My god! Prince Andrew blames his “tendency to be too honourable” for maintaining his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after the billionaire was convicted. pic.twitter.com/Fsu0Mobdqw
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 16, 2019
Who in the Palace thought this was a good idea? Can you look any worse?
Via BBC:
The Duke of York has said he “let the side down” by staying at the home of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, adding it was the “wrong thing to do”.
Answering questions about his links to Epstein for the first time, Prince Andrew said his stay was not “becoming of a member of the Royal Family”.
The prince spoke to BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis in an interview recorded at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
It will be broadcast on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT on Saturday.
Prince Andrew, who is the Queen’s third child, has been facing questions for several months over his ties to Epstein, a 66-year-old American financier who took his own life while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
In 2010, the prince was photographed walking with Epstein in New York’s Central Park – two years after Epstein’s first conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.Footage published by the Mail on Sunday showed the prince in Epstein’s Manhattan mansion at about the same time.