Bcc Politics
@BBCPolitics·875K subscribers·4.2K videos
How much trouble is Jeffrey Epstein's death for the Royal Family? - BBC Newsnight
Posted
August 19, 2019
Views
1,714,874
Likes
13,961
Comments
6,766
Engagement
August 19, 2019
1,714,874
13,961
6,766
1.21%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
7:22Now PlayingPrince Andrew is appalled by sex abuse claims about his ex-friend Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace has said.
Subscribe to our channel here
It comes after the Mail on Sunday published footage that claimed to show the Duke of York inside the financier's Manhattan mansion in 2010 - two years after Epstein's first conviction.
A Buckingham Palace statement said: "The Duke of York has been appalled by the recent reports of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes. His Royal Highness deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in or encourage any such behaviour is abhorrent."
But what was the Duke of York doing at Epstein's house?
Jeffrey Epstein, 66, took his own life in a jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in New York.
Kirsty Wark speaks to former BBC Royal Correspondent, Michael Cole.
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
