i think that pressure is constantly on the royal family toa pressure is constantly on the royal familyabout the victims of the epstein scandal. it is also interesting that the 200 charity patronage is that the 200 charity patronage is that the duke is now rightly moving away from, i do hope that those charities managed to find a way of moving forward as well. without prince andrew. of course but i hope they can carry on and i hope they can find other patrons that are willing to ta ke find other patrons that are willing to take that task on. i am sure, for those who want to... just under 24 hours that we were told by the prime minister at the montague is beyond reproach. the whole thing is very difficult —— the monarchy. obviously oui’ difficult —— the monarchy. obviously our consent to the victims at the heart of all this will go on and it isa heart of all this will go on and it is a massive unprecedented move for the royal family here. is a massive unprecedented move for the royalfamily here. politics never far away, owen. the royalfamily here. politics neverfaraway, owen. should we t

how difficult is this for the royal family and roberts.. how difficult is this for the royal family and prince andrew himself? i think you have to point the royal family to one side they are feeling terribly sorry for him i would of their own has been confronted with all this and to step aside in terms of public duties, but prince andrew has got to come to terms with it because he's not out of the woods yet. the fbi investigators want to talk to him, and they want to talk to them on the road. he still got that to face. does he do in the states or the united kingdom? that's still to be decided. but he's really got to come forward and say exactly what happened. a lot of things in the interview on saturday night. the photograph you just showed, he said that was in an upstairs room but i've never been in the upstairs room, if he has never been and how does he know it was there? all sorts of things that fell by the wayside, he was contradicting himself. he's got to take stock of what he wants to do how he wants to handle it and is he going to a

|j the royal family. and you say that from a position where... i‘m in a very small minority in the british public, but you do not have to support that position to be frustrated that some of the future, power, wealth and privilege is being treated very differently than someone watching this programme engrossed in this. and prince andrew is supported not just by the taxpayer in terms of his day—to—day assistance, but by his mother effectively, she gives an allowa nce to mother effectively, she gives an allowance to her son and i do not know whether it is taxpayer—funded but the headline is that the photograph is of the queen, not of andrew and i guess, one key question is how does borisjohnson said in the debate last night that this institution, if this does damage the institution, if this does damage the institution of the whole world family? does put his mother and a very difficult position, there goes that saying. if you're bringing disrepute to your family, for anybody, that is a pretty awful position to be put in. i think it is right though th

this is a huge numberfor the royal family.ince interest to be back from royal duties of the following from royal duties of the following from his bbc news the interview continues. a few hours becky released this statement which he can find online in full, in it he says the circumstances well, let's hear the reaction of the royal commentator. his vision was untenable when it came to the after the interview, he went into the interview believing it was crisis management but created a crisis instead of managing it. there was no other direction he could go to my sponsors were falling by the wayside. kpmg sponsorship and finished in october and not renewing but other sponsors have said they are not renewing at the end of the year went their contracts were terminated. the organisations can't cope and can't function without sponsors. so everything was falling about him like dominoes but he was really left with no alternative but to step back from public duty. very difficult for prince andrew, you've got to put the royal family to one

have family that's quite outrageous what is the scale of housing benefit that the queen in the royal family get because you talk about the thorny sums of 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 daughters sons and daughters is worth less than $20000000.00 the queen under the direction of winston churchill the prime minister's sign decided that the queen as a newborn it would not pay tax on investment income. that's a gigantic handout is probably cost the taxpayer is the tax rate for the mail on sunday i think. it probably cost taxpayers close to a 1000000000 pounds in lost touch income just not one change leave it in the mail on sunday load rather mia of course in this book one of the road rhythm is their alliance for with hitler today people have been talking about why newspaper like that is more interested in meghan markle the american actress married to prince well harry than say prince andrew the queen's well it to be fair i mean the expression

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 nazi counterfactuals if. if there are family have gone the way way it has how their support for hitler against him could've changed the history of this country could 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 the nazi years and they didn't like hitler to be fair well i think like hitler at most and didn't but they were to tolerate hitler and the deal they wanted to do was that. hitler left the british nation and the british empire alone i went eastwards in terms of his their labor that was a deal they wanted to do and after the 2nd world war the royal family lead on the government here at the at the government labor government who put a shooter amount of political pressure on the

prince andrew acknowledges that the jeffrey epstein scandal has become a major disruption to the royal family, and steps down from royal duties. it follows his widely—criticised interview with bbc newsnight, when he said his friendship with epstein was not a matter of regret. the liberal democrats launch their election manifesto — promising to stop brexit in order to generate a £50 billion bonus for public services. i'm nota 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 people but i fundamentally do not think boris johnson orjeremy people but i fundamentally do not think borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn are fit to lead our country. meanwhile, boris johnson pledges major changes to the amount we all pay in national insurance. and at the impeachment inquiry in washington, a us diplomat says he followed president trump's orders to pressure ukraine to investigate a political rival. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers

and that never mind if you are a member of the royal family.have seen so far to an element of humility in this. "i let the side down. ". 0k, thank you for that. and you can see the full interview in a bbc newsnight special — ‘prince andrew and the epstein scandal‘ that's on bbc 2 tomorrow night at 9:00. labour has set out ambitious plans to provide free full—fibre broadband to every home and business in the country by 2030. jeremy corbyn says bt‘s 0pen reach broadband business would be brought into public ownership and the ongoing cost of providing the service would be partly funded by a new tax on technology companies, such as facebook and google. borisjohnson has dismissed the proposal as a "crazed communist scheme". here‘s our political editor laura kuenssberg labour has a big giveaway it hopes to connect with you. fast—fibre broadband for everyone everywhere, if they win, within ten years‘ time. another big intervention in the market, another expensivejob for the state. labour‘s money man is adding the internet to rail, water, energy and th

-bag how damaging is prince andrew's personal involvement with geoffrey epstein for the royal family as a whole. well what i think people at the moment are really focusing on is this interview that he has been giving and the fact that he came across as somebody who had no empathy with the victims he showed no remorse and this is what's really what's really baffling people and the question is what's going to happen in the investigation the prince has indicated that he would go to the u.s. and have him self questioned. and what would be the consequences if that really happened so we will see you know if if if if he does indeed go and then what that means for the royal family in the u.k. they get thanks very much for that from london this morning this is the the view news live from berlin still to come on the show we'll go to naples where a boxing ring has found an unlikely new home in a 400 year old church. but 1st child marriage is a widespread practice in many parts of the world it is common for example in northern nigeria some parents there giving their daughters away because of dir

rest of the royal family.ers of the family. but one thing this goes down bottom line is that it was a great misjudgement to frequent the company of somebody like epstein. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye for now. hello, it has been a very wet autumn so far, and the final week of autumn is following on that fairly unsettled trend. more rain around, particularly on saturday, this picture taken by one of our weather watchers in exeter a little bit earlier on. we have had outbreaks of rain, heavy rain across parts of the south—west of england, south wales too, but there could be some ongoing flooding issues through the day. lots of lying surface water meaning travel disruption possible across the south—west of england, south wales and also later in the day, across north—east england and eastern scotland as well. so, here's the rainfall we have across wales and parts of northern england as well, pushing northwards through the day. we also see further heavy

that is the concern for the royal family here. fray, and that is the wisdom of many, many years. it is coming out today that courtiers at the palace are saying that they don't think this was particularly wise and nicholas witchell alluded to that in his package as well and his comments. i think it is something that is reallyjust the start of the story and not the end. voting is drawing to a close in sri lanka's presidential election and early indications suggest that the turnout was as high as 80%. it was a campaign dominated by concerns over security and the economy. the election was just seven months after a co—ordinated attack on churches and hotels in which 259 people were killed. police say voting has been largely peaceful although gunmen atacked a convoy of buses carrying mainly muslim voters to a polling station. no—one was injured. yogita limaye has more from colombo. before the polling opened, we had that incident of violence from sri lanka's north—west, where gunmen opened fire on two buses carrying muslim voters to poll

andi something becoming of the royal family and i let the side down simple as that.ckingham palace. it is hard to describe being in a state room in buckingham palace at the heart of royal family, facing the heart of royal family, facing the queen's son, the prince andrew, duke of york and asking him about his sexual history. it is not something i ever imagined i'd be doing, but equally, to have not asked those questions would have been something i couldn't imagine doing either. and you can see the full interview in a bbc newsnight special tonight at nine on bbc two. around 200 firefighters have worked through the night to bring a fire at a university block of flats under control. the flames spread across all six floors of the building in bolton in greater manchester. let's speak now to afnan gohar. describe what you saw last night. good morning. ijust... saw like the entire building engulfed in flames basically. when the alarm went off, because there are fire drills often in student halls, at what point did you realise it was real? no, actually not. because like the

and as it were, the good name of the royal family. 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 where he felt the questions were quite wearisome. and i think he finds the whole situation wearisome. clearly, this is a man who wants to do a lot of

the royal family do differentiate between queen and the rest of the royal family.e certain popular members of the family. but one thing this goes down bottom line is that it was a great misjudgement to frequent the company of somebody like epstein. and there we have to leave it. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. thank you all. goodbye for now. good morning, it has been a rather grey and gloomy start to our sunday morning but it is predominantly dry and it will be a quieter theme of weather for many. so if we take a look at why, we have got this frontal system that is moving its way through scotland for much of the night. that still has to clear away but we have this brief ridge of high pressure dominating the story today before the next low waiting in the wings to arrive a little later on. the rain still sitting across the far north and east of scotland and will gradually drift northwards and ease away. elsewhere, we keep cloudy skies for much of the day, early morning hill fog slowly lifting but the cloud thick en

one thing about the royal family, people do differentiate between the queen and the rest of the royalgoes down bottom line is that it was a great misjudgement to frequent the company of somebody like epstein. and there we have to leave it. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week, same time. goodbye. hello. we've had more rain on already saturated ground through saturday. sunday promises to bring something drier, but they will be a lot of cloud, and also some misty, murky conditions. briefly we had a wea k murky conditions. briefly we had a weak ridge of high pressure extending across the uk. still some rain to talk about it first on sunday, particular for eastern scotland. still in the heavy side, and then slowly through sunday that heavy rain becomes bind to the northern isles. quite wet and windy here, but elsewhere turning drier. there will be a lot of cloud, some mist, some fog particular through the morning, so poor visibility, and any brightness or sunshine really at any brightness or sunshine really at a premium on sunday. but away from the northern is

prince charles is the person who's really pushing prince andrew out of the royal family. >> with handically being told you will no longer have duties, does he keep the royal allowance? >> no committee has lost his royal salary. it amounts to $32,000 a year comes with a large amount of money. he is at the moment keeping his royal title and out of ports and rail protection, free travel, and things like that which to be honest he probably needs. that something that was taken away from his daughter, it's been discussed with a lot of member of the royal family it remains to be seen whether he will be his royal highness and years to come. >> do you think prince charles believes that prince andrew should talk to the fbi? >> i think prince charles shouldn't courage prince andrew is to do everything you possibly can in order to restrict the fallout. it's already affecting the royal family in a way that nobody could have foreseen. i think that prince charles will do everything in his power to protect the family as a whole and he's not going to put prince andrew before the royal family as a unit

in an unprecedented interview, prince andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by stayingt the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. speaking to newsnight‘s emily maitlis at buckingham palace, the duke addressed accusations that he'd had sex with a 17—year—old american girl. he said he couldn't remember meeting virginia roberts and denies allegations of inappropriate conduct. our royal 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'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. buckingham palace has consistently denied any impropriety by prince andrew. now, he's decided to speak for himself to bbc newsnight‘s emily maitlis. but you were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. yes. it was a convenient place to stay

0verall, did he think his behaviour had damaged the royal family?” lieve it has been damaging to the queen at all. it has to me. i wonder 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

cheering the royal family and senior politicians arejoining the royal family and senior politicians areng veterans in central london this morning as the united kingdom marks remembrance day. there will be a two minute silence shortly as people up and down the land on people who lost their lives and conflict. we are waiting for the politicians. that will be followed by representatives of members from overseas territories. chief of staffs a nd overseas territories. chief of staffs and then the ambassadors and high commissioners. the prime minister borisjohnson high commissioners. the prime minister boris johnson on high commissioners. the prime minister borisjohnson on his right. the leader of the labour party. secretaries of state, but they do not keep their positions as mps because of the election. ian blackford on behalf of the snp there. jo swinson on behalf of the liberal democrats. former prime ministers. and then the high commissioners and representatives of the crown dependencies, further politicians. the chancellor of the exchequer there. the leader of the house of commons. and n

one thing about the royal family, people do differentiate between the queen and the rest of the royal down bottom line is that it was a great misjudgement to frequent the company of somebody like epstein. and there we have to leave it. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week, same time. goodbye. hello. we will start monday on a mild note, but also with a lot of cloud and further spells of rain, slowly pushing their way northwards across the uk through the day. somewhat heavy initially, particularly across south—west england, wales and into the midlands, becoming patchier on its journey north. heavy rain for northern ireland, drier in the afternoon, not so much rain getting into the far north of scotland, another windy day for the shetland isles. another mild day across the uk, 9—13 is the afternoon high. further rain to come through the evening, weakening as it pushes its way north. dry but murky for a time, before another spell of heavy rain pushes into south—west england in the early hours. with that comes more moisture. a mild start to tuesday morning, sev

it's claimed they targeted critics of the saudi government and royal family.ith the impeachment inquiry hotting up — president trump lashes out at the democrats accusing them of staging show trials. lebanon's mass protests continue — but what are they about? three young people tell us their dreams for the future. and going supersonic with the bloodhound, the british mission to break the world land speed record. in business, betting the farm. can the world find a sustainable way to feed itself? we look at the multi—billion dollar rise of plant—based meat. this thursday's briefing, will make sure you gci’oss this thursday's briefing, will make sure you across all you do know in global and sport. would love to be pa rt global and sport. would love to be part of the conversation, have you become a fact —— have you become thinking? is it for health reasons or to reduce your carbon footprint? isn't it. prosecutors in the us have charged two former twitter employees and a third man with spying for saudi arabia. they are accused of accessing personal information of so

i am told that certain members of the royal family have watched it, including an indication of how the been impressed. but the main challenge comes next with the audience reception. john maguire, bbc news, caernarfon castle. lots of excited people waiting for series three. it will be available on netflix from tomorrow. we'll be back with the headlines at 6:30. now it's time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? i think we have something for everyone. we have le mans 66, starring christian bale and matt damon. we have the amazing johnathan, a documentary that becomes an enigma. and the report, in which the cia are called to account. a really interesting week! it is! yes! yes! let's start with le mans ‘66, known in other territories as ford v ferrari. the month was the 19705 film which my dad went —— took me to when i was a kid. this is the story of the ford motor company attempting to regain its mojo by winning le mans at a

and the whole question of diversity can you diversify an institution like the royal family we're not seeing. a diversifying project was seeing. generational changes so prince harry is the 1st person in his. position of his time. you know represents the monarchy in the 21st century and what his marriage to make and marco represents is is. his love his free free choice yes it's a bit weird for me trying to. square my let's say working class black british sensibilities with my ugandan heritage because the monarchy is very important to my parents to my kingdom so we understand the idea of a shared heritage or a shared identity in what that you know that family as a symbol i may not necessarily. have grown up you know in in the folds of that passion being out here but i respect it i do i know it means to people and i love people. is a multifaceted question i don't know what your thoughts certainly to somebody of indian descent the the empire was tied up with the fact of victoria being empress of india and the british royal family is another british institution which will have benefited fr

that is a concern for the royal family here.lling situations, not entering into the fray, and that is the wisdom of many many years. it is coming out today that courtiers at the palace are saying that they don't think this was particularly wise and nicholas witchell alluded to that in his package as well and his comments. i think it is something that is reallyjust the start of the story and not the end. thank you very much. now, in other news... police say they're assessing two allegations of electoral fraud, after claims that the conservatives offered peerages and government jobs to brexit party candidates to stand aside in the upcoming general election. the tories deny the allegations. earlier i spoke to our political correspondentjohn owen about this. as you know, the brexit party has agreed to stand down in areas of the country that already have conservative mps in order to avoid splitting the pro—brexit vote in these areas. but that has led to pressure for the conservative party to stand down elsewhere as well. in a video p

yes, but certainly at my invitation, not at the royal family's invitation.iend that was the key element in this. he was the, as it were, plus one, to some extent, in that respect. am i right in thinking you threw a birthday party for epstein‘s girlfriend, ghislaine maxwell, at sandringham? no, it was a shooting weekend. a shooting weekend? just a straightforward, a straightforward shooting weekend. but during these times that he was a guest at windsor castle, at sandringham, the shooting weekend... yep, yeah, yeah... ..we now know that he was and had been procuring young girls for sex trafficking. we now know that. at the time, there was no indication to me, or anybody else, that that was what he was doing. and certainly... when i saw him, either in the united states... well, no, when i saw him in the united states, or when i was staying in his houses in the united states, there was no indication, absolutely no indication. and if there was... you have to remember that at the time, i was patron of the nspcc‘s full stop campaign, so i was close up with what wa

or you information about the royal family 01’ you can information about the royal family or you canthis. 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 philip is rather wonderful. ok, steady on. it is sunday morning. speaking of the royalfamily, we have the reports continuing of some kind of rift between william and harry. all of the royals are there together for the remembrance concert there, dave. yes, the festival of remembrance. it is amazing. it is quite a big well watched on tv this saturday night event. again, there are all the royals together. emily andries says, the queen bringing her fractured family together for the remembrance sunday as peace breaks out. you can see them all there, even borisjohnson out. you can see them all there, even boris johnson is out. you can see t

you know, i would suggest that this is not one of the premier members of the royal family.he centre of attention and has probably deflected away from this. i am not aware of the issues surrounding this that's going on below the water line, and clearly stuff is going on that might have crowded his judgment. but there is also the opportunity to put your best foot forward and suggest an interview, but you need to be able to have all your cards on the table and understand that risk. maybe they have. but again, nicholas witchell suggesting that official channels in buckingham palace have not been across this, it has been a personal decision. and sometimes people who don't have the greatest relationship with the media and don't have the greatest respect forjournalists, and he hasn't got many friends and has been quite belligerent in the way that he has not interacted with the media, so going in now with all that history isn't altogether a sound situation. and you are correct, you can't let this run on much longer. but i think the timing of it at the moment, there's so much going

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in the state rooms at buckingham palace, a senior member of the british royal family, prince andrew, on of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgment. your royal highness, we've come to buckingham palace in highly unusual circumstances... at issue, which of these two people is telling the truth? andrew or virginia roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken? groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men. even the photo is contentious. andrew says he has no memory of it. tramp, a nightclub in central london. virginia roberts says she was there with andrew one night in march 2001. she says they later had sex. andrew says he was with his family. and he told the 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

have you heard at all how the queen and other members of the royal family have responded to this growinge last few days? and what, in your view, is going to mean when they say the duke of york are stepping back from public duties? i suspect that he... i don't know this to be true. i suspect that he didn't make this choice himself. i suspect that he's had some pressure, and i would guess that pressure came from the of wales. i'm sure the communications team at buckingham palace would also have urged this. this was... and possibly even the queen. andrew has always 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 infec

a senior member of the royal family, for the foreseeable future, taking a step back.nd he was the patron for over 200 charities and charitable causes including the national ballet and the youth development charity power to. 0bviously that leaves charities seeking a patron but it also throws huge questions on whether the royal family has been doing its duties properly and has it been as active in its private life to make sure that it in its private life to make sure thatitis in its private life to make sure that it is seen to be acting in a morally responsible way, as it has beenin morally responsible way, as it has been in public. there is a huge controversy been in public. there is a huge c0 ntrove i’sy now been in public. there is a huge controversy now boiling over this. it is interesting because the british royal family has long had an approach of never complain and never explained. if they are facing criticism or turbulent times to keep your head down, keep working and the issue will just your head down, keep working and the issue willjust kind of fade into the b

. >>> then, the royal family in crisis.han and harry's new drama, plus, the queen firing her own sun? the biggest palace scandal yet. >>> and the "jersey shore" shore wedding that end in the disaster. [ bleep ]. >> the bride roasted at her own wedding. >>> plus -- who left harry hanging? styles caught on a wire in the middle of a busy street. >>> and we flew all the way to germany for today's special cohost michael b. jordan. let's go! >>> welcome, everybody, to berlin, germany, and hour huge exclusive on the set of without remorse with our special guest cohost, michael b. jordan. >> thanks for coming all this way. >> you tell me to get on a plane, i say, what time does that thing leave. i love this guy so much. i want hear all about your new reels a navy s.e.a.l., but first, help me with some news. >> here's tonight's stop story. >>> country star sam hunt. any duh taetails on his dui arr. he kept a low pro file around 9:00 a.m.-he posted a $2,500 bail. according to the police report sam had bloodshot and watery eyes and ha

the royal family and senior politicians have joined military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaphl london to remember the fallen in conflicts over the last two centuries. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. it is that morning of the year when we pause, when the matters which seem so pressing on other days are set in a broader perspective as the nation comes together to remember those who lost their lives in the world wars and other more recent conflicts. the leaders of the main political parties took their places at the cenotaph with their wreaths of red poppies. watching from a balcony, her majesty the queen with the duchess of cornwall and the duchess of cambridge. the prince of wales led the other principal members of the royal family to their positions in front of the cenotaph‘s northern face in readiness for the national two—minute silence at 11 o'clock. big ben chimes the hour music: last post after the two—minute silence, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath at the cenotaph in tribute to all those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their li

has prince the involvement of a member of the royal family.d from the start? yes, back in 2013, there was a breakfast meeting chaired by a lot of business people, they were invited to look at what we could do to use the royal assets, deep palaces or individuals, to further promote british entrepreneurs‘ muck when you watch the interview with the prince, did you immediately see that there would be problems? i‘m here to talk about pitch@palace. i guess when it is associated with the prince andrew and the allegations against him, of course there is going to be issues and found that, and a number of corporate sponsors have stepped in. but with regard to the initiative and its value and wealth, as i said earlier on, bbc four radio today, maybe there is a chance to rotate and other members of the royal family, and kate, even prince charles, where we can put different agendas and opportunities to the audience, and they can deliver and further continued the programme. you‘re making the point, it is pitch@palace, not picked at prince. another member of

>> i think the royal family has always been under the scope. and parcel of being a member of the royal family. however, i do think that -- it maybe in light of them during this huge tv interview a few weeks ago. the royal family felt slowly more comfortable at having prince andrew in front of the cameras. >> harris: how you deal with something like that across the pond if you are the queen, the royal family? you heard very early on denials, then you heard silence for months and months. >> absolutely. we do know that the queen approved the interview. it took place at buckingham palace. we've also been told prince andrew told the queen it went very well. obviously she is able to read the press. she will know that is not necessarily the case at the moment. when it comes to the queen, she is a woman who very much maintains a stiff upper lip. she will continue to persevere. i think there are a number of very serious conversations going on behind closed doors right now about what they do with prince prince andrew. >> harris: when he says he stated ep

covered they didn't $149.00 there is a culture of secrecy in this country and anything to do the royal family is covered up quite unnecessarily i mean the royal archives are pretty much closed it up quite unnecessarily i mean the royal archives are pretty much closed. you know they organise a private archive i would argue that it's part of the public life you know they organise a private archive i would argue that it's part of the public life now one aspect that you were able to get lots of information now one aspect that you were able to get lots of information on is the 942 d a raid which is a disaster and nation is the 942 d. a raid which was a disaster and as a naval officer there are some people saying it was the precursor to d.-day. as a naval officer some people saying it was the precursor to d.-day. how did bob batten how did he even go one naval officer after how did not but and how did he even go one naval officer after a raid which killed what 97 percent of the canadian troops that were he was very good at a raid which killed what 97 percent of the canadian troops that were he was

probably him and it was pretty irresponsible not only to go to assassinate him over the royal family probably him and it was pretty irresponsible not only to go but to bring his family with him and make them. victims themselves or to bring his family with him and make them. victims themselves while of course we don't blame blaming them but i mean when you're talking about the changes in of course we don't blame blaming them but i mean when you're talking about the changes in security protection you're not saying that there would have been insiders security protection you're not. saying that there would have been insiders well there were certainly suspicions that there were insiders. sympathetic well there were certainly suspicions that there were insiders . sympathizers working in his household. but there were certainly people watching him with the eyes as working in his household. but there were certainly people watching him but they already of course was it was a backfire the support from north america dried up the corporate irony of course was it was a backfire the support from no

dreadful, really, for the royal family at this point in time.ive, the confusion, the defensiveness, the overly defensiveness that he demonstrated, and then this one in the middle, i don't know if you can see that. this almost smile, and i think there were times during the interview which i thought were some of the most uncomfortable, where emily was asking a question, and the impression i got was that he was trying to disarm her by almost implying that the interview, that the question was ridiculous. and at that point he even smiled a little bit as if to say, this is such a ludicrous question, why are you even bothering to ask? and that was the least graceful reaction that i would have anticipated from him. the telegraph, just to complete it, instead of a multiple set of shots, goes for one single, rather sad —looking duke of york. and i have to say, presumably as a result of this interview on the coverage, he will probably, he might be angry but he will certainly be sad about the fact that he doesn‘t seem to have done what he was hoping he woul

the prince of wales led the other principal members of the royal family to their positions, in fronte, in readiness for the national two—minute silence at 11 o'clock. big ben chimes the hour. music: last post. after the two—minute silence, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath at the cenotaph, in tribute to all those from britain and the commonwealth, who lost their lives in the service of their country. wreaths were also laid by the dukes of york, sussex and cambridge. and, then, after the official wreath laying by political leaders, military chiefs and high commissioners, it was the turn of the former servicemen and women who attend the parade, year after year. they come with their own memories of colleagues who were lost in war. at war memorials across the country, the nation remembered. in cornwall, a veteran laid a wreath in memory of those who died in the d—day landing 75 years ago. in kent, a war dakota scattered 750,000 poppies. a ribbon of scarlet above the white cliffs of dover in memory of those who never came home. the headlines on bbc news... the environment agen

( cheers and applause ) also on tonight's show, the royal family has a new scandal to deal with.ichael bloomberg apologizes to black people and the real reason president trump was in the hospital. so let's catch up on today's headlines. let's start with the international news that's blowing up all over the world. ever since jeffrey epstein was arrested and "killed himself in prison," all the men who ever associated with him have come under fire, no one more so than prince andrew, the one member to have the royal family who everybody always forgets, and this weekend prince andrew tried to defend his friendship with the convicted sex offender and he gave the most royally out of touch defense we've ever heard. >> prince andrew speaking publicly for the first time about his relationship with now deceased multi-millionaire and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. >> do i regret the fact he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming, yes. >> unbecoming? he was a sex offender. >> i'm sorry. i'm being polite, in the sense that he was a sex offender. >> trevor: wow. f

he chuckles. ..because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family.uphold the, um, highest standards and practices, and i let the side down, simple as that. but nothing about this story is simple. jeffrey epstein can't answer questions — he took his own life in august. as for andrew, lawyers for virginia roberts want him to make a statement under oath. the us authorities would most certainly like to hear his account of everything he witnessed. earlier, i spoke to nicholas and asked him why he thought prince andrew had decided to speak to the media now. well, newsnight, emily maitlis, said they were in discussions for some six months. prince andrew is always keen to talk about his work but, clearly, no interview could have been done without addressing all of this. as i understand it, there were discussions over a number of months with, interestingly, andrew's office, rather than with the central royal communications, the buckingham palace press office. they have been left rather out of all this. now, whether their advice would have been to go ahead wit