angry on queen's behalf. as you say already go but the queen mother jolly well knew didn't she she was not ot she knew what was going on and she gave a nazi salute now how would have appeared in the war we were told about the queen mother in a war histories b.-o. brushed she would take the stand and showed her face and everything else how would east end the reacted had it in a photograph of the queen mother giving us a salute b.b.c. i.t.v. the mainstream channels here loathe to talk about the nazi connections netflix's the crown they do mention it a little tony benn gave his last television interview for this program and in these us interview he was going on about this royal prerogative. why do you think that when i turn events or that it's so important when it comes to secrecy and britain going to war with the country well the really there are 2 issues here that the 1st one is is one where the queen's name is taken in vain if you like the role prerogative which implies that the queen or someone in the family

bills is never an issue because the government a says the queen let this proceed but queen's consents been used sometimes by politicians to stop a bill for what is what about iraq in 1009 there was stopped from going forward by queen's consent because of the ministers said to the queen don't give consent that's completely undemocratic but the other issue for the royal family personally and it's a queen should send could be refused when it affects them personally and what happens is as the between the palace and minister and that has that of course happens and an legislation is changed to do with the person circumstances of the monic and have family that's quite outrageous what is the scale of housing benefit that the queen in the royal family get because you you talk about the thord some of the money the taxpayer pays look it's not just what they pay it's also what the queen and her family of accumulate. over many years nobody of the queen prince philip her family her sons and daughter their sons and daughters is worth less than $20000000.00 the queen under the direction of winston ch

it's unfortunate for the queen, he is her son. as a public gesture with you the queen leaving church with you the queen leaving church with andrew smiling and chatting, and she would do that. probably seeing him behind the scenes so damage to the institution know, damage to the institution know, damage to the institution know, damage to andrew yes. damage to the institution know, damage to andrew yeslj damage to the institution know, damage to andrew yes. i don't know if you've heard the other responses this week do you think prince andrew would have come to this himself or come under pressure from the most senior members of his family? my guess is there would be a certain amount of pressure because with the domino effect in terms of his charities and sponsorship that cannot go on. charity saying they we re cannot go on. charity saying they were going to consider the position of patron, university of the united kingdom certainly five in australia, backing off from their support of the palace. it was falling apart so he really had

we are used to seeing the queen's speech with a full coach and horses and the queen arriving in all theis not to be like that, does it? no, it doesn't. it can be much more stripped back. back in 2017, after the election, we saw quite a pared down queen's speech with much less ceremony and pageantry. but it is also possible for parliament to be opened without the queen attending in person. people called the commissioners are able to do that. so that perhaps could be an option the government might choose. of course, this depends on who the government is. if we continue with the same prime minister and the same government as we currently have, they might feel that they had a queen's speech fairly recently, perhaps they don't have a huge new agenda to set out, everywhere to see somebody else in government, and somebody else holding the keys to downing street, they may well want to set out what they're big, domestic agenda is. it is entirely possible we could have a queen's speech before christmas? it tends to take place around seven to ten days within a general election, these things can be

queen elizabeth's terrible handwriting. little correction. that word "calm" with its rather eccentric floating e at the end. now compare it with this and this. both proven examples of elizabeth i's very distinctive handwriting. it is the queen's translation, written out for her and then amended. you look quite excited by this? it is a very remarkable discovery, it tells us about the queen and about the cultural life of queen elizabeth and the court. so, a dusty old document has finally, after more than 400 years, revealed its royal secret. hope for anyone than with terrible handwriting. the top story: it has been confirmed the man who carried out the london attack was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. a man and woman were killed and three people injured. 28—year—old usman khan, who was shot dead by police, was out of prison on licence. this officers have been searching his address but are not looking for anyone else over what happened. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews hello again. many of us

it tells us about the queen and about the cultural life of queen elizabeth and the court.s, revealed its royal secret. david sillito, bbc news. who needs a good handwriting, anyway! for more on that or any of oui’ anyway! for more on that or any of our other stories, look at our website. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. please do stay with us. hello again. many of us saw that sunny but colder weather work its way in yesterday. skies like these were pretty commonplace, not a great deal of cloud around and it wasn't too windy either. you've really got more of the same to come as we look forward to the weekend by the prospects as well. yes, it's going to be sunny, but it's also going to be cold. we have some sharp frost, and some fog patches around as well, but at least it will be dry for quite a few of us. now, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, we do have clear skies for many areas, although a few showers coming and going across northern scotland and cloud keeping the frost at bay as well across the south—west of england. otherwise, it's a col

queen elizabeth's terrible handwriting. most of what we're looking at is vee work of a scribe, but look at this correction. that word with the eccentric floating e at the en now compare it with this and this. both proven examples of elizabeth i's very distinctive handwriting. it is the queen's teanslation wrout for her and then amended. >> we are quite excited by this. >>ab it is a very rema discovery. it tells us about the queen and about the cultural life of the elizabethan court. reporter: a dusty, forgotten document has after more than 400 ecyears revealed its royalt. nuala: let's take a couple of moments to recap our top story. two members of the public have died after a stabbing attack at london bridge in the u.k. police shot dead the suspect at the scene. officials have declared the t.attack a terrorist incid the british prime minister boris thnson praised members of public who intervened, as well as emergency serces. this evening he has been chairing a meeting of the cobra emergency committee. the attacker went onhe

he is still prime minister and he is still in with the queen.arliament. we are told he will be leaving soon. i thought the fake leaf let was in area, one thought the fake leaf let was in area , one says thought the fake leaf let was in area, one says i have the leaflet in kingston. david messaged us, i've got one, it is in eastbourne, sent to my disabled son. i haven't seen that, i'm sorry. i hope it is 39 tays left and you stop these sorts of leaflets. if we are talk about fa ke tweets of leaflets. if we are talk about fake tweets and videos, i want to ask if you can ask agree this has to bea ask if you can ask agree this has to be a clean fight in the election and doctoring interviews or anything else, leaflets or quotes like the conservatives doctored the keir starmer interview is a mistake. here is the original interview. why would the eu give you a good deal if they know you're going to actively campaign against it? i have been talking to the eu, to political leaders across the eu 27 countries for three years. i know very well what the para

this was and possibly even the queen, although, andrew has always been a real favourite of the queen'se 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 crisis management but created a crisis management but created a crisis instead of management. there was no

boris johnson is going to be going to the palace later to see the queen.st midnight but it is all part of the protocol to see the queen as parliament dissolves an election campaign launches. let's speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell, who's at buckingham palace. what is the point of a conversation? 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 f

and rediscovered: a 42—page manuscript written by queen elizabeth i. named the man who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in central london. officers shot dead usman khan on london bridge. it's been revealed that he was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. simon jones has more details. this was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. a man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on london bridge. now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. he was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. now, he is a convicted terrorist. he was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. he was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, meaning he could be kept in jail for as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed he was a threat to the public. but he appealed that and then he was given a jail term of

i do think what is fascinating about this, but we‘re being told and made very clear that the queen isr that he has to step back public duties for the time being. it is not the biggest punishment in the world, is it? we want to see that the punishment will be effective and live the rest of your life and huge affluence and wealth, you will want to know material things for the rest of your life and you will have no personal responsibilities. i think of that was imposed by most of the people watching this programme, they would not consider it the biggest punishment of the world it does go to show, considering how wealth and power works, this international network in terms of epstein, the great in the good on both sides of the atlantic but when it comes to it, these terrible allegations and his lack of what happened, he will still continue to live as a member of the royal family in still continue to live as a member of the royalfamily in huge still continue to live as a member of the royal family in huge wealth and privilege down the years by some of these newspapers, but the telegraph mak

if the queen did anything, did we really care? who would, if this were true, be happy to turn a blind eye, and if different stories of him were true, she has been happy to turn a blind eye, what does it matter? i watch the first two series of the crown and they are not exactly strict with historical accuracy. i think by their own admission, the kind of make stuff up. they are having to infer, aren't they? that's only where you can get information about the royal family 01’ information about the royal family or you information about the royal family 01’ you can information about the royal family or you can act on it. richard arbiter, the former palace aide, is quite cross about this. he does point out peter morgan, the writer of the series, doesn't like to have a bit of fiction and therefore dramatic effect. i think the queen is beyond reproach on that issue. dramatic effect. i think the queen is beyond reproach on that issuelj is beyond reproach on that issue.” am very much looking for it, then, because the actor playing prince ph

don't believe it has been damaging to the queen at all. it has to me.r what effect all this is sad your close family, you have daughters of your own? it has been what i would describe as a constant sewer 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 was concerned it was a 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. i'm becoming? it was a sex offender. yeah, i'm sorry, i'm being polite. andrew will be hoping that his a nswe rs andrew will be hoping that his answers allow him to move on. that remains to be seen. joining me now is dickie arbiter, a former press secretary at buckingham palace. having seen the programme, is your sense that this is an interview that has helped prince andrew make his case 01’ has helped prince andrew make his case or hindered his case? very much entered his case. if he was thinking about crisis ma

. >>> britain's queen elizabeth is making a change.ver, and now she's decided she is no longer going to be wearing them. here's sidney palm in london. >> reporter: queen elizabeth is known for her stylish fashion choices. but she's decided to ditch fur from her wardrobe. >> it's the right thing to do. she should have done it earlier, and it's a good thing. i hope more people get inspired by it. >> i think they've always been fairly progress. it's a fairly progressive stance. >> reporter: the senior dresser to the queen revealed the clothing change in her book. she says any new outfits made for her majesty will not contain real fur. fur has been part of the queen's wardrobe for decades. animal rights groups have criticized the royals for doing it. >> she feels i think it's in tune with public mood, but more importantly it's in tune with what she feels like doing now. >> reporter: palace aides say the queen won't get rid of her existing outfits, so she'll still wear fur from time to time. like during the state opening of parliament when

it says any new items from the queen will not have real fur. any new items from the queen will not haveill not have real fur. but she will wear existing items. yes, you don't want to waste items. it would be a travesty to throw them away and it is important the queen stays warm, especially with some parliamentary events. she will be busy. thank you adam. good to have you on the the programme. we have so much more to come, including seaweed and kelp have long been a stable food in asia, now the gooey green stuff it makes our way to our plates and we are speaking to a seaweed start up. you're with worklife on bbc news. what do you think of when you picture an engineer? a white man in aa picture an engineer? a white man in a a hard hat. it is a stereotype, the royal academy of engineering is working to disspell that stereotype. we arejoined by working to disspell that stereotype. we are joined by the chief executive of royal act mey of engineering. how big a problem is this perception? thank you. it is a huge barrier to people realising that they could have a very rewarding career in engin

they had a lengthy debate on the queen speech.ebate when oui’ number of days for the debate when our savant? we usually assume it'll be 5— six days, it doesn't have to happen. it's possible to condense it, there are certain rules about when votes on queen speech are held and those votes helped — track tape is initiated. if the government and mps are willing to change that, it might be that they can make a change to the rules temporarily in order to condense things. if you are government they wanted the gauge of the view that rack your opinion, you have a tight timetable to get that through parliament. yes and they would have to start again with the drawl agreement bill. so if the government that we currently have is returned following the election, there would have to begin with the first and second reading again and if the were to condense a ceremony that happen at the beginning of the session, and get agreement, they're living themselves little time and doing that around christmas they would see — backs up to see we can sittings

the queen's favorite son, fired?en's son andrew was stripped of his duties and $300,000 salary. >> there's speculation the queen forced him to step down after talks with the ins from of wales. i think they both realized there was no choice but for him to step back from royal duties. >> his continue fall from grace happened after his recent debacle. >> she said she had sex with you three times. >> no. >> it's not the case that andrew's been booted out of the royal family. he's still his highness, however you are not going see him carrying out solo public enga engageme engagements on behalf of the queen. >>> the news claims no one in the royal family is checking in, texting or speaking with the couple. our source tell us the relationship between them and the rest of the family is at an all-time low. >> kate handled her outing last night with william. kate backed out, citing it was because of her children. >> palace aides won't comment, won't go into any detail about what was wrong with the children. we are simply told

but i want them to' a queen.ey have a 89. queen. >> my best friend lives in london we argue about it i'm like why, they said we're comfortable with that, we like that without her we would fall apart. kennedy: he has been a great queen, and they knows that charles will suck wiener balls. >> i am surprised that they lit the interview be done, and they did not prep him for it. with so many prep staff. kennedy: they would have prepared him. >> news networks are shuffling their coverage, not this one but others to get a favorable interview with kate middleton not covering purpos important s. kennedy: i have not called kate middleton names for months, preparation for interview. >> prince andrew should have begun the interview by saying jeffrey epstein didn't kill himself. kennedy: that would be great, and then pulled answerri an -- c swalwell and say, well, let me tell you why i consider. >> the royal gas. >> you just pleased person on twitter with format jokes. kennedy: -- more of the fart jokes. kennedy: you want to

royal duties basically means he represents the queen, charity events, public events. sandra gave an interview discussing his friendship with convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein. there is video of prince andrew leaving the mansion owned by jeffrey epstein, allegations from young women saying print sandra was part of the illicit behavior happening with jeffrey epstein. this is one of these things are was a huger if you shouldvr mistake. by the numbers, prince andrew, just to be the prince makes about $300,000 a year. his mother is worth billions. he won't be taking that check while he's on break. joining us, cnn royal contributor victoria arbiter. people are saying this is one of the worst interviews to try to fix something, he made it even more problematic for himself and the royal family. >> it's was a train wreck in word. the main person who has been alleging claims against prince andrew, she has done for years. she said that when she was 17, she was traffic to prince andr prince andrew. >> tamron: this is a photo of her. >> she has maintained her story and never cha

is determined to become a beauty queen. when i'm modeling when i'm on the catwalk i feel really beautiful the most beautiful girl in the world. her mother christina is placing all her hopes in seo and sees the pageant world as an investment. what's on the floor and changing our lives winning the miss universe title would allow us to pay off our debts my husband and i can keep on working but it would be nice if our daughter could save some money for her future i wanted to have everything she needs her own home and all the things we could never provide her only son by gun was. just sorry is also from a poor family she had to start working at the age of 11 but that's all history now she hasn't won any titles yet but she has sponsors who are betting on her success. and other people are showing support for her because they see the potential in her becoming a national beauty queen and because a great story they don't just come from a simple family you know everywhere the believes in this in their other story. but for every victor

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queen elizabeth's son, prince andrew, steps back from public duties after controversy over his linksnvicted sex offender. chanting. anger in malta as protesters demand the prime minister's resignation, accusing him of protecting the killers of an outspoken journalist. # i check my nails. baby how you doing? and female artists dominate the grammy nominations. among the front—runners — lizzo and billie eilish. it was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the us ambassador to the eu gordon sondland gave evidence. he said he was acting at the express direction of the president on ukraine. the democratic—led house of representatives is investigating whether or not the president improperly put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival the former vice presidentjoe biden. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel reports. the day a simmering pot boiler became a blockbuster drama, with this unlikely character as the leading man. gordon sondland, a wealthy hotelier, was made ambassador to the european union on the strength of $1 million donation to donald trump

that it was on behest of the queen that he did step down.daily mail and the front page. the daily mail and the times talks about prince charles getting involved as well in terms of being consulted. he is out in new zealand at the moment touring, that is prince charles, obviously, not prince andrew. it seems very much like a family crisis going on but of course it is notjust a family crisis when it is the royal family, it involves all our lives because we are also involved and it is interesting that in this statement today that came from the duke, finally it seems like he is showing the contrition that many feltjust wasn‘t there in his newsnight interview with your colleagues. absolutely and owen, we have seen already some statements. interviews with representatives of the victims in the us are saying they now really would welcome prince andrew telling the authorities whatever he knows, effectively and the times also has more detail on what has happened here. saying yes, prince charles consulted on the queen ‘s involved and obviously it is im

i think the most important point is that prince andrew said the queen has not been damaged by what has been said this evening and i think he's entirely wrong in that i think that he has dragged his mother a woman who's been on the throne for 67 years considered by all royal families around the whole world to be the exemplar the best example of how a monarch should behave and he's dragged his mom into this very personal problem which he's got and which won't go away in the report we had a commentator saying that he thought that this interview might be a train wreck was it a train wreck of an interview and if so why did he decide to to give the and. well i think you have to look at it 2 ways 1st more damage limitation exercise on his part i mean these accusations have been around for nearly 10 years why is he now deciding that he's actually wants to speak publicly about an event which he's managed to dodge for all that time i think the answer to that has to be that there is something that we don't yet know but it's coming down the turnpike quite soon i think we're going to see that there

the secret scribe was actually queen elizabeth i.ports. so, giles, whatare we looking at here? it's a translation into english of a section of the work of the roman historian tacitus. it has been sitting here on a shelf at lambeth palace for hundreds of years and no—one was very interested in it until a researcher one day started looking a bit more closely and realised this wasn't the work of a 16th century academic, but someone rather more famous. the thing that is a really exciting discovery, which hadn't been established by anybody before now, is that it is written by, and in some cases in the hand of, queen elizabeth i. so how do we know it is queen elizabeth's handwriting? well, the paper is a clue. it's the same as used in many state documents of the tudor court at the time. we also know that queen elizabeth did translations of tacitus, but the real clinching evidence is the handwriting — queen elizabeth's terrible handwriting. most of what we are looking at is the work of a scribe, but have a look at this little correction. th

maybe have it represent queens. so i have this idea for a name called queens vibe.bio: i love it. -lemonis: it's up to you. -fabio: yeah, i got this. -lemonis: all right, buddy. -fabio: thank you. lemonis: one of the things that i wanted to do -- and i don't know if giovanna can help us with this -- is i wanted to see on that list that you gave me -the credit-card statements... -giovanna: i can do that. lemonis: ...because when i see target, it says construction. i don't know what you're building from target, so i want to see what actually went through those credit cards. can you print it out? giovanna: yeah, i'm trying to -- lemonis: okay, let me go get it. here, come here, guys. so, for example, sal's credit card -- merchandise? sal: this is what we use to pay for clothing and stuff that's in here. lemonis: but you told me the other day it was construction debt. -it says it right here. -sal: um... lemonis: joanne's credit card -- target, construction debt. sal: yeah, well, i think that's, you know... lemonis: why would target be construction? sal: no, it's not. it

let's look at the queen. further majesty no more.s for fa ke ditches real fur as she goes for fake fur in all new outfits. yes, this is setting a new tone for the royal family of perhaps going more green, more friendly for animals, royal family of perhaps going more green, more friendly foranimals, et cetera. it shows that we can change as we get older. indeed, absolutely and swiftly moving on, talking of change, both test revolutions is the front page of the daily mail. this is you take that could actually be very, very significant. for those babies ball that have perhaps got the genetic disorder that could cause them real harm in the future. it's really exciting because the tests that we currently do for the heel test when the baby is born only catch about nine genericallyjust —— genetically inherited diseases. it could save lives, but also some of them are treatable conditions that given an intervention early enough could allow a child to thrive, so it's really exciting. it's a victory for science. it is fantastic, thank you very

we're muddy. >> look at that. >> look at this. >> you and the queen, right?t muddy. you were hammering away for habitat for humanity. >> it's like you're doing all this work and you're sweating. you look over at the carters and you can't complain. >> there's another star making dreams come true. >> modern family's jessie tyler ferguson. >> i have zero carpentry skills. i will learn on the job. this is the living room. this is gonna be the kitchen. but they're gonna want me to build a table. i think i might have to bring in the back up. >> so not exactly handy with a hammer, but that isn't stopping jesse from rolling up his sleeves and giving ten deserving families an "extreme make over: home edition." >> good morning mayo family. >> i was a fan of the original series and i love the human element to it. i love that we're meeting these families that need a new beginning. >> hi, nick. thank god you were home. >> jesse leads a team of over 1,000 volunteers on each house rehab in this hgtv reboot. yeah, that's original series host ty pennington lending a hand. he'

and possibly even the queen.ways been a real favourite of the queen's, she is now 93, she doesn't like confrontation, i'm sure she would not have enjoyed telling andrew that it was time to call it a day. do you think this is come from? no, i suspect it is the prince of wales. mind you, it could be her private secretary who said that lack who forced her hand. it is my hunch, not information i have. and that would be because of the damage to the royal family and the particular seriousness of this whole episode? absolutely. really, this must not be 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. and i think that in taking these steps today, that is exactly what has happened. you know, he may very well be rehabilitated. i'm sure he will be rehabilitated. if he goes across to america, appears asked to help with the investigation, if he is seen to be innocent of all wrongdoing, i am sure that he can, in time, come back. many other people who h

tonight he is here with a brand new film, queen & slim, daniel kaluuya is joining us, everybody. (cheers and applause) but first we're going to jump straight into the major news story that everyone has been talking about today. the beginning of public impeachment hearings in to donald j. trump. the j stands for jim-peachment. that sounded better in my head. now just to get everybody on the same page, six weeks ago a whistle-blower reported that doned a trump was abusing the power of his office and in response the democrats launched impeachment hearings behind closed doors which makes sense t is winter, with the doors open, everyone gets kol. the are cans complained about the closed door process saying that the public was only hearing bits and pieces what was going on and it wasn't transparent, you know, sort of like listening to a movie playing in the apartment next door where you are like i think bat pln is fighting, bradley cooper because he wants him to sing like lad eye gaga. so in the face of these complaints, the democrats gladly agree to air donald trump's dirty laundry fo

i don't believe it's been damaging to the queen at all. it has to me.at effect this has had on your close family? you've 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. i'm sorry, i'm being polite. andrew will be hoping that his answers will allow him to move on. that remains to be seen. joining me now is simonjones who is outside buckingham. any response from the royal family to the interview and the coverage it has generated? to be honest, the queen is certainly going to want to keep out of this one. we understand the decision to do this interview was made by prince andrew himself, along with his advisors. a short time ago big crowd

queen elizabeth's son, prince andrew, steps back from public duties, after controversy over his links to a convicted sex offender. we followed the president's orders. a key witness in the impeachment inquiry says donald trump wanted him to press ukraine to investigate a political rival. the president hits back. so here is my answer — i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: growing tensions between the uk and china, as a british consular worker tells the bbc he was tortured by chinese secret police. and we talk to the star of a hotly tipped film at this week's singapore film festival. hello, and welcome to the programme. it's 9:00am in singapore and 1:00 in the morning here in london, where prince andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. it follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein and his disastrous interview at the weekend with the bbc. the prince has denied having sex with a 17—year—old girl procured for him by epstein, but a number of