No apologies, no regrets: the Duke of York’s decision to talk about his links with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been widely criticised – ‘a complete public relations disaster’ was among one of the kinder reactions to the BBC interview.
Prince Andrew denied having sex with a teenager at the home of socialite Ghislane Maxwell – insisting he had been at the Woking branch of Pizza Express at the time.
But he did acknowledge that his friendship with Epstein had hurt his family – describing it as ‘a constant sore’.