1 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,708 Oh, it's Friday night. 2 00:01:39,416 --> 00:01:42,000 It's Saturday morning, honey. 3 00:01:42,083 --> 00:01:43,125 Mm? 4 00:01:55,791 --> 00:01:56,958 Is it him? 5 00:02:37,208 --> 00:02:40,375 News desk in London says he flew in from Heathrow last night. 6 00:02:40,958 --> 00:02:44,916 My guy at the British consulate said he's not staying there, so... 7 00:02:49,625 --> 00:02:52,833 Those two on the door, they're Epstein's. 8 00:02:59,375 --> 00:03:00,708 Those three guys, 9 00:03:01,416 --> 00:03:02,916 I've seen them before. 10 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,250 Royal protection officers. If they're here... 11 00:03:05,333 --> 00:03:06,333 Jae, the door. 12 00:03:08,875 --> 00:03:10,833 Guards. 13 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:13,375 It's like she wasn't even there. 14 00:03:15,250 --> 00:03:17,166 {\an8}She must have been coming for years. 15 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:26,250 Christ. 16 00:03:26,750 --> 00:03:28,833 She can't be more than 20 now. 17 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,500 Yeah. 18 00:04:14,541 --> 00:04:15,541 Here we go. 19 00:04:17,416 --> 00:04:19,791 {\an8}It's Epstein. 20 00:04:22,250 --> 00:04:25,041 {\an8}- That's him. That's Andrew. - Come on, turn around. 21 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,541 What? 22 00:04:29,916 --> 00:04:31,166 Go, go, go! 23 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:56,708 What a lovely day. 24 00:04:59,083 --> 00:05:00,125 Oh, here we are. 25 00:05:15,708 --> 00:05:16,708 Okay. 26 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:26,583 Uh... okay. Okay. 27 00:05:27,541 --> 00:05:29,958 - This isn't gonna work. - What isn't? 28 00:05:31,458 --> 00:05:32,458 Change of plan. 29 00:05:35,041 --> 00:05:36,250 Jae, talk to me. 30 00:05:36,791 --> 00:05:37,833 I'm improvising. 31 00:05:38,333 --> 00:05:39,333 Bear with me. 32 00:05:39,375 --> 00:05:40,375 Oh God. 33 00:06:10,333 --> 00:06:11,750 - Jae? - Not now. 34 00:06:55,916 --> 00:06:57,083 Jae, are you there? 35 00:06:59,708 --> 00:07:02,583 I'm here. 36 00:07:05,583 --> 00:07:08,041 ♪ I gotta fly once ♪ 37 00:07:08,125 --> 00:07:10,750 ♪ I gotta try once ♪ 38 00:07:10,833 --> 00:07:13,250 ♪ Only can die once ♪ 39 00:07:13,750 --> 00:07:15,458 ♪ Right, sir? ♪ 40 00:07:15,541 --> 00:07:18,375 ♪ Ooh, life is juicy ♪ 41 00:07:18,458 --> 00:07:20,666 ♪ Juicy, and you see ♪ 42 00:07:21,250 --> 00:07:24,833 {\an8}♪ I gotta have my bite, sir ♪ 43 00:07:28,250 --> 00:07:31,375 {\an8}♪ Don't tell me not to fly I simply got to ♪ 44 00:07:31,458 --> 00:07:33,375 ♪ If someone takes a spill, it's me... ♪ 45 00:07:33,458 --> 00:07:34,833 Welcome, everybody. 46 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:39,291 {\an8}I want to thank you all for taking the time out of your lunch. 47 00:07:39,958 --> 00:07:45,291 All of us at the BBC face some incredible challenges. 48 00:07:45,375 --> 00:07:48,583 ♪ Life's candy And the sun's a ball of butter... ♪ 49 00:07:48,666 --> 00:07:49,666 Morning, George. 50 00:07:49,708 --> 00:07:54,500 ♪ Who told you You're allowed to rain on my parade? ♪ 51 00:07:56,916 --> 00:07:58,666 The world is changing. 52 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,333 We need to change with it. 53 00:08:03,625 --> 00:08:09,041 Every year the BBC faces more and more competition in the news space, 54 00:08:09,125 --> 00:08:12,083 and we must fight to remain relevant. 55 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:16,000 ♪ Eye on the target, and wham! ♪ 56 00:08:16,083 --> 00:08:18,958 {\an8}♪ One shot, one gunshot... ♪ 57 00:08:19,041 --> 00:08:21,166 {\an8}- Has someone got my Nando's? - Oh, yeah. 58 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:23,583 {\an8}♪ Hey, world ♪ 59 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:25,500 Bloody dog! 60 00:08:25,583 --> 00:08:30,083 ♪ Here I am ♪ 61 00:08:30,166 --> 00:08:34,625 {\an8}♪ I'll march my band out ♪ 62 00:08:35,291 --> 00:08:38,083 ♪ I'll beat my drum ♪ 63 00:08:38,916 --> 00:08:40,416 Have we still got jobs, then? 64 00:08:42,458 --> 00:08:44,000 Moody, stop begging! Come on. 65 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:46,166 {\an8}Come here. Moody! 66 00:08:47,416 --> 00:08:49,416 Never in my career 67 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:54,083 {\an8}have I felt BBC News is under as much threat as it is today. 68 00:08:55,041 --> 00:08:57,708 It is our duty to respond. 69 00:08:58,583 --> 00:09:01,166 So it is with great sadness 70 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:04,833 that I have to announce... some job losses. 71 00:09:04,916 --> 00:09:07,916 We currently estimate these job cuts 72 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,625 to be in the region of 450. 73 00:09:09,708 --> 00:09:11,541 Here we go. Here we fucking go. 74 00:09:12,166 --> 00:09:14,125 I know it is an enormous number. 75 00:09:15,375 --> 00:09:17,875 {\an8}How to improve your news-gathering. 76 00:09:19,541 --> 00:09:21,416 Sack all the journalists. 77 00:09:24,916 --> 00:09:27,750 These cuts will be across all news departments. 78 00:09:28,583 --> 00:09:30,083 And across all shows. 79 00:09:32,125 --> 00:09:33,250 Thank you very much. 80 00:09:34,750 --> 00:09:37,166 {\an8}Okay. Uh, focus. 81 00:09:37,250 --> 00:09:39,916 {\an8}We've heard what she had to say, and unless I missed it, 82 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,208 she didn't say anything about not doing our show. 83 00:09:42,291 --> 00:09:44,875 - Well, that was bleak. - Manage to catch it? Did you? 84 00:09:44,958 --> 00:09:47,791 Nine hours and 13 minutes from now, 85 00:09:47,875 --> 00:09:49,833 we're on air. With what? 86 00:09:49,916 --> 00:09:53,291 Follow-up on British arms sold to the Saudis being used in Yemen. 87 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:56,458 Yeah, we've covered that. What's the hook? Why today? 88 00:09:57,541 --> 00:10:00,833 Brexit. Fifteen rounds with Farage. One-on-one with Emily. 89 00:10:00,916 --> 00:10:03,416 What would be our way in with Farage? Something new. 90 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:07,791 - Frictionless borders. - Gets my juices going every time. 91 00:10:07,875 --> 00:10:11,875 - I can get us Lupita for tonight. - The actress? Has she got a film out? 92 00:10:11,958 --> 00:10:14,458 No. She wants to talk colorism. She's got a lot to say. 93 00:10:14,541 --> 00:10:18,125 She's great. It's an exclusive. I think we should open with it. 94 00:10:18,208 --> 00:10:20,500 Perfect for the second half. Can't open with her. 95 00:10:20,583 --> 00:10:22,583 Agreed. They don't decide our running order. 96 00:10:22,666 --> 00:10:27,333 We opened with Emma Thompson on Weinstein. They saw that. That's why they want us. 97 00:10:27,416 --> 00:10:28,958 Weinstein was a news story that day. 98 00:10:29,041 --> 00:10:31,041 Lupita may well be great, but it isn't news. 99 00:10:31,125 --> 00:10:32,125 Second half. 100 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,166 So, Farage? Sam? Can you book him? 101 00:10:35,250 --> 00:10:37,875 If you want Farage, Freddy, then it's simple. 102 00:10:37,958 --> 00:10:40,583 You call up his PR. It's really not rocket science. 103 00:10:40,666 --> 00:10:41,750 He'll be straight over. 104 00:10:41,833 --> 00:10:43,625 That's your job. You're our booker. 105 00:10:43,708 --> 00:10:46,541 And you do know we've just announced a few hundred redundancies. 106 00:10:46,625 --> 00:10:47,833 Uh, okay, let's, uh... 107 00:10:47,916 --> 00:10:52,166 The way I keep my job... Freddy, is by booking the people we can't just call up. 108 00:10:52,250 --> 00:10:55,000 The ones other people can't just get. 109 00:10:55,083 --> 00:10:57,541 The job where you waltz in late, then spend the morning 110 00:10:57,625 --> 00:10:59,708 working out where to go for lunch with Piers Morgan? 111 00:10:59,791 --> 00:11:00,958 Last in, first out. 112 00:11:01,041 --> 00:11:04,041 - You were here at 6:00. On the pips. Yeah? - What? 113 00:11:04,125 --> 00:11:07,583 You know what that does? That puts us 16 hours behind the news cycle, 114 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:11,083 while I go out and find stories people actually care about. 115 00:11:17,791 --> 00:11:21,166 No, we love Lupita, and we desperately want her. 116 00:11:21,666 --> 00:11:24,041 We'd like to close with her and go huge on socials. 117 00:11:24,125 --> 00:11:27,125 You know, that's where this really cuts through. 118 00:11:31,833 --> 00:11:33,541 Okay, that's great. 119 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:34,916 Great! 120 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,916 Thanks, you're a superstar. Okay, bye. 121 00:12:23,583 --> 00:12:24,750 It's not about me. 122 00:12:27,166 --> 00:12:28,291 This is about 123 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:33,375 putting you wonderful young entrepreneurs 124 00:12:33,458 --> 00:12:34,500 together with you 125 00:12:35,041 --> 00:12:37,708 eh... slightly more mature investors. 126 00:12:39,875 --> 00:12:42,708 So that together with Pitch@Palace, 127 00:12:42,791 --> 00:12:45,625 we can make magic happen. 128 00:12:45,708 --> 00:12:48,958 Now, I know you're all desperate to get talking to them, 129 00:12:49,041 --> 00:12:51,958 and they're desperate to listen to your ideas 130 00:12:52,041 --> 00:12:54,166 and make them into a reality. 131 00:12:54,250 --> 00:12:56,958 So the best thing for me to do is to get out of the way 132 00:12:57,041 --> 00:12:58,541 and let you crack on. 133 00:12:59,791 --> 00:13:01,041 Before I do... 134 00:13:02,541 --> 00:13:03,458 Don't tell my mum. 135 00:13:16,541 --> 00:13:18,041 Maybe for the best no one came. 136 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,333 Ah, there we are. 137 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:26,416 All right, now say Pitch@Palace. 138 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,333 Pitch@Palace! 139 00:13:29,125 --> 00:13:30,750 Pitch@Palace! 140 00:13:31,916 --> 00:13:34,666 Uh... I'd like it to be fair. 141 00:13:35,208 --> 00:13:37,083 I mean, you don't mention Epstein 142 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:39,833 every time there's a story about Bill Clinton, do you? 143 00:13:39,916 --> 00:13:42,375 Bill Clinton isn't the Queen's favorite son. 144 00:13:43,041 --> 00:13:46,541 And if you had been here, then you would have seen for yourself 145 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:50,375 the... the wonderful job that... that he does with Pitch, 146 00:13:50,458 --> 00:13:52,791 encouraging young entrepreneurs. 147 00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:55,750 How young? These entrepreneurs? How young is young? 148 00:13:57,625 --> 00:13:58,750 Piss off, Nick. 149 00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:04,416 How do they get away with this? 150 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:08,875 That is why we have hired Jason. To manage this. 151 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,250 Time. 152 00:14:12,375 --> 00:14:15,916 - It takes time. - Time? That photograph is nine years old. 153 00:14:20,958 --> 00:14:22,083 - Sir, just... - No. 154 00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:25,541 - No quick fix to a story like this. - So you people keep telling me. 155 00:14:27,416 --> 00:14:29,708 And you are 100% right, 156 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,208 Your Royal Highness. 157 00:14:33,291 --> 00:14:34,458 About what? 158 00:14:36,625 --> 00:14:39,833 You've been dealing with this Epstein mess for nearly a decade. 159 00:14:40,416 --> 00:14:42,916 You haven't seen him in that time, correct? 160 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:45,333 Uh... No. No, um... 161 00:14:45,416 --> 00:14:46,833 No, absolutely. It was, um... 162 00:14:47,583 --> 00:14:50,250 Uh... December 2010. 163 00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:55,166 Then my instinct is... you haven't had the right strategy. 164 00:14:55,250 --> 00:14:58,750 Epstein, and the whole... Playboy Prince thing, 165 00:14:58,833 --> 00:15:01,125 should have been put to bed a long time ago. 166 00:15:02,458 --> 00:15:04,166 And I can make it go away. 167 00:15:05,416 --> 00:15:07,416 But you have to let me control it. 168 00:15:08,250 --> 00:15:09,250 Amanda? 169 00:15:11,458 --> 00:15:15,458 Well, uh, Jason knows the press. 170 00:15:15,541 --> 00:15:16,958 That's why we hired him. 171 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:18,041 Uh... 172 00:15:19,125 --> 00:15:20,500 I think he can help us. 173 00:15:26,791 --> 00:15:30,583 I've, uh, put together a list of friendly journalists. 174 00:15:30,666 --> 00:15:32,958 That's a... contradiction in terms, innit? 175 00:15:33,583 --> 00:15:37,041 Invite them here, one by one, for tea. 176 00:15:37,541 --> 00:15:39,583 They feel special. 177 00:15:39,666 --> 00:15:42,416 You get to know each other, all off the record, 178 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:45,750 and slowly they realize you're a decent human being, 179 00:15:45,833 --> 00:15:47,583 who is, by the way, 180 00:15:47,666 --> 00:15:50,250 prepared to acknowledge errors of judgment. 181 00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:54,833 Slowly. 182 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:58,333 It's always slowly. Always time. 183 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:00,833 I'm 60 next year. 184 00:16:01,958 --> 00:16:03,583 And my mother, well... 185 00:16:05,583 --> 00:16:07,375 none of us are getting any younger. 186 00:16:27,916 --> 00:16:29,458 Jason's list of journalists. 187 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:35,000 Mm... 188 00:16:35,083 --> 00:16:36,083 What? 189 00:16:37,083 --> 00:16:38,500 Well, this... 190 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:42,083 This list. This... strategy. 191 00:16:43,416 --> 00:16:44,916 We've been down this road before. 192 00:17:06,958 --> 00:17:08,500 - Hello? - Hello, Sam. 193 00:17:08,583 --> 00:17:10,625 It's Amanda Thirsk from the Duke of York's office. 194 00:17:10,708 --> 00:17:11,708 Hi. 195 00:17:12,208 --> 00:17:13,916 But we don't do red lines. 196 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,208 No questions off the table. 197 00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:19,291 - Maybe just think on it. - I'll get back to you. 198 00:17:19,375 --> 00:17:21,208 Great. Speak soon. 199 00:17:23,583 --> 00:17:26,291 - Anything good? - Not sure. The Palace. 200 00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:30,583 - Right, what have we got? - You know what I think? 201 00:17:30,666 --> 00:17:33,458 For intelligent analysis, we're the only place in town. 202 00:17:33,541 --> 00:17:34,375 Brexit again. 203 00:17:34,458 --> 00:17:37,375 Sam, didn't you have something? The Palace? 204 00:17:37,458 --> 00:17:39,708 Uh, not for tonight. But we have Lupita. 205 00:17:39,791 --> 00:17:41,750 Great. Which bit of the Palace? 206 00:17:42,625 --> 00:17:45,833 - Prince Andrew's private secretary. - Okay, what do they want? 207 00:17:45,916 --> 00:17:48,625 Pitch@Palace. It's like The Apprentice, 208 00:17:48,708 --> 00:17:51,875 only you get Prince Andrew instead of Donald Trump. 209 00:17:51,958 --> 00:17:54,291 - It's not on television... - Not Newsnight, is it? 210 00:17:54,375 --> 00:17:55,416 Do you know Andrew's PS? 211 00:17:56,250 --> 00:17:58,541 - No. - Did she reach out to you first? 212 00:18:00,291 --> 00:18:01,291 Yeah. 213 00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:04,291 Yeah. 214 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,041 Okay, everyone, keep looking, and let's talk again in an hour. 215 00:18:35,291 --> 00:18:36,666 I need a connect. 216 00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:40,666 Uh, Jae Donnelly. A pap. Based in New York. Do you know him? 217 00:18:43,666 --> 00:18:44,666 Great. 218 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,125 God... For Christ's sake. 219 00:18:47,833 --> 00:18:51,166 Farage isn't available. We need somebody else. 220 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:53,875 Maybe even he's bored with it by now. Give me a minute. 221 00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:55,500 - Who's on the phone? - Photographer. 222 00:18:55,583 --> 00:18:57,791 Working for who? Paparazzi? 223 00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:00,958 All your favorites, Freddy. The Sun. The Mail. 224 00:19:01,041 --> 00:19:02,125 For Christ's sake. 225 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:04,291 You know what? If we had half the instincts 226 00:19:04,375 --> 00:19:07,666 and a quarter of the contacts for the average tabloid pap, 227 00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:09,708 maybe we wouldn't be scrabbling around 228 00:19:09,791 --> 00:19:12,541 for new ways to have the same argument every night. 229 00:19:12,625 --> 00:19:15,125 So just, you know, leave it with me, yeah? 230 00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:16,416 Coming right up. 231 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,958 Someone... Someone for Emily to really tell off. 232 00:19:20,041 --> 00:19:23,166 - All the dinner parties in North London... - Sam. 233 00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:26,333 - ...say, "Did you see Newsnight last night? - Sam. 234 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:31,458 "Wasn't it amazing how Emily Maitlis said all the great things we all agree with?" 235 00:19:31,541 --> 00:19:36,333 We're mistaking talking to ourselves for news, Freddy, and it's killing us. 236 00:19:43,041 --> 00:19:44,541 - Stewart. - Mm? 237 00:19:44,625 --> 00:19:46,250 I'm heading down to the studio. 238 00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:54,416 Come! Moody! 239 00:19:57,041 --> 00:20:01,125 I behave like that... insulting people in front of the entire office, 240 00:20:02,416 --> 00:20:04,750 I mean, am I still here? Do I still have a job? 241 00:20:16,416 --> 00:20:18,416 We have an issue 242 00:20:19,416 --> 00:20:20,416 with Sam. 243 00:20:21,041 --> 00:20:22,208 We? Who's we? 244 00:20:22,291 --> 00:20:24,750 Well, I do, 245 00:20:24,833 --> 00:20:27,416 Freddy, and now possibly Emily. 246 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,458 I'm not a snob, but she's very Daily Mail. 247 00:20:30,541 --> 00:20:33,166 I'm not saying we can't cope with different opinions, 248 00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:34,250 but she is... 249 00:20:35,041 --> 00:20:36,958 she's too defensive. 250 00:20:45,125 --> 00:20:46,708 Put the lights up a touch. 251 00:20:47,708 --> 00:20:49,000 It's too cold. 252 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:52,333 I didn't say "turn back down." 253 00:20:52,416 --> 00:20:55,416 Sure, but this is the correct set level for broadcast. 254 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:57,458 I'm aware of that. Back up. 255 00:20:58,041 --> 00:20:59,375 Thanks for coming, Sam. 256 00:21:00,041 --> 00:21:01,875 That level but warmer. 257 00:21:01,958 --> 00:21:03,416 All right, okay. 258 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,541 I'll just have to switch some things around. 259 00:21:07,125 --> 00:21:09,375 You understand the pressure we're under? 260 00:21:09,458 --> 00:21:12,041 All of us. I've got enough fights on my hands 261 00:21:12,125 --> 00:21:13,750 without having them in my own team. 262 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:15,166 Maybe you should speak with... 263 00:21:15,250 --> 00:21:18,958 I am speaking to them, and I'm saying to them the same thing I'm saying to you. 264 00:21:20,291 --> 00:21:22,375 - Help me out. - What about something like that? 265 00:21:22,458 --> 00:21:24,458 Warmer, much warmer. 266 00:21:25,916 --> 00:21:28,416 I'm trying to make changes. I want a broader audience. 267 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:32,000 That's how we survive. I've no interest in echo chambers. 268 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,416 I want different voices. I want tension. 269 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:35,583 And passion. 270 00:21:41,875 --> 00:21:43,958 - Look, Emily, I'm sorry. - No, you're not. 271 00:21:45,416 --> 00:21:46,666 You meant every word. 272 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:48,541 Not every word. 273 00:21:49,166 --> 00:21:51,583 Don't think I don't know what people think about me. 274 00:21:51,666 --> 00:21:53,958 The point is, if we're at each other's throats, 275 00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:55,833 then none of this is going to work. 276 00:21:56,875 --> 00:21:58,333 So what are we saying? 277 00:21:58,958 --> 00:22:00,166 No, warmer. 278 00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:02,083 Okay, stop there. 279 00:22:02,833 --> 00:22:04,500 - I like it. - Great. 280 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,333 Okay, understood. Anything else? 281 00:22:08,375 --> 00:22:10,166 - I... - Three women and a whippet. 282 00:22:10,666 --> 00:22:13,625 You wouldn't have seen that in a BBC studio when I started. 283 00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:29,375 - Oh my God, n... - Oh my God, that is... 284 00:22:29,458 --> 00:22:31,541 - No, no, no, no, no! - No, no, no, no! 285 00:22:32,583 --> 00:22:34,375 I told you! 286 00:22:38,041 --> 00:22:39,041 Oh. 287 00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:45,750 Sorry about the noise. I'm working. I might have to go without saying goodbye. 288 00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:48,375 Thanks for calling me back. Anything good? 289 00:22:49,416 --> 00:22:52,208 A Kardashian launching a new pair of knickers. 290 00:22:53,208 --> 00:22:54,208 Gotta pay the bills. 291 00:22:54,291 --> 00:22:56,208 All right, check your messages. 292 00:22:57,708 --> 00:23:00,833 Some photos of girls I've taken over the years at Epstein's. 293 00:23:01,541 --> 00:23:04,333 They are in there about an hour each. 294 00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:05,708 They look very young. 295 00:23:15,833 --> 00:23:18,500 They come from an apartment block on 66th Street 296 00:23:18,583 --> 00:23:21,000 owned by Epstein's brother, rented by Jeffrey. 297 00:23:22,166 --> 00:23:25,791 It's a warehouse of girls. 298 00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:28,541 He calls them his "nubiles." 299 00:23:29,958 --> 00:23:31,250 This is still happening? 300 00:23:31,333 --> 00:23:32,416 It's industrial, Sam. 301 00:23:33,958 --> 00:23:35,708 I've been in New York for years. 302 00:23:35,791 --> 00:23:39,166 All I have to do is spend 24 hours outside of that place, 303 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:40,750 and you see them come and go. 304 00:23:40,833 --> 00:23:42,458 How do we not know about this? 305 00:23:42,541 --> 00:23:44,791 Because it's young girls no one cares about 306 00:23:44,875 --> 00:23:46,333 going in and out of a house. 307 00:23:47,375 --> 00:23:48,375 And he's rich. 308 00:23:49,541 --> 00:23:53,375 You know, he went to jail. Now he's out. Frankly, hardly anyone gives a shit. 309 00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:56,541 And Andrew, is he in there often? 310 00:23:56,625 --> 00:23:58,791 - Oh, back in the day, sure. - Any proof? 311 00:23:58,875 --> 00:24:01,083 Of Andrew actually at Epstein's? 312 00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:02,833 Other than the park picture? 313 00:24:02,916 --> 00:24:04,041 Uh... no. 314 00:24:05,125 --> 00:24:06,125 No, they're careful. 315 00:24:07,375 --> 00:24:09,083 But I can promise you he was there. 316 00:24:09,583 --> 00:24:12,250 You know about Ghislaine Maxwell, right? 317 00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:14,166 - Andrew's friend? - No. 318 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:17,666 Well, you should. I've gotta go. Ghislaine. Look her up. I'll be in touch. 319 00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:18,750 Thanks. 320 00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:26,875 - Guys. - What? 321 00:24:26,958 --> 00:24:29,291 - Look at this. - Let me see. 322 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,208 Sam. Leave him a minute. 323 00:25:06,083 --> 00:25:07,791 - A what? - Writing a poem. 324 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:09,083 Lucas? 325 00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:25,250 So who is she? 326 00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:28,333 I'm not in her class. 327 00:25:30,541 --> 00:25:35,083 Listen, I... I know I'm your mum, and I'm biased and everything, 328 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:37,958 but you're very handsome, so you shouldn't... 329 00:25:38,041 --> 00:25:40,791 No. Oh my. I mean my actual class. 330 00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:42,875 - She's in the year above. - Oh. 331 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,875 Well, I like your ambition. 332 00:25:44,958 --> 00:25:47,500 - Chili sauce, yeah? The usual? - Yes, please. 333 00:25:48,125 --> 00:25:50,333 You want a tip? How to talk to girls? 334 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:52,291 - Do I have a choice? - Not really, no. 335 00:25:52,375 --> 00:25:54,833 You listen. Most people want to talk. 336 00:25:54,916 --> 00:25:57,583 But most people are terrible at listening. 337 00:25:57,666 --> 00:25:58,583 Mm. 338 00:26:01,125 --> 00:26:05,666 But you promised the British people there wouldn't be an issue. 339 00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:07,916 {\an8}And at the time, I followed that through... 340 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,291 {\an8}- Were you wrong at the time? - I don't accept that. 341 00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:13,958 Well, you were either wrong or making a promise you couldn't keep. 342 00:26:14,041 --> 00:26:15,041 Which is it? 343 00:26:15,916 --> 00:26:19,708 You described yourself as a man of principle. 344 00:26:20,208 --> 00:26:25,000 You also guaranteed voters that border checks between the UK and EU 345 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:26,791 would be unaffected by Brex... 346 00:27:07,541 --> 00:27:09,750 Hi, this is Jae Donnelly. Leave a message. 347 00:27:10,458 --> 00:27:13,041 Hi, Jae. It's Sam. 348 00:27:13,125 --> 00:27:16,541 Uh... this photo of... Andrew 349 00:27:16,625 --> 00:27:18,958 with Ghislaine Maxwell in London 350 00:27:19,041 --> 00:27:22,375 and a girl, 17 at the time... 351 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:26,875 Uh, 2001. Virginia Roberts. Do you know anything about it? 352 00:27:26,958 --> 00:27:30,541 Um... Give me a call when you get this. Thanks. 353 00:28:00,125 --> 00:28:01,541 Bloody hell. 354 00:28:02,041 --> 00:28:03,333 I want a selfie. 355 00:28:03,416 --> 00:28:04,791 Okay. Okay. 356 00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:05,916 And a spoon. 357 00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:09,083 Okay, bye. 358 00:28:09,166 --> 00:28:11,083 - Don't tell me. - What? 359 00:28:11,958 --> 00:28:13,208 Is it Phil the Greek? 360 00:28:14,458 --> 00:28:15,500 Jugface? 361 00:28:15,583 --> 00:28:16,625 I can't say. 362 00:28:16,708 --> 00:28:19,083 It can't be Her Majesty. Her flag's not up. 363 00:28:21,125 --> 00:28:24,041 Well, just as long as it's not that Randy fucking Andy. 364 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:31,375 Here we go. 365 00:28:33,625 --> 00:28:34,666 Whew! 366 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:36,583 Thanks. 367 00:28:40,458 --> 00:28:42,000 - Hello. Morning. - Morning. 368 00:28:42,791 --> 00:28:43,791 Yeah. 369 00:28:44,708 --> 00:28:46,041 - Okay. - Thank you. 370 00:28:48,208 --> 00:28:50,291 Follow the path. They'll let you in at the top. 371 00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:51,666 Okay, great. Thanks. 372 00:29:12,875 --> 00:29:14,125 Good afternoon. 373 00:29:44,708 --> 00:29:46,791 Earl Grey or chamomile? 374 00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,333 We lose a fair few. 375 00:29:55,416 --> 00:29:56,750 Teaspoons. 376 00:29:56,833 --> 00:29:58,041 They just seem to 377 00:29:59,333 --> 00:30:00,333 go. 378 00:30:02,083 --> 00:30:04,125 It's seen as a good thing. 379 00:30:04,208 --> 00:30:07,583 - It means everybody wants a part of us. - Us? 380 00:30:08,166 --> 00:30:11,583 Well, I've been here for a long time. 381 00:30:11,666 --> 00:30:16,500 It's like family. The day we don't need to budget for extra teaspoons... 382 00:30:17,333 --> 00:30:20,041 And... would he be prepared to talk about that? 383 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:24,291 The theft of teaspoons from Buckingham Palace? 384 00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:28,375 The future of the monarchy. What it will mean when the Queen dies. 385 00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:31,166 We don't talk about that. 386 00:30:31,250 --> 00:30:34,000 Too painful? For a favorite son? 387 00:30:37,791 --> 00:30:40,000 One thing about Her Majesty, 388 00:30:40,083 --> 00:30:43,500 she is a very good judge of character. 389 00:30:45,375 --> 00:30:46,375 Mm. 390 00:30:47,916 --> 00:30:49,791 So... what's she like? 391 00:30:50,541 --> 00:30:51,708 - Who? - Emily. 392 00:30:51,791 --> 00:30:54,875 Oh, well, she runs... 393 00:30:54,958 --> 00:30:57,458 She swims, she interviews. 394 00:30:57,541 --> 00:31:00,625 Nobody's ever seen her eat. She's Superwoman. 395 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:04,125 - And the Bic. - Harry Potter has his wand. 396 00:31:04,208 --> 00:31:06,458 Emily Maitlis has her Bic. 397 00:31:08,708 --> 00:31:11,875 And Andrew? How's his judge of character? 398 00:31:14,791 --> 00:31:18,625 He's a... a very loyal friend. 399 00:31:19,583 --> 00:31:22,000 Too loyal for his own good sometimes. 400 00:31:23,416 --> 00:31:24,583 Ghislaine Maxwell. 401 00:31:26,583 --> 00:31:28,750 - She was a good friend, yes. - Mm-hmm. 402 00:31:31,833 --> 00:31:33,166 Straight to the point. 403 00:31:33,250 --> 00:31:34,791 There was some small talk, 404 00:31:35,458 --> 00:31:39,583 but we're both busy women, and we both know why we're here, Amanda. 405 00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:46,333 Do you want to get a real drink? 406 00:31:52,666 --> 00:31:53,666 Amanda? 407 00:31:58,833 --> 00:31:59,833 Amanda? 408 00:32:00,250 --> 00:32:01,583 Uh... she's out. 409 00:32:02,083 --> 00:32:03,791 With Sam McAlister. 410 00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:07,333 Who? 411 00:32:10,291 --> 00:32:12,833 What do you think you know about me, Sam? 412 00:32:15,375 --> 00:32:16,833 I know you come from banking. 413 00:32:17,666 --> 00:32:18,708 A single mum. 414 00:32:20,083 --> 00:32:23,833 I know that you've been doing this job for seven years, 415 00:32:23,916 --> 00:32:26,416 and you have a problem that won't go away. 416 00:32:27,125 --> 00:32:28,791 And I know that you're here 417 00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:31,791 and Jason Stein isn't. 418 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:33,833 So? 419 00:32:33,916 --> 00:32:37,208 So maybe it's you who wants to do things differently. 420 00:32:38,458 --> 00:32:40,833 Or we're just looking at options. 421 00:32:41,625 --> 00:32:44,000 Or that. 422 00:32:44,083 --> 00:32:46,125 Oh... 423 00:32:46,208 --> 00:32:47,583 Uh... 424 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:49,500 Sorry, it's Andrew. He needs me. 425 00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:52,833 Um, I'm only trying to be honest with you, Amanda. 426 00:32:52,916 --> 00:32:53,916 I always am. 427 00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:57,083 And you know it can't just be Pitch. 428 00:32:57,166 --> 00:33:02,000 And like I said before, you wouldn't be here talking to Newsnight 429 00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:03,916 if you didn't already know that. 430 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:07,541 But I'm not talking to Newsnight, Sam. 431 00:33:08,208 --> 00:33:09,375 I'm talking to you. 432 00:33:10,250 --> 00:33:11,916 And there is a red line. 433 00:33:14,583 --> 00:33:15,916 Thank you for meeting. 434 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:25,750 You'll like this too. This is moments 435 00:33:25,833 --> 00:33:29,625 after I've just narrowly been missed by inches by an Exocet missile. 436 00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:31,000 And as soon as it came, I'd... 437 00:33:31,083 --> 00:33:34,125 Out of the way, and I'd come down. I'd do that two times a day. 438 00:33:34,208 --> 00:33:36,416 Must have been terrifying moments. 439 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:37,791 Oh, some of the worst. 440 00:33:38,958 --> 00:33:40,208 And some of the best. 441 00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:43,125 Those... Those... Those men, 442 00:33:43,208 --> 00:33:45,625 they... they-they really knew me, you know? 443 00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:48,208 Well, there's no hiding in war. 444 00:33:48,708 --> 00:33:50,500 From your shipmates. Um... 445 00:33:51,708 --> 00:33:52,708 From yourself. 446 00:33:53,250 --> 00:33:54,541 Do you ever miss it? 447 00:33:54,625 --> 00:33:55,625 What, war? 448 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,666 The Argies were a lot less trouble than your lot. 449 00:33:59,666 --> 00:34:02,375 Come on. Let's go for it. Let's do the tour. 450 00:34:04,958 --> 00:34:07,375 Newsnight? Newsnight?! 451 00:34:08,041 --> 00:34:09,291 You saw that. 452 00:34:09,375 --> 00:34:12,791 Can't... Can't you see how good he is with people? 453 00:34:12,875 --> 00:34:15,208 How they like him when they spend time with him? 454 00:34:15,291 --> 00:34:18,041 - That's the plan, Amanda. - Look, it's called charm. 455 00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:20,958 Jason, you have to be in the room with it to feel it. 456 00:34:21,875 --> 00:34:22,708 Television? 457 00:34:22,791 --> 00:34:24,833 Look, it was just a meeting. 458 00:34:24,916 --> 00:34:27,291 A meeting you shouldn't have taken. 459 00:34:27,375 --> 00:34:28,750 Especially without me. 460 00:34:29,666 --> 00:34:30,708 This is my job. 461 00:34:33,833 --> 00:34:35,375 No, not now, Freddy. 462 00:34:35,458 --> 00:34:39,333 - Did the liquid lunch go on the BBC tab? - I was so close. 463 00:34:39,416 --> 00:34:44,125 Really? Think you have special powers over a big beast like Buckingham Palace Comms? 464 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,833 It was just the two of us. Nobody else. 465 00:34:46,916 --> 00:34:49,375 - And we were so close. - To what? 466 00:34:49,458 --> 00:34:53,000 An interview. This Epstein story isn't going away. 467 00:34:53,083 --> 00:34:57,375 Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's girlfriend, is one of Andrew's oldest friends. 468 00:34:57,458 --> 00:35:00,041 Then they're not gonna talk to us about it, are they? 469 00:35:00,125 --> 00:35:02,625 Sam, it's celebrity fluff, not Newsnight. 470 00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:05,541 It's not fluff. It's exactly what we should be doing. 471 00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:07,875 I'm sorry, but we don't have time for you to spend 472 00:35:07,958 --> 00:35:11,666 a whole day chasing a story that we're never gonna get. Not anymore. 473 00:35:12,708 --> 00:35:16,000 We're meant to be a team. Why do you think you're so special? 474 00:35:19,666 --> 00:35:20,833 This is the work. 475 00:35:21,333 --> 00:35:25,208 All right? Today was the work because this story is only going to get bigger. 476 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:28,500 And when it does, we don't wanna be the first people making the call. 477 00:35:28,583 --> 00:35:30,833 We wanna be the first people they call. And if I... 478 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:37,458 If I can't do my job the way it needs to be done, 479 00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:40,791 then I don't think I can do this anymore. 480 00:36:01,208 --> 00:36:02,541 Oh, Sammy. 481 00:36:36,291 --> 00:36:39,041 Please leave a message after the tone. 482 00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:42,916 Hi, Esme. It's Sam. 483 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,041 Um... 484 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,125 I was just calling... 485 00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:49,500 Uh, could you... 486 00:36:51,166 --> 00:36:55,500 Could you call me back when you get this? It's important. Thanks, bye. 487 00:36:56,416 --> 00:36:57,416 You all right? 488 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:05,291 D'you know, I spend half my time 489 00:37:05,375 --> 00:37:08,250 just absolutely terrified of getting sacked, 490 00:37:08,333 --> 00:37:10,750 and the rest of it wishing they'd get it over with. 491 00:37:11,791 --> 00:37:13,666 Why don't they see me as one of them? 492 00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:18,541 - Maybe there's somewhere easier. - I don't want it to be easy, Mum. I just... 493 00:37:21,416 --> 00:37:23,291 I just want it to matter. 494 00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:26,458 Lucas! 495 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,000 - Mmm... Night-night. - Night-night. Night-night. 496 00:37:31,208 --> 00:37:32,583 - Night, you. - Night. 497 00:37:34,541 --> 00:37:35,416 Hello. 498 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:38,125 I spoke to her. Freya. That's her name. 499 00:37:38,208 --> 00:37:41,458 Yeah. And what did she say? What did you say? 500 00:37:41,541 --> 00:37:43,166 Hello. 501 00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:44,250 What did she say? 502 00:37:44,291 --> 00:37:47,500 Well, I thought maybe she hadn't heard me. But she did. And... 503 00:37:47,583 --> 00:37:50,958 Yeah. Oh, one minute, darling. Wait. 504 00:37:51,041 --> 00:37:52,208 One second. Hang on. 505 00:37:54,875 --> 00:37:55,708 Jae? 506 00:37:55,791 --> 00:37:57,083 How was the Palace? 507 00:37:57,166 --> 00:37:59,291 I couldn't make it work. Epstein's a no-go. 508 00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:00,541 Well, not anymore. 509 00:38:01,125 --> 00:38:04,458 - What do you mean? - I'm at Teterboro. A private airfield. 510 00:38:04,541 --> 00:38:07,833 Our friend Jeffrey's plane is due to land in the next hour. 511 00:38:08,666 --> 00:38:10,125 And the FBI are waiting. 512 00:38:10,791 --> 00:38:12,666 Mum! Can you... 513 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:16,125 Can you stay one more hour with Lucas? That all right? 514 00:38:16,208 --> 00:38:18,875 - Yeah, of course. - I'll be back before he goes to bed. 515 00:38:19,375 --> 00:38:21,083 Take your time. See you later. 516 00:38:35,083 --> 00:38:36,083 Hello? 517 00:38:36,916 --> 00:38:38,041 You called me. 518 00:38:38,125 --> 00:38:39,666 You said it was important. 519 00:38:41,083 --> 00:38:44,541 Jeffrey Epstein is being arrested tonight. Sex trafficking. 520 00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:47,708 Esme? Are you there? 521 00:38:47,791 --> 00:38:49,291 So it's a news story now. 522 00:38:49,791 --> 00:38:52,166 Right, let's start pushing the Palace. 523 00:38:57,083 --> 00:38:57,958 Thanks. 524 00:39:04,125 --> 00:39:05,166 Whew! 525 00:39:16,041 --> 00:39:17,083 All right. 526 00:39:22,583 --> 00:39:24,458 Everything's changed. 527 00:39:25,041 --> 00:39:27,791 Any moment now, you are going to get a phone call. 528 00:39:27,875 --> 00:39:29,208 After that, a hundred more. 529 00:39:29,291 --> 00:39:32,458 We have a few hours, at best, before the tsunami hits. 530 00:39:32,541 --> 00:39:35,333 - I thought we could use it, both of us. - What has changed? 531 00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:38,250 The FBI are raiding Jeffrey Epstein's home any moment now. 532 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,916 This red line of yours isn't going to hold, Amanda. 533 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,708 You can't go "no comment" on being friends with a pedophile 534 00:39:46,791 --> 00:39:49,208 and expect everyone to love you, whoever you are. 535 00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:53,875 - How do I know I can trust you? - You don't. 536 00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:57,458 And you don't have to because I can give you an hour. 537 00:39:58,583 --> 00:40:01,416 Yeah? And then it's up to him. Not you. 538 00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,208 Not me. Him. 539 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,666 An hour of television can change everything. 540 00:40:15,583 --> 00:40:16,625 It's like magic. 541 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:23,375 US financier Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested today 542 00:40:23,458 --> 00:40:25,958 on federal sex trafficking charges. 543 00:40:26,541 --> 00:40:31,666 The disgraced billionaire has been accused of trafficking dozens of underage girls. 544 00:40:32,291 --> 00:40:35,333 He was previously convicted in 2008 545 00:40:35,416 --> 00:40:38,958 after pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution. 546 00:40:40,708 --> 00:40:41,916 How many times? 547 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,541 ...will no doubt focus on Mr. Epstein's friendship... 548 00:40:44,625 --> 00:40:46,125 How many times? 549 00:40:46,208 --> 00:40:48,875 ...the Duke of York, who previously claimed to have cut... 550 00:40:48,958 --> 00:40:49,791 I'm sorry. 551 00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:51,875 ...all ties with Epstein in 2010. 552 00:40:56,958 --> 00:41:00,166 Where does he go? Simple question, where does he go? 553 00:41:04,583 --> 00:41:05,583 A clue. 554 00:41:07,916 --> 00:41:09,000 He's a marsupial. 555 00:41:12,041 --> 00:41:14,333 Roo. As in Kanga. 556 00:41:16,750 --> 00:41:19,250 Put them together. What do you get? 557 00:41:22,125 --> 00:41:24,208 - Rookanga. - Oh, go away. 558 00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:27,541 Go away! 559 00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:46,083 They have acknowledged the duke's friendship with Mr. Epstein in the past. 560 00:41:46,166 --> 00:41:47,166 They state that... 561 00:41:47,250 --> 00:41:50,291 If the prime minister needs to get this message across to voters, 562 00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:53,541 you're going to need to send us someone people have actually heard of, 563 00:41:53,625 --> 00:41:57,958 who can form sentences using more than just single-syllable... words... 564 00:41:58,041 --> 00:41:59,541 ...now has the very latest news. 565 00:41:59,625 --> 00:42:02,208 The investigation surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's arrest 566 00:42:02,291 --> 00:42:04,708 {\an8}three weeks ago for child sex offenses 567 00:42:04,791 --> 00:42:09,291 {\an8}has today widened to include his friend Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, 568 00:42:09,375 --> 00:42:13,541 as previously suppressed documents from a case in 2015 come to light. 569 00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:19,416 Virginia Giuffre, 17 at the time of the allegations, 570 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:23,041 claims in newly released documents that she had sex with the Duke of York 571 00:42:23,125 --> 00:42:24,791 on three separate occasions. 572 00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:28,250 Twice in London, and once in Mr. Epstein's home in New York. 573 00:42:29,791 --> 00:42:32,666 While Buckingham Palace continue to deny 574 00:42:32,750 --> 00:42:35,916 {\an8}these latest allegations against the Duke of York, 575 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:40,083 {\an8}Virginia Giuffre told reporters outside a court in Manhattan... 576 00:42:41,083 --> 00:42:42,125 It's not true. 577 00:42:42,833 --> 00:42:44,750 I mean, none of it is true. 578 00:42:44,833 --> 00:42:47,375 ...the deepening crisis surrounding Andrew... 579 00:42:52,708 --> 00:42:55,000 The morning I went away to boarding school... 580 00:42:57,625 --> 00:42:58,958 Mummy combed my hair. 581 00:43:03,166 --> 00:43:05,916 It was one of those tortoiseshell combs. Remember those? 582 00:43:08,958 --> 00:43:11,666 I can feel it now, scraping across my head. 583 00:43:15,083 --> 00:43:16,666 It hurt, but I... 584 00:43:19,500 --> 00:43:21,250 But I didn't want it to stop. 585 00:43:26,250 --> 00:43:29,625 So Jason says... n-nothing changes. 586 00:43:29,708 --> 00:43:31,708 We... hold our nerve. 587 00:43:34,541 --> 00:43:35,958 Is that what you think? 588 00:43:38,791 --> 00:43:40,375 Let's see how it plays out. 589 00:43:56,625 --> 00:43:59,750 I'm supposed to be talking to Mummy about my 60th birthday. 590 00:44:03,625 --> 00:44:04,833 She's got big plans. 591 00:44:26,125 --> 00:44:28,458 Mr. Epstein, arrested just over a month ago, 592 00:44:28,541 --> 00:44:29,916 was found dead this morning 593 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,916 in his cell at the Metropolitan... 594 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,892 He once counted among his friends Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew... 595 00:44:34,916 --> 00:44:37,101 He was in cardiac arrest and pronounced dead... 596 00:44:37,125 --> 00:44:39,666 ...charged on trafficking dozens of girls for sex... 597 00:44:39,750 --> 00:44:42,601 - ...six underage victims... - ...involving underage girls... 598 00:44:42,625 --> 00:44:45,208 ...including Donald Trump, liked beautiful women... 599 00:44:45,291 --> 00:44:47,833 ...categorically denied by the royal family. 600 00:44:47,916 --> 00:44:52,458 All across the world, every paper, every show on every news channel, 601 00:44:52,541 --> 00:44:54,875 this is the story. The only story. 602 00:44:54,958 --> 00:44:56,125 - Morning. - Morning. 603 00:44:56,208 --> 00:44:57,791 Sam, I want it for us. 604 00:44:58,791 --> 00:44:59,875 For Newsnight. 605 00:44:59,958 --> 00:45:02,583 You got your foot in the door before anyone else. 606 00:45:09,583 --> 00:45:11,958 Amanda. Hi, it's Sam McAlister. 607 00:45:12,583 --> 00:45:13,625 Please call me. 608 00:45:14,916 --> 00:45:16,958 When you're ready to talk, we're here. 609 00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:43,000 Her Majesty combing your hair on your last morning at home... 610 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,000 Yes? 611 00:45:48,500 --> 00:45:53,000 You remembering it and talking about it... 612 00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:56,500 Yes? 613 00:45:58,041 --> 00:46:00,041 I think there's a reason for that. 614 00:46:03,625 --> 00:46:05,625 I think you want your future back. 615 00:46:07,833 --> 00:46:08,833 We both do. 616 00:46:13,416 --> 00:46:14,416 Let me help you. 617 00:46:17,166 --> 00:46:20,458 ...relationship with Epstein will persist. 618 00:46:21,041 --> 00:46:26,625 Now, of course, the duke, the Palace are desperate to move on from this issue, 619 00:46:26,708 --> 00:46:28,333 but with today's news, 620 00:46:28,416 --> 00:46:32,500 the prospect of that seems further away than ever. 621 00:46:33,375 --> 00:46:35,916 No commitments, no promises. 622 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,166 - But? - They've agreed to meet. 623 00:46:39,625 --> 00:46:43,375 Right. This stays in this room, just the four of us. 624 00:46:43,458 --> 00:46:46,541 If it leaks that we're even meeting, they could get spooked. 625 00:46:46,625 --> 00:46:49,333 Sam, whatever you need, it's yours. 626 00:46:49,416 --> 00:46:52,500 Actually, there was one thing. I think it will help a lot. 627 00:46:52,583 --> 00:46:53,583 Name it. 628 00:46:54,041 --> 00:46:55,208 Emily. 629 00:47:03,666 --> 00:47:06,500 I've never been smuggled into a palace before. 630 00:47:15,875 --> 00:47:17,166 Keep it light. 631 00:47:17,875 --> 00:47:19,791 - Mm. - We don't scare him off. 632 00:47:20,958 --> 00:47:22,125 We, uh... we play nice. 633 00:47:23,291 --> 00:47:24,291 Be respectful. 634 00:47:25,375 --> 00:47:26,916 Relax, I've got this. 635 00:47:28,125 --> 00:47:30,416 How difficult can it be talking to the Queen's son 636 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,000 about his friendship with a convicted sex offender? 637 00:47:34,166 --> 00:47:35,166 Good morning. 638 00:47:35,708 --> 00:47:36,833 Hello, everyone. 639 00:47:37,833 --> 00:47:40,250 I hope you don't mind, I brought someone along. 640 00:47:40,750 --> 00:47:42,916 - Hello. - You know my daughter Beatrice. 641 00:47:43,833 --> 00:47:44,833 Hello. 642 00:47:46,583 --> 00:47:50,125 I can't tell you what the questions will be 643 00:47:50,208 --> 00:47:53,125 because I don't know myself yet. 644 00:47:54,250 --> 00:47:55,916 But when I do know... 645 00:47:57,500 --> 00:47:58,583 I still won't tell you. 646 00:48:02,583 --> 00:48:04,791 But... they will be fair. 647 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,500 And no "gotchas," I promise. 648 00:48:11,041 --> 00:48:12,041 "Will be"? 649 00:48:13,958 --> 00:48:16,666 "Would be," I think you mean. 650 00:48:16,750 --> 00:48:18,583 Were we to agree to do this. 651 00:48:19,208 --> 00:48:20,541 And Pitch@Palace? 652 00:48:22,166 --> 00:48:24,875 We'll discuss that, of course. 653 00:48:25,583 --> 00:48:29,416 But... you know as well as I do, 654 00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:31,083 that's not why we're here. 655 00:48:33,250 --> 00:48:34,250 Epstein. 656 00:48:36,291 --> 00:48:37,875 This is about honesty. 657 00:48:39,458 --> 00:48:40,458 On both sides. 658 00:48:47,625 --> 00:48:51,333 If I do an interview, it will only be one. 659 00:48:52,208 --> 00:48:54,125 Uh, the question is, why you? 660 00:48:57,125 --> 00:49:00,625 - Stewart? - Well, um, Newsnight is forensic. 661 00:49:01,416 --> 00:49:04,375 Um, it's tough, but never sensational. And so is Emily. 662 00:49:04,958 --> 00:49:07,041 - And she's a woman. - And she's a woman. 663 00:49:07,875 --> 00:49:09,083 And she's here. 664 00:49:12,791 --> 00:49:14,375 Um... 665 00:49:15,833 --> 00:49:19,708 Look, in my position, 666 00:49:21,250 --> 00:49:24,416 with everything that's been, um... said, 667 00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:27,125 and with the world as it is now, I... 668 00:49:28,416 --> 00:49:31,958 It's hard to imagine how I can turn it around. Frankly. I mean... 669 00:49:32,041 --> 00:49:36,125 I... I have a lot of people telling me it's a mistake even being in this room. 670 00:49:36,958 --> 00:49:38,583 And yet here you are. 671 00:49:39,666 --> 00:49:41,416 And I can promise you one thing. 672 00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:44,833 You can't turn it around by staying silent. 673 00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:49,208 You know how people see you, don't you? 674 00:49:52,208 --> 00:49:55,208 Why don't you... spell it out? 675 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,125 Randy Andy. 676 00:50:04,625 --> 00:50:06,291 Air Miles Andy. 677 00:50:06,375 --> 00:50:08,833 This is sex, and girls, 678 00:50:08,916 --> 00:50:12,500 and planes and private islands and money. 679 00:50:12,583 --> 00:50:15,666 And, with respect, the public see these stories, 680 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:18,000 and they think, "Yep, I can believe that." 681 00:50:19,666 --> 00:50:22,333 This isn't bad for your brand. 682 00:50:23,291 --> 00:50:25,750 This is your brand. 683 00:50:30,666 --> 00:50:31,708 "With respect"? 684 00:50:38,250 --> 00:50:39,250 Well... 685 00:50:39,625 --> 00:50:41,791 Sort of got a point. 686 00:50:41,875 --> 00:50:43,125 Listen, I get it. 687 00:50:43,208 --> 00:50:47,750 "Never complain, never explain." But I'm afraid those days are over. 688 00:50:47,833 --> 00:50:50,375 Yes, everyone has a voice now. 689 00:50:50,458 --> 00:50:52,458 Social media. Facebook. 690 00:50:52,541 --> 00:50:54,750 Twitter. Everyone's having their say, 691 00:50:55,625 --> 00:50:57,291 and what they're saying about you 692 00:50:58,208 --> 00:51:03,166 is a lot... stronger than anything I just said. 693 00:51:06,166 --> 00:51:09,833 - Have you seen Twitter? - No, I don't, uh, pay attention to that. 694 00:51:09,916 --> 00:51:10,916 I do. 695 00:51:12,208 --> 00:51:13,958 A lot worse than what she said. 696 00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:20,708 So I'm just saying that's the story, 697 00:51:21,625 --> 00:51:23,208 and it doesn't change 698 00:51:23,291 --> 00:51:25,166 unless you change it, 699 00:51:25,250 --> 00:51:27,541 unless you tell us a different story. 700 00:51:30,666 --> 00:51:32,958 Your story. 701 00:51:33,958 --> 00:51:35,166 In your voice. 702 00:51:44,833 --> 00:51:45,833 Sam's right. 703 00:51:47,625 --> 00:51:48,625 I mean, 704 00:51:49,500 --> 00:51:52,208 I might not have said it quite so bluntly, but... 705 00:51:54,958 --> 00:51:56,291 Well... 706 00:51:56,375 --> 00:52:00,250 I don't understand why everyone's obsessed with my friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. 707 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:02,583 I knew Jimmy Savile so much better. 708 00:52:03,166 --> 00:52:05,625 Um... 709 00:52:06,458 --> 00:52:08,750 Thank you very much. Very nice to meet you. 710 00:52:08,833 --> 00:52:13,333 Um, should we pop up and say hello to Mummy before the Commonwealth banquet? 711 00:52:13,833 --> 00:52:14,875 Never ends, does it? 712 00:52:14,958 --> 00:52:17,583 Um, Amanda will be in touch, one way or another. 713 00:52:21,458 --> 00:52:24,333 - Her mummy or his mummy? - Fergie's not here. 714 00:52:24,416 --> 00:52:25,416 She's abroad. 715 00:52:26,583 --> 00:52:29,208 - So his mummy. - Okay, wow. Bloody hell. 716 00:52:30,416 --> 00:52:31,666 Mummy might block it. 717 00:52:32,291 --> 00:52:33,291 Yeah. 718 00:52:34,125 --> 00:52:35,208 Christ, I'm tired. 719 00:52:35,708 --> 00:52:37,500 Pretty punchy in there, Sammy. 720 00:52:38,166 --> 00:52:39,166 Nice work. 721 00:52:41,666 --> 00:52:43,041 Conditions, Amanda? 722 00:52:44,333 --> 00:52:46,375 You... You discussed conditions. 723 00:52:48,333 --> 00:52:51,333 I... I didn't agree to anything. 724 00:52:51,416 --> 00:52:53,625 It... It's not like that. 725 00:52:53,708 --> 00:52:54,833 Amanda. 726 00:52:55,833 --> 00:52:57,416 What conditions? 727 00:52:58,041 --> 00:53:04,041 The only thing that matters is that he is given the space to talk to us. 728 00:53:06,083 --> 00:53:07,166 "Us"? 729 00:53:08,416 --> 00:53:09,250 The nation. 730 00:53:09,333 --> 00:53:10,500 Oh my God. 731 00:53:14,083 --> 00:53:15,125 I can't do this. 732 00:53:17,458 --> 00:53:18,916 - Mm. - No. 733 00:53:20,541 --> 00:53:21,750 I'm out. 734 00:53:26,166 --> 00:53:27,166 I understand. 735 00:53:40,375 --> 00:53:42,958 If they agree, and if it happens, 736 00:53:43,041 --> 00:53:44,291 it's 60 minutes. 737 00:53:44,375 --> 00:53:46,875 "If it happens"? What could stop us? 738 00:53:46,958 --> 00:53:49,500 Something high up. This is the royal family and the BBC. 739 00:53:49,583 --> 00:53:52,750 People start talking about the national interest and make no mistake, 740 00:53:53,291 --> 00:53:57,583 if we get this, and we pull it off, it will be front page of every paper. 741 00:53:57,666 --> 00:53:59,958 But if we get it wrong, if we make mistakes, 742 00:54:00,041 --> 00:54:01,708 if we don't get the tone right, 743 00:54:02,208 --> 00:54:04,791 the story won't be him. It'll be us. 744 00:54:05,500 --> 00:54:06,500 No, it won't. 745 00:54:07,583 --> 00:54:08,625 It'll be me. 746 00:54:30,916 --> 00:54:32,541 She's always right, isn't she? 747 00:54:33,833 --> 00:54:34,833 Always. 748 00:54:38,250 --> 00:54:39,250 What did she say? 749 00:54:43,166 --> 00:54:44,750 She trusts my judgment. 750 00:55:01,750 --> 00:55:02,791 Great. 751 00:55:12,375 --> 00:55:13,875 Amanda Thirsk called. 752 00:55:14,666 --> 00:55:16,125 Thursday, 2:00 p.m. The Palace. 753 00:55:18,208 --> 00:55:19,208 We're on. 754 00:55:20,416 --> 00:55:23,333 Got 70 hours. Emily, you're spending them with me. 755 00:55:23,416 --> 00:55:26,791 Stewart, you're producing. Sam, anyone who needs you, gets you. 756 00:55:26,875 --> 00:55:28,041 Yes, is Fran there? 757 00:55:28,958 --> 00:55:30,500 Yes, extremely urgent. 758 00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:35,166 With the director-general? Which opera? 759 00:55:37,666 --> 00:55:38,791 When it's done, 760 00:55:38,875 --> 00:55:42,083 nobody sees the cut until the DG and I have seen it. 761 00:55:44,666 --> 00:55:46,166 Lovely to see you both. 762 00:55:52,083 --> 00:55:54,083 Tony's keeping his options open. 763 00:55:54,583 --> 00:55:57,166 Well, it's not over till the fat lady sings. 764 00:55:59,375 --> 00:56:01,416 So the question is, 765 00:56:01,916 --> 00:56:04,083 what are we looking for? 766 00:56:04,583 --> 00:56:06,708 A confession? 767 00:56:06,791 --> 00:56:08,916 String of denials? 768 00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:10,166 An apology? 769 00:56:10,250 --> 00:56:13,041 No way he's confessing unless he wants to go to jail, 770 00:56:13,125 --> 00:56:17,541 and we're not settling for an apology, so we go after him hard with the facts. 771 00:56:17,625 --> 00:56:20,458 - Fine. So where do we start? - Mm. 772 00:56:20,541 --> 00:56:24,916 July 15th, 2006. Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Harvey Weinstein 773 00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,750 are at Beatrice's Victorian-themed 18th birthday party. 774 00:56:27,833 --> 00:56:31,000 Epstein wore white with gold buttons and a chestful of medals. 775 00:56:31,500 --> 00:56:33,708 His Florida home had just been raided by police. 776 00:56:33,791 --> 00:56:36,041 Sorry, that's a lot to take in, in one go. 777 00:56:36,125 --> 00:56:37,875 July 15th, 2006, 778 00:56:37,958 --> 00:56:40,416 Epstein, Maxwell, and Harvey Weinstein 779 00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:43,791 are all at Beatrice's Victorian-themed 18th birthday party. 780 00:56:44,291 --> 00:56:47,833 Epstein wore white with gold buttons and a chestful of medals. 781 00:56:48,333 --> 00:56:50,500 His Florida home had just been raided by police. 782 00:56:50,583 --> 00:56:52,625 Sorry, that's a lot to take in, in one go. 783 00:56:54,791 --> 00:56:57,416 That is fantastic. Nowhere to hide. 784 00:56:58,416 --> 00:57:01,101 Andrew's tried to make it seem his friendship with Ghislaine 785 00:57:01,125 --> 00:57:03,625 was the main reason he spent time with Epstein. 786 00:57:04,125 --> 00:57:07,375 Problem is, it looks like she was absolutely complicit 787 00:57:07,458 --> 00:57:09,583 in so much of what Epstein was doing. 788 00:57:15,208 --> 00:57:18,750 This painting of Clinton... That's the Lewinsky dress. 789 00:57:18,833 --> 00:57:21,041 Yep. Epstein had it on his wall. 790 00:57:24,541 --> 00:57:28,458 There was a life-sized naked doll hanging from a chandelier. 791 00:57:29,166 --> 00:57:30,291 A massage room. 792 00:57:30,916 --> 00:57:32,583 Soap shaped like genitalia. 793 00:57:33,875 --> 00:57:36,625 You couldn't be anywhere near Epstein and not know. 794 00:57:40,208 --> 00:57:43,708 You know Lucas can stay here tonight if you have to work. 795 00:57:43,791 --> 00:57:46,166 No, it's fine. They don't need me anyway. 796 00:57:47,375 --> 00:57:48,958 I don't believe that for a second. 797 00:57:50,916 --> 00:57:52,708 Then why didn't they ask me to stay, Mum? 798 00:57:52,791 --> 00:57:56,166 I bring in the interview, and they still don't want me in the room. 799 00:57:56,250 --> 00:57:58,958 Sam, you know how this works. 800 00:57:59,875 --> 00:58:02,000 People like us, we don't wait to be asked. 801 00:58:02,083 --> 00:58:03,750 We do what we have to do. 802 00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,125 Did they ask you to go after Prince Andrew? 803 00:58:08,125 --> 00:58:10,583 - No. - No, they didn't. 804 00:58:10,666 --> 00:58:11,666 But you did. 805 00:58:12,250 --> 00:58:13,250 Remember that. 806 00:58:14,583 --> 00:58:16,333 And this interview, 807 00:58:17,708 --> 00:58:18,708 does it matter? 808 00:58:21,458 --> 00:58:22,750 Yeah, it matters. 809 00:58:23,833 --> 00:58:25,208 Well, there you go, then. 810 00:58:31,208 --> 00:58:32,833 Love you, Mum. 811 00:58:32,916 --> 00:58:34,583 I love you too, sweetheart. 812 00:59:24,875 --> 00:59:25,875 Hello. 813 00:59:26,500 --> 00:59:27,833 Sam. Uh... 814 00:59:29,666 --> 00:59:31,125 I hope it's not too early. 815 00:59:32,583 --> 00:59:36,916 And the 29th. And you've got, what, everything from the 17th of June? 816 00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:38,000 That's right. 817 00:59:38,083 --> 00:59:40,208 - Can you put those on a memory stick? - Yeah. 818 00:59:40,291 --> 00:59:41,291 Amanda called. 819 00:59:44,083 --> 00:59:45,500 Is she pulling the plug? 820 00:59:47,708 --> 00:59:48,875 South Drawing Room. 821 00:59:49,666 --> 00:59:52,291 Two chairs in the middle of the floor. Six feet apart. 822 00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:54,708 It's like a western. 823 00:59:55,500 --> 00:59:57,791 Like a gunfight in a western. 824 01:00:06,583 --> 01:00:07,958 - Right. - Huh. 825 01:00:08,708 --> 01:00:09,875 All set? 826 01:00:11,083 --> 01:00:12,083 Emily. 827 01:00:12,666 --> 01:00:13,666 What's wrong? 828 01:00:15,166 --> 01:00:17,625 What if he just apologizes? 829 01:00:17,708 --> 01:00:21,166 What if I lay out all the facts, 830 01:00:21,250 --> 01:00:25,625 he doesn't admit to anything, but he does say sorry? 831 01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:30,125 What if he's good, Esme? 832 01:00:30,208 --> 01:00:31,958 Then it'll be great television. 833 01:00:32,625 --> 01:00:34,333 Well, that's not why I'm doing it. 834 01:00:34,833 --> 01:00:36,208 Well, why are you doing it? 835 01:00:40,208 --> 01:00:41,208 Monica Lewinsky. 836 01:00:42,541 --> 01:00:46,125 I feel like I let women down by not asking Clinton about her. 837 01:00:46,208 --> 01:00:49,541 Sex with that woman was actually consensual. 838 01:00:49,625 --> 01:00:52,958 She was 21. He was the president of the United States. 839 01:00:53,666 --> 01:00:57,291 He got his life back. She got decades of vicious misogyny. 840 01:00:59,166 --> 01:01:00,000 You push. 841 01:01:00,083 --> 01:01:01,000 What? 842 01:01:01,083 --> 01:01:04,500 If he's good, if he's saying sorry for what these girls went through, 843 01:01:04,583 --> 01:01:08,458 then... lean in and ask him if he feels responsible as well as sorry. 844 01:01:08,541 --> 01:01:09,621 What if he says no? 845 01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:12,583 Push again, with the photograph. Show him the picture. Here. 846 01:01:15,041 --> 01:01:16,041 Here. 847 01:01:19,958 --> 01:01:22,916 But this photograph... is you. 848 01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:25,583 I don't believe I was ever there, 849 01:01:26,458 --> 01:01:29,458 that I ever even went upstairs in that house. 850 01:01:29,541 --> 01:01:32,833 Um... You don't recollect, Your Royal Highness. 851 01:01:33,583 --> 01:01:34,583 Yes, of course. 852 01:01:34,666 --> 01:01:36,750 So... it's a fake? 853 01:01:36,833 --> 01:01:38,208 As I say, 854 01:01:38,291 --> 01:01:41,958 I have no recollection of ever having been there 855 01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:44,625 or even meeting that woman. 856 01:01:44,708 --> 01:01:48,208 Ms. Roberts. Please don't ever say "that woman." 857 01:01:48,291 --> 01:01:49,125 Ever. 858 01:01:49,208 --> 01:01:51,750 - Oh, for heaven's sake. - I understand this is difficult. 859 01:01:51,833 --> 01:01:53,250 And, of course, 860 01:01:53,333 --> 01:01:56,583 you couldn't have been there on that date, correct? 861 01:01:58,291 --> 01:01:59,291 Hm. 862 01:01:59,833 --> 01:02:03,708 You have denied, many times, 863 01:02:03,791 --> 01:02:07,583 having even met Virginia Giuffre. 864 01:02:07,666 --> 01:02:12,625 You have denied her extremely serious allegations 865 01:02:12,708 --> 01:02:16,041 that she was forced to have sex with you 866 01:02:16,125 --> 01:02:19,833 when she was just 17 years old. 867 01:02:19,916 --> 01:02:22,250 Now, either this happened 868 01:02:23,625 --> 01:02:25,125 or she's lying. 869 01:02:25,208 --> 01:02:26,333 Which is it? 870 01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:31,958 Bingo. Brilliant. 871 01:02:32,958 --> 01:02:33,958 We got him. 872 01:02:45,375 --> 01:02:46,375 Sam. 873 01:02:48,083 --> 01:02:49,083 Tell me. 874 01:02:50,875 --> 01:02:51,875 Nothing. 875 01:02:52,416 --> 01:02:53,416 Tell me. 876 01:02:54,875 --> 01:02:56,583 I'm going in there. You're not. 877 01:02:56,666 --> 01:02:59,041 If you have something to say, I want to hear it. 878 01:03:01,458 --> 01:03:05,666 It's just we offered him... space and time. 879 01:03:06,625 --> 01:03:08,666 We offered him an interview. 880 01:03:10,416 --> 01:03:13,583 Men like that hate it when they're not heard. 881 01:03:13,666 --> 01:03:15,125 He'll want to be heard. 882 01:03:25,708 --> 01:03:29,750 So the really big question... is what do I wear? 883 01:03:30,791 --> 01:03:31,958 Black dress. 884 01:03:32,750 --> 01:03:34,541 Simple, elegant. 885 01:03:34,625 --> 01:03:35,750 Hepburn/Maitlis. 886 01:03:36,625 --> 01:03:37,666 My knees. 887 01:03:38,416 --> 01:03:39,958 You've got the best knees on TV. 888 01:03:40,041 --> 01:03:42,083 I don't want people looking at my knees. 889 01:03:42,166 --> 01:03:45,416 You don't want him looking at your knees. Actually, we do want him looking. 890 01:03:45,500 --> 01:03:47,458 That would be good TV. 891 01:03:52,250 --> 01:03:53,250 Emily? 892 01:03:55,875 --> 01:03:56,875 Go home. 893 01:03:57,500 --> 01:03:59,500 I want you raring to go in the morning. 894 01:04:07,458 --> 01:04:08,750 2006. 895 01:04:09,250 --> 01:04:13,125 Epstein was convicted of trafficking girls as young as 14. 896 01:04:13,750 --> 01:04:18,250 Yet you continued relations with him for another four years. 897 01:04:18,958 --> 01:04:20,333 And yet you... 898 01:04:20,416 --> 01:04:25,625 and yet you continued your friendship with him until 2010. 899 01:04:29,500 --> 01:04:31,833 And yet you continued... 900 01:04:32,333 --> 01:04:33,333 Moody! 901 01:04:54,166 --> 01:04:58,500 That's great. Yeah, just in this room. All right. Through there. 902 01:04:59,416 --> 01:05:00,958 Moody! 903 01:05:03,500 --> 01:05:05,375 - ID, please, miss. - Yeah, um... 904 01:05:07,750 --> 01:05:09,000 She's with me. 905 01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:10,500 Thanks! 906 01:05:12,625 --> 01:05:13,625 Thanks. 907 01:05:26,500 --> 01:05:28,833 You chase them, you'll never catch them. 908 01:05:29,458 --> 01:05:32,208 And then when they're ready to come, you won't be there. 909 01:05:39,125 --> 01:05:42,750 He might walk out. If Emily's doing to him what I think, it's a strong possibility. 910 01:05:42,833 --> 01:05:44,458 If he does, film it. 911 01:05:44,541 --> 01:05:47,750 - Whatever he does, do not stop filming. - Stewart. 912 01:05:49,208 --> 01:05:50,458 - Right. - Um... 913 01:05:54,458 --> 01:05:55,666 Your Royal Highness. 914 01:06:23,708 --> 01:06:25,000 Sure about this? 915 01:06:26,208 --> 01:06:27,250 Little bit, um... 916 01:06:28,125 --> 01:06:30,250 A bit of powder, Your Royal Highness? 917 01:06:30,333 --> 01:06:31,875 - Sure. What's your name? - Cat. 918 01:06:31,958 --> 01:06:33,375 - Okay? First question. - Yeah. 919 01:06:33,458 --> 01:06:37,000 I want it to set the tone. Straight in. "Jeffrey Epstein was a child abuser." 920 01:06:37,083 --> 01:06:40,041 "You knew that when you went to stay with him, didn't you?" 921 01:06:40,125 --> 01:06:42,875 Only one answer to that. Already he's got nowhere to go. 922 01:06:42,958 --> 01:06:45,625 No, this needs to be on the other side. 923 01:06:45,708 --> 01:06:48,625 It's going through the opposite edge of the chair. 924 01:06:48,708 --> 01:06:50,458 That way, it won't stick out. 925 01:06:51,208 --> 01:06:52,375 - Oh God. - No, wait. 926 01:06:53,791 --> 01:06:56,458 Let him be. We want him to be comfortable. 927 01:07:00,750 --> 01:07:01,750 Trousers. 928 01:07:24,375 --> 01:07:25,666 Just, uh... 929 01:07:27,541 --> 01:07:30,083 Just... be yourself. 930 01:07:41,166 --> 01:07:42,458 That's not great. 931 01:07:42,958 --> 01:07:46,333 Donal McCabe. He's from the Queen's press office. 932 01:07:46,416 --> 01:07:48,416 We didn't agree to that, did we? 933 01:07:48,916 --> 01:07:50,041 With the Queen? 934 01:07:50,833 --> 01:07:53,166 No. But by all means, take it up with her. 935 01:07:59,416 --> 01:08:00,500 Sound speed. 936 01:08:07,833 --> 01:08:08,833 Set. 937 01:08:10,125 --> 01:08:11,625 Your Royal Highness. 938 01:08:12,666 --> 01:08:15,583 We've come to Buckingham Palace 939 01:08:15,666 --> 01:08:19,416 in highly unusual circumstances. 940 01:08:20,291 --> 01:08:22,250 Normally, we'd be discussing your work... 941 01:08:22,333 --> 01:08:23,583 - Mm. - ...your duty. 942 01:08:23,666 --> 01:08:24,833 We'll come on to that. 943 01:08:25,375 --> 01:08:26,375 But today, 944 01:08:27,125 --> 01:08:30,250 you've chosen to speak out for the first time. 945 01:08:31,125 --> 01:08:34,375 Why have you decided to talk now? 946 01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:41,375 Because there is no good time 947 01:08:41,958 --> 01:08:45,541 to talk about, um... Mr. Epstein 948 01:08:45,625 --> 01:08:48,125 and all things associated. 949 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,250 And we've been talking to Newsnight for some time 950 01:08:52,333 --> 01:08:56,500 about, um, doing something around the work that I was doing. 951 01:08:56,583 --> 01:08:58,750 And unfortunately, we've just not been able 952 01:08:58,833 --> 01:09:03,333 to fit into either your schedule or my schedule until now... now. 953 01:09:03,416 --> 01:09:08,583 Actually, it's a very good opportunity. I'm delighted to be able to see you today. 954 01:09:09,541 --> 01:09:10,583 As you say, 955 01:09:11,875 --> 01:09:15,500 it all goes back to your friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. 956 01:09:15,583 --> 01:09:16,625 Hmm. 957 01:09:17,583 --> 01:09:20,333 How did you first become friends? 958 01:09:20,416 --> 01:09:21,750 How did you meet? 959 01:09:21,833 --> 01:09:25,500 Well, I met through his girlfriend. 960 01:09:25,583 --> 01:09:26,416 Um... 961 01:09:26,500 --> 01:09:27,958 Back in 1999. 962 01:09:28,041 --> 01:09:30,666 It's too open. It's too easy. 963 01:09:30,750 --> 01:09:33,375 I'd known Ghislaine since university. In the UK. 964 01:09:34,041 --> 01:09:37,500 And, um, I didn't spend much time... 965 01:09:38,916 --> 01:09:43,958 I suppose I saw him once or twice a year, perhaps maximum three times a year, 966 01:09:44,041 --> 01:09:50,083 and... quite often, um, if I was in the United States and doing things, 967 01:09:50,166 --> 01:09:52,541 and he wasn't there, he'd say, 968 01:09:53,041 --> 01:09:56,000 "Why don't you come and use my houses?" 969 01:09:56,083 --> 01:09:58,166 And I said, "Thank you very much indeed." 970 01:09:58,250 --> 01:10:04,250 But it would be... a considerable stretch to say that we were very close friends. 971 01:10:04,333 --> 01:10:06,833 But he had the most extraordinary ability 972 01:10:06,916 --> 01:10:11,583 to, um... to bring... extraordinary people together. 973 01:10:11,666 --> 01:10:14,041 And that's the bit that I remember. 974 01:10:14,125 --> 01:10:17,541 It's going to dinner parties where you would meet... 975 01:10:17,625 --> 01:10:18,500 What's she doing? 976 01:10:18,583 --> 01:10:20,833 ...academics, politicians... 977 01:10:20,916 --> 01:10:22,625 She's letting him talk. 978 01:10:22,708 --> 01:10:26,000 It was a cosmopolitan group of what I would call... 979 01:10:26,083 --> 01:10:27,416 Did you trust him? 980 01:10:30,375 --> 01:10:31,416 Um... 981 01:10:31,500 --> 01:10:33,125 Yes, I think I probably did, 982 01:10:33,208 --> 01:10:34,750 but, um... 983 01:10:36,250 --> 01:10:40,625 Obviously, I don't go into... um, a friendship 984 01:10:41,166 --> 01:10:45,375 looking for the... the wrong thing, if you understand what I mean. 985 01:10:45,458 --> 01:10:47,458 I... I'm an engaging person. 986 01:10:47,541 --> 01:10:50,000 I want to be able to engage. 987 01:10:50,083 --> 01:10:53,916 Am I right in thinking you threw a birthday party 988 01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:58,916 for Epstein's girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, at Sandringham? 989 01:10:59,583 --> 01:11:02,500 No, it was a shooting weekend. 990 01:11:02,583 --> 01:11:03,583 A shooting weekend? 991 01:11:03,666 --> 01:11:06,916 Yes, just a straightforward... straightforward shooting weekend. 992 01:11:08,708 --> 01:11:14,166 But during these times that he was a guest at Windsor Castle, 993 01:11:14,250 --> 01:11:16,666 at Sandringham, this shooting weekend... 994 01:11:16,750 --> 01:11:17,750 Yep. 995 01:11:17,833 --> 01:11:21,583 We now know... that he had been 996 01:11:22,125 --> 01:11:26,416 procuring young girls... for sex trafficking. 997 01:11:32,250 --> 01:11:34,541 We now know that. 998 01:11:36,041 --> 01:11:37,208 At the time, 999 01:11:38,125 --> 01:11:40,125 there was no indication, 1000 01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:44,583 to me... or anybody else, 1001 01:11:44,666 --> 01:11:47,833 that that's what he was doing. 1002 01:11:48,708 --> 01:11:50,958 Absolutely no indication. 1003 01:11:52,416 --> 01:11:54,125 Flight logs for Epstein's jet. 1004 01:11:54,208 --> 01:11:56,541 The, uh, quote "Lolita Express." 1005 01:11:57,458 --> 01:12:00,333 PA, Prince Andrew, is a frequent flyer. 1006 01:12:00,416 --> 01:12:01,958 So is BC, Bill, 1007 01:12:02,041 --> 01:12:03,833 and GM, Ghislaine Maxwell. 1008 01:12:04,458 --> 01:12:07,375 Princes, presidents, and females. 1009 01:12:08,541 --> 01:12:09,875 The girls don't get named. 1010 01:12:11,125 --> 01:12:14,625 Just so our ducks are in a row when all of Fleet Street comes knocking. 1011 01:12:16,125 --> 01:12:19,708 Just for the record, you've been on his private plane. 1012 01:12:20,375 --> 01:12:21,375 Yes. 1013 01:12:21,708 --> 01:12:24,750 You've been to stay on his private island. 1014 01:12:25,250 --> 01:12:26,250 Yes. 1015 01:12:26,583 --> 01:12:29,750 You've stayed at his home in Palm Beach. 1016 01:12:30,291 --> 01:12:31,125 Yes. 1017 01:12:31,208 --> 01:12:34,708 So, in 2006, in May, 1018 01:12:35,500 --> 01:12:38,875 an arrest warrant was issued for Epstein 1019 01:12:38,958 --> 01:12:41,750 for sexual assault of a minor. 1020 01:12:41,833 --> 01:12:42,833 Yes. 1021 01:12:42,916 --> 01:12:47,458 He was released in July of 2010. 1022 01:12:47,541 --> 01:12:48,916 And within months, 1023 01:12:49,541 --> 01:12:52,541 you went to stay with him at his New York mansion. 1024 01:12:56,041 --> 01:12:57,041 Why? 1025 01:12:57,708 --> 01:13:01,750 Why were you staying with a convicted sex offender? 1026 01:13:04,791 --> 01:13:09,791 Now, I went to see him with the sole purpose of saying to him 1027 01:13:09,875 --> 01:13:14,625 that because he had been convicted, 1028 01:13:15,416 --> 01:13:20,500 it was inappropriate that we should be seen together. 1029 01:13:20,583 --> 01:13:25,125 I felt that doing it over the telephone was the chicken's way of doing it. 1030 01:13:25,208 --> 01:13:27,625 I had to go and see him and talk to him. 1031 01:13:28,458 --> 01:13:31,708 I went to see him. We had an opportunity to go for a walk in the park, 1032 01:13:31,791 --> 01:13:35,208 and that was the... uh, conversation, 1033 01:13:35,291 --> 01:13:36,750 coincidentally, 1034 01:13:36,833 --> 01:13:38,958 that was photographed. 1035 01:13:39,750 --> 01:13:45,958 When I... I said to him, I said, "Look, because of what has... happened, 1036 01:13:47,208 --> 01:13:52,708 I don't think it is appropriate for us to remain in contact." 1037 01:13:53,375 --> 01:13:54,916 And by mutual decision, 1038 01:13:55,416 --> 01:13:58,458 we agreed to part company, and I left. 1039 01:13:58,541 --> 01:14:02,958 He threw a party to celebrate his release, 1040 01:14:03,500 --> 01:14:06,458 and you were invited as a guest of honor. 1041 01:14:06,541 --> 01:14:07,625 No, I didn't go. 1042 01:14:11,125 --> 01:14:12,541 Oh, in 2010. 1043 01:14:13,333 --> 01:14:17,083 There... Well, there... There certainly wasn't a... a party 1044 01:14:17,166 --> 01:14:23,708 to celebrate his release in... December, because it was only a small dinner party. 1045 01:14:23,791 --> 01:14:26,208 There were only eight or ten of us at the dinner. 1046 01:14:26,291 --> 01:14:28,250 If there was a... a party, 1047 01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:29,916 then I know nothing about that. 1048 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:32,041 You were invited to that dinner 1049 01:14:32,791 --> 01:14:34,041 as a guest of honor. 1050 01:14:35,166 --> 01:14:39,166 I was there, so I was at the dinner. I don't think it was as you might put it, 1051 01:14:39,250 --> 01:14:41,708 but, okay, I was there. I was there at a dinner. 1052 01:14:41,791 --> 01:14:43,333 I'm just trying to work this out 1053 01:14:43,416 --> 01:14:46,666 because you said you went to break up the relationship, 1054 01:14:46,750 --> 01:14:51,750 and yet you stayed at that New York mansion several days. 1055 01:14:51,833 --> 01:14:53,166 I'm wondering how long... 1056 01:14:53,250 --> 01:14:55,583 I was doing a number of other things while I was there. 1057 01:14:55,666 --> 01:14:58,583 But you were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. 1058 01:14:58,666 --> 01:15:00,708 It was a convenient place to stay. 1059 01:15:12,708 --> 01:15:14,416 So I've spoken to Panorama. 1060 01:15:14,500 --> 01:15:17,625 Virginia Roberts says the original photo was printed and date stamped 1061 01:15:17,708 --> 01:15:19,416 two days after it was taken, 1062 01:15:19,500 --> 01:15:22,500 and we have an affidavit from a witness in 2001 1063 01:15:22,583 --> 01:15:24,375 who saw the photo at the time. 1064 01:15:25,916 --> 01:15:27,458 - Freddy? - Yeah? 1065 01:15:27,541 --> 01:15:28,458 Thank you. 1066 01:15:28,541 --> 01:15:29,541 Yeah. 1067 01:15:30,916 --> 01:15:33,708 One of Epstein's accusers, 1068 01:15:33,791 --> 01:15:35,000 Virginia Roberts, 1069 01:15:35,708 --> 01:15:39,125 made allegations against you. 1070 01:15:39,208 --> 01:15:41,916 In a legal deposition, 1071 01:15:42,833 --> 01:15:47,875 she said she had sex with you three times. 1072 01:15:48,750 --> 01:15:51,166 Once in a London house 1073 01:15:51,250 --> 01:15:55,333 when she was trafficked to you in Maxwell's house. 1074 01:15:55,416 --> 01:15:56,250 Uh... 1075 01:15:56,333 --> 01:15:59,458 Once... in New York 1076 01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:03,958 a month or so later in Epstein's mansion, 1077 01:16:04,041 --> 01:16:06,791 and once on his private island, 1078 01:16:07,500 --> 01:16:11,625 in a group of seven or eight other girls. 1079 01:16:14,875 --> 01:16:16,166 No. 1080 01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:19,375 No to all of it? 1081 01:16:19,458 --> 01:16:20,458 All of it. 1082 01:16:20,875 --> 01:16:25,250 Absolutely no to all of it. 1083 01:16:26,333 --> 01:16:30,125 Are you saying you don't believe her? 1084 01:16:30,666 --> 01:16:31,833 She's lying? 1085 01:16:36,041 --> 01:16:40,541 That's a difficult thing for me to, um... answer 1086 01:16:40,625 --> 01:16:43,833 because I don't know 1087 01:16:44,666 --> 01:16:48,208 what she's, um, trying to achieve. 1088 01:16:48,291 --> 01:16:50,166 But I can tell you... 1089 01:16:51,208 --> 01:16:53,333 uh... categorically, 1090 01:16:54,458 --> 01:16:57,458 I don't remember meeting her at all. 1091 01:16:58,333 --> 01:17:01,750 I do not remember a photograph being taken, 1092 01:17:02,250 --> 01:17:03,416 and I've said, 1093 01:17:04,041 --> 01:17:07,375 consistently and, um... 1094 01:17:08,291 --> 01:17:09,416 frequently, 1095 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:15,250 that we never had any sort of sexual contact whatever. 1096 01:17:17,041 --> 01:17:21,791 She says she met you in 2001. 1097 01:17:23,041 --> 01:17:25,041 She says she dined with you, 1098 01:17:25,833 --> 01:17:27,458 danced with you. 1099 01:17:27,541 --> 01:17:29,125 You bought her drinks 1100 01:17:29,875 --> 01:17:32,250 at Tramp nightclub in London. 1101 01:17:32,333 --> 01:17:35,375 There's a number of things wrong with that story. One of which is that... 1102 01:17:36,500 --> 01:17:42,833 I don't know where the bar is in Tramps. 1103 01:17:44,416 --> 01:17:45,416 Um... 1104 01:17:46,041 --> 01:17:47,666 Um, I don't drink. 1105 01:17:49,541 --> 01:17:56,125 Um, I... I don't think I've ever bought a drink in Tramps whenever I was there. 1106 01:17:56,208 --> 01:17:58,416 Do you remember dancing with her? 1107 01:17:59,333 --> 01:18:03,291 No, that couldn't have happened because on that particular date, 1108 01:18:03,375 --> 01:18:06,083 I was, um, at home. I was with the children. 1109 01:18:06,166 --> 01:18:11,083 And I had taken Beatrice to a Pizza Express in Woking 1110 01:18:11,666 --> 01:18:16,666 for a party, I think... round about 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon. 1111 01:18:16,750 --> 01:18:19,916 Why would you remember that so specifically? 1112 01:18:21,416 --> 01:18:25,166 Because going to Pizza Express in Woking 1113 01:18:26,041 --> 01:18:28,625 is an unusual thing for me to do. 1114 01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:35,083 A very unusual thing for me to do. 1115 01:18:35,875 --> 01:18:37,333 Uh, stop. Um... 1116 01:18:37,833 --> 01:18:38,833 Can... Can we? 1117 01:18:39,416 --> 01:18:41,958 Please, um, I would like to go back. 1118 01:18:42,041 --> 01:18:45,750 I would like to make a... a specific reference to the date. 1119 01:18:45,833 --> 01:18:46,833 March the 10th. 1120 01:18:46,875 --> 01:18:49,125 I think it's perfectly clear. Do we need that? 1121 01:18:49,208 --> 01:18:51,250 I think we're rolling well, don't you, Emily? 1122 01:18:53,291 --> 01:18:54,291 - No? - No. 1123 01:19:03,208 --> 01:19:07,833 - She was very specific about that night. - Mm-hmm. 1124 01:19:07,916 --> 01:19:10,583 She described dancing with you. 1125 01:19:10,666 --> 01:19:13,041 - No. - And you profusely sweating. 1126 01:19:15,541 --> 01:19:20,041 Um, there's a... there's a, um... a slight problem with the sweating. 1127 01:19:20,125 --> 01:19:24,833 But... because I have, um, a... peculiar condition, 1128 01:19:24,916 --> 01:19:28,250 which is that I don't sweat, or rather I didn't sweat at the time. 1129 01:19:28,333 --> 01:19:30,500 And that would, um... Oh, actually... 1130 01:19:30,583 --> 01:19:33,083 Yes, I didn't sweat at the time, 1131 01:19:33,166 --> 01:19:34,916 and that's because I suffered 1132 01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:40,291 what I would describe as an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War 1133 01:19:40,375 --> 01:19:42,666 when I was shot at, and I simply, um... 1134 01:19:42,750 --> 01:19:46,708 it... it... it was almost impossible for me to... to... to sweat. 1135 01:19:53,458 --> 01:19:54,541 I wonder 1136 01:19:56,333 --> 01:19:59,041 if you have any sense of 1137 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:04,708 guilt, regret, or shame 1138 01:20:06,041 --> 01:20:08,625 about any of your behavior 1139 01:20:09,250 --> 01:20:11,500 in your friendship with Epstein. 1140 01:20:16,500 --> 01:20:17,500 On balance... 1141 01:20:19,875 --> 01:20:24,000 could I have avoided... ever meeting him? 1142 01:20:25,041 --> 01:20:26,041 Mm... 1143 01:20:26,750 --> 01:20:28,000 I don't think so, 1144 01:20:28,541 --> 01:20:32,000 and that's because of my friendship with Ghislaine. 1145 01:20:34,833 --> 01:20:38,000 Do I regret the fact 1146 01:20:38,083 --> 01:20:44,000 that he's quite obviously, uh, conducted himself in a manner unbecoming... 1147 01:20:44,083 --> 01:20:47,208 "Unbecoming"? He was a sex offender. 1148 01:20:47,291 --> 01:20:49,250 Yes, I'm sorry. I... I was being polite. 1149 01:20:49,333 --> 01:20:52,833 I mean, in the sense that he was a sex offender. But, no, um... 1150 01:20:53,958 --> 01:20:57,583 Was I right in having him as a friend? 1151 01:20:58,583 --> 01:20:59,583 Um... 1152 01:21:00,833 --> 01:21:01,833 At the time, 1153 01:21:02,958 --> 01:21:08,583 bearing in mind this was some years before he was accused of being a sex offender, 1154 01:21:10,708 --> 01:21:14,875 I don't think there was anything wrong... then. 1155 01:21:16,333 --> 01:21:23,125 The problem was, after the fact, that after he had been convicted... 1156 01:21:23,208 --> 01:21:25,041 - You stayed with him. - I stayed with him. 1157 01:21:25,125 --> 01:21:28,083 And that's the bit that, um, as it were, 1158 01:21:28,166 --> 01:21:30,583 I kick myself for on a daily basis. 1159 01:21:30,666 --> 01:21:34,833 Because that... it was... it was not, um, becoming of a member of the royal family, 1160 01:21:34,916 --> 01:21:39,000 and we... we try to uphold the highest standards and practices, 1161 01:21:39,083 --> 01:21:41,916 and I... I let the side down, simple as that. 1162 01:21:59,250 --> 01:22:04,958 Is there anything you feel has been left unsaid 1163 01:22:05,583 --> 01:22:07,541 that you would like to say now? 1164 01:22:10,916 --> 01:22:12,041 No, I don't think so. 1165 01:22:13,166 --> 01:22:17,875 You probably dragged out of me most of what's required. 1166 01:22:26,916 --> 01:22:27,916 I'm gonna go. 1167 01:22:29,625 --> 01:22:32,458 I have a biker downstairs. The memory cards. Both copies... 1168 01:22:32,541 --> 01:22:34,583 Now, would you all like a tour? 1169 01:22:34,666 --> 01:22:35,666 Some stills? 1170 01:22:36,208 --> 01:22:39,666 Ah. Yes, of course. Um... Tell you what, two birds, one stone. 1171 01:22:39,750 --> 01:22:42,041 You take your snaps while I show Emily around. 1172 01:23:00,875 --> 01:23:02,541 Wasn't he wonderful? 1173 01:23:04,458 --> 01:23:05,583 Wonderful. 1174 01:23:37,333 --> 01:23:39,500 You know, I thought that all went very well. 1175 01:23:41,458 --> 01:23:43,083 Like a walk in the park. 1176 01:23:59,250 --> 01:24:00,791 Expecting a car, madam? 1177 01:24:00,875 --> 01:24:03,250 Uh... Uh, no. Thank you. 1178 01:24:03,333 --> 01:24:05,750 Um... I think I'm going to walk. 1179 01:24:05,833 --> 01:24:06,833 But thank you. 1180 01:24:18,666 --> 01:24:20,750 I think I might be sick. 1181 01:24:45,708 --> 01:24:46,958 Emily. That was... 1182 01:24:49,125 --> 01:24:52,041 That was him... right there. You did it. 1183 01:24:54,041 --> 01:24:55,041 We did it. 1184 01:24:57,250 --> 01:24:58,458 Thanks, Sammy. 1185 01:25:09,166 --> 01:25:10,458 How are we doing? 1186 01:25:10,541 --> 01:25:12,791 Twitter teasers are nearly ready. When do we go live? 1187 01:25:12,875 --> 01:25:15,125 I'm gonna talk to the DG about that now. 1188 01:25:24,625 --> 01:25:28,500 She had her man in the room when you shot the interview. He recorded it. Yes? 1189 01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:30,916 Could she stop it going out, Tony? 1190 01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:34,875 Well, she is the Queen. I mean, I'd have to take the call. 1191 01:25:34,958 --> 01:25:37,541 We want to trail it on Friday night after the show, live. 1192 01:25:37,625 --> 01:25:38,875 With Emily? 1193 01:25:38,958 --> 01:25:41,208 Of course. With teasers on socials afterwards. 1194 01:25:41,291 --> 01:25:44,083 I'll tell the Palace we're broadcasting on Saturday night. 1195 01:25:44,166 --> 01:25:45,666 Wait for me to get back to you. 1196 01:26:00,333 --> 01:26:01,333 How long? 1197 01:26:01,666 --> 01:26:02,666 Fifteen minutes. 1198 01:26:03,375 --> 01:26:05,708 I guess no news is good news. 1199 01:26:06,291 --> 01:26:07,291 Oh... 1200 01:26:11,416 --> 01:26:12,416 - Tony? - Esme, hi. 1201 01:26:16,791 --> 01:26:18,958 Pull the trigger. We're on. 1202 01:26:20,041 --> 01:26:23,208 Tomorrow night, in a Newsnight special program, 1203 01:26:23,750 --> 01:26:29,250 we will hear for the first time from the duke himself. 1204 01:26:29,833 --> 01:26:31,666 In an unprecedented interview, 1205 01:26:31,750 --> 01:26:35,958 he speaks to us at length about his friendship with Epstein 1206 01:26:36,500 --> 01:26:38,625 and the claims made against him. 1207 01:26:39,333 --> 01:26:42,666 Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, 1208 01:26:43,333 --> 01:26:48,333 has long faced questions about his ties to the financier Jeffrey Epstein, 1209 01:26:48,958 --> 01:26:51,166 who took his life earlier this year 1210 01:26:51,250 --> 01:26:53,333 while awaiting trial on sex... 1211 01:27:47,416 --> 01:27:50,375 - Where does this bloody dust come from? - I know, sir. 1212 01:27:55,166 --> 01:27:59,083 "For the prince, the whole nerve-shredding exercise is designed 1213 01:27:59,166 --> 01:28:01,541 to show that he has nothing to hide." 1214 01:28:02,875 --> 01:28:06,250 "It will show that he has been wholly honest and truthful." 1215 01:28:07,333 --> 01:28:11,416 "'In a way, ' says a friend, 'he is saying, "Judge me."" 1216 01:28:15,416 --> 01:28:17,083 It's... It's excellent, isn't it? 1217 01:28:17,916 --> 01:28:19,000 Huh. 1218 01:28:19,083 --> 01:28:21,041 It's... It's exactly the right tone. 1219 01:28:21,125 --> 01:28:22,666 Very good. 1220 01:28:24,541 --> 01:28:26,875 Would you... Would you like me to be here tonight 1221 01:28:27,375 --> 01:28:29,375 when it... goes out? 1222 01:28:30,666 --> 01:28:31,916 Oh, no, I don't think so. 1223 01:28:32,666 --> 01:28:35,875 No, I really don't think that's necessary. 1224 01:28:40,625 --> 01:28:42,291 Hello! 1225 01:28:42,375 --> 01:28:43,666 Nana, this is Freya. 1226 01:28:43,750 --> 01:28:46,291 - Hello. Come in. Come in. - Freya, this is Netta. 1227 01:28:46,375 --> 01:28:47,375 Hello. 1228 01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:11,333 Um, in... In fact, I'm convinced 1229 01:29:12,041 --> 01:29:16,333 that I was never in Tramps with her. 1230 01:29:16,416 --> 01:29:19,625 There's a number of things wrong with that story. One of which is that... 1231 01:29:19,708 --> 01:29:22,791 I don't know where the bar is. 1232 01:29:31,625 --> 01:29:37,125 I have a, um... a peculiar condition, which is that I don't sweat, 1233 01:29:37,208 --> 01:29:40,208 or rather I didn't sweat at the time. And that would... 1234 01:29:40,291 --> 01:29:42,875 and that is because I had suffered 1235 01:29:42,958 --> 01:29:47,791 what I would describe as an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War. 1236 01:29:47,875 --> 01:29:51,291 Because going to Pizza Express in Woking 1237 01:29:52,291 --> 01:29:54,791 is an unusual thing for me to do. 1238 01:29:55,375 --> 01:29:58,583 A very unusual thing for me to do. 1239 01:30:03,500 --> 01:30:08,041 So, if Virginia Roberts is watching this interview, 1240 01:30:08,666 --> 01:30:10,416 what's your message to her? 1241 01:30:14,791 --> 01:30:16,666 I don't have a message for her 1242 01:30:16,750 --> 01:30:19,375 because I have to have... 1243 01:30:19,458 --> 01:30:21,416 She gives him every chance. 1244 01:30:21,500 --> 01:30:24,750 And if somebody's going to make these sorts of allegations... 1245 01:30:27,833 --> 01:30:32,208 We try and uphold the highest standards and practices, 1246 01:30:32,291 --> 01:30:35,625 and, um, I let the side down, simple as that. 1247 01:30:36,333 --> 01:30:37,333 Christ's sake. 1248 01:30:43,291 --> 01:30:45,458 {\an8}...you feel you'd like to say... 1249 01:30:46,208 --> 01:30:47,500 that has been left unsaid? 1250 01:30:51,458 --> 01:30:53,333 No, I don't think so. 1251 01:30:53,416 --> 01:30:58,625 You probably dragged out of me most of what's required. 1252 01:31:08,875 --> 01:31:10,500 We're gonna sit up front, Mum. 1253 01:32:15,041 --> 01:32:16,333 Your Royal Highness. 1254 01:32:19,958 --> 01:32:21,125 Mm. 1255 01:32:35,041 --> 01:32:36,666 Amanda! 1256 01:32:36,750 --> 01:32:38,333 Amanda, a quick statement. 1257 01:32:46,583 --> 01:32:47,958 Would you like to comment? 1258 01:33:04,166 --> 01:33:07,333 The Palace have just released a statement from the Duke of York. 1259 01:33:08,958 --> 01:33:11,625 "I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back 1260 01:33:12,416 --> 01:33:14,666 from public duties for the foreseeable future, 1261 01:33:14,750 --> 01:33:16,458 and she has given me her permission." 1262 01:33:19,208 --> 01:33:21,041 "I continue to unequivocally regret 1263 01:33:21,125 --> 01:33:23,916 my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein." 1264 01:33:24,541 --> 01:33:27,958 "His suicide has left many unanswered questions, 1265 01:33:28,041 --> 01:33:29,791 particularly for his victims." 1266 01:33:31,958 --> 01:33:35,583 "I can only hope that in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives." 1267 01:33:41,291 --> 01:33:42,833 This is what Newsnight is. 1268 01:33:43,750 --> 01:33:47,375 We put the time in... to get the stories other shows won't. 1269 01:33:49,875 --> 01:33:51,583 Stories that need to be told, 1270 01:33:52,708 --> 01:33:53,875 that people care about, 1271 01:33:54,708 --> 01:33:56,416 hold the powerful to account 1272 01:33:56,500 --> 01:33:58,666 and give victims a voice. 1273 01:34:02,083 --> 01:34:03,208 Thank you. 1274 01:34:46,083 --> 01:34:47,500 Two lamb shawarma. 1275 01:34:47,583 --> 01:34:48,458 The usual. 1276 01:34:48,541 --> 01:34:49,375 Thanks. 1277 01:34:49,458 --> 01:34:52,666 You seen this? Love to be there when they filmed that! 1278 01:34:57,166 --> 01:34:58,541 Yeah, I did. I saw it. 1279 01:35:01,166 --> 01:35:02,291 - Thanks. - Bye.