there has been no response so far from prince andrew's lawyers. but there has been from some of the women who say they were epstein's victims. well, i'm glad that he has gone public to try and embarrass prince andrew who made one statement and then behind closed doors is doing something very different. the five jeffrey epstein victims i represent are outraged and disappointed at prince andrew's behaviour. virginia roberts giuffre claims that she was forced to have sex with prince andrew by epstein and his associates. andrew completely denies any sexual encounter with her. he knows what happened. i know what happened. and there's only one of us telling the truth. in a now—infamous newsnight interview last november, prince andrew said he was willing to talk to american investigators, with some conditions. if push came to shove and

the fact that they didn't feel the need to inform the queen, the prince of wales, or prince william, before publishing that statement yesterday evening. a casualty crisis: last month was the worst on record for waiting times at a&e departments in england. borisjohnson speaks by phone to the iranian president, and calls for "an end to hostilities". coming up on afternoon live, we have all the sport withjohn watson... yes, no plans for tim henman to lead great britain in the davis cup after a quarterfinal exit in the atp equivalent. thanks, john. and helen willetts has the weather... very changeable weather pattern in the uk at the moment. we had a rainbow earlier and i will look at some ice rainbows later. speak to you later. thanks, helen. also coming up... music plays. tipped for stardom — the singer from brighton who's been named the bbc‘s sound of 2020. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. what the queen makes of it all will be anybody‘s guess. but she will have similar questions to the rest of us about harry and meghan‘s decision to step back from royal duti

in the bigger picture, though, as soon as prince charles ta kes though, as soon as prince charles takesf cornwall. will he give harry 95% of harry's earnings? that is quite important. this 2.4 million, how many chimes of big ben for brexit with that cover? nearly five. let's not confuse megxit with brexit! what about security, he should pay for that? that is the question that will remain for some time. in the statement from the palace they were keen to say that they don't comment on security arrangements. it has been suggested today that the security could cost up to £7 million a year. compared to that, 2.4 million for your house is virtually nothing. does that come from the duchy of lancaster and the prince of wales from the public purse, does it come from the canadians? if i was canadianl come from the canadians? if i was canadian i don't imagine i would be overly enjoyed about the taxpayer of that country paying for their security. new campaign relies him for being born at prince. that is why it is such an interesting question. i don't know whether we will ever get full clarity on th

prince ann, prince andrew and prince edward. and one day prince charlotte and prince louie, too.ransformative chapter in royal history. worthy of a future block buster episode of "the crown." >> and, anna, it's worth talking about this financial independence because they're still going to accept the money from prince charles, aren't they? >> reporter: well, that's that plan. currently they have 5% from the british taxpayer. that is the money they are not going to accept any more according to their plans. 95% of their income is derived from prince charles's estate. it will be interesting to see what happens there because prince charles hasn't agreed to continue to fund them at the level they have currently. now, what we could see is some sort of phased system where they have funding from prince charles for a number of years. there may be changes or phases as they become independent. how they earn money independently without the trappings or linkage to the royal family is really anyone's guess. rosemary? >> indeed. anna stewart, thank you for bringing us up to date ton this story.

in march the crowned prince meets with president trump at the white house. the next day the saudi leader invites bezos to a private dinner in los angeles. at that april dinner bezos and the crown prince exchange phone numbers to correspond on whatsapp. on may 1st, an encrypted video file from the crowned prince's account is sent to bezos through whatsa whatsapp, which technical experts say infected bezos' phone. khashoggi was killed in october by saudi government officials with the cia concluding with high confidence the crowned prince was behind the plot the next month a photo is texted to bezos to the phone with an image resembling a woman with whom bezos then marry was having an affair. it was later exposed by "the national enquirer." bezos confirmed the affair and said the saudis had access to his data including embarrassing photos. the saudi foreign minister denying it all today. >> the idea that the crowned prince would hack jeff bezos' phone is absolutely silly. >> reporter: the spyware company also denies involvement if the crowned prince attacked be

the prince of wales, the duke of cambridge and prince harry will attend the meeting tomorrow, while meghans expected join over the phone from canada. here's our royal correspondent, nick witchell. it's been described as the "sandringham summit". on the queen's estate in norfolk tomorrow, the queen will come face—to—face with prince harry for the first time since he and his wife issued their personal statement about their future last wednesday. also there will be the prince of wales and prince william, and harry's wife, meghan, the duchess of sussex, is expected to phone in to join the discussion from canada. officials have worked hard in recent days to understand what the sussexes want. there will, we understand, be a range of possibilities to review. it is hoped next steps will be agreed at the meeting. however, officials are stressing that any decision about the sussexes‘ future status will take time to be implemented. the trickiest area will be to agree the financial position of the sussexes as they seek financial independence. there are likely to be tax implications of any decision to