1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Former Prince Andrew has been allowed to return 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,039 Speaker 1: to his Sandring Him home after being arrested overnight ourtheim 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: by local police. He was arrested over allegations of misconduct 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: and public office after it was revealed that he sent 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: classified UK trade secrets to the disgrace financier Jeffrey Epstein. 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: Andrew is the first senior royal arrested since Charles the 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: First of England, who was then beheaded. Juliet Readon is 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: a royal correspondent. Hi, Juliet, Hello. There are you of 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: the view that this is an existential crisis for the 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: monarchy or something that they will absolutely survive? 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 2: Well, I think time will tell. To be honest, I 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: think it's a very difficult time for the monarchy. I 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 2: think this is a watershed moment. We're certainly in uncharted waters. 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 2: But I do think that the King's statement, which was 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: made very swiftly after his brother was arrested, was very 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: powerful and set the tone for where the where the 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: firm is going to be heading from here on in 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: which essentially is separating themselves completely from Andrew mount Batten 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: Windsor he will be left in the hands of the 20 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: investigation unit at the police. He's a private citizen. He 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: is not a member of the royal family, the royal 22 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: family themselves, the working royal family will be continuing, as 23 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 2: King Charles says, my family and I will continue in 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: our duty and service to you all. And certainly they 25 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: were out there doing that almost immediately after that. 26 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: If you compare this to previous royal scandals, and there 27 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: have been a fair few in the last fifty years 28 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: or so, how does this one shape up the biggest one? 29 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: I think so. I think it's you know, people have 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: been saying, oh, the abdication was the worst, but the 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: abdication was really a love story. This is far from that. 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: This is about potential a leg criminal activity by a 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: very senior royal, the eighth in line to the throne. 34 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 2: This is as bad as it gets, I think. 35 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: Do we have any idea why it is that the 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: police instead of arresting him, instead of asking him to 37 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: come into the station like they normally would do with 38 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: a celebrity, they arrested him at his house. 39 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: I don't know, because they haven't said, but I can 40 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,119 Speaker 2: suppose that the reason was that they needed the optics 41 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: to be that Andrew mount Baton Windsor was being treated 42 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: like anyone else who was being arrested on suspicion of 43 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 2: what is a very major offense in this case, misconduct 44 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: in public office. What is key to this investigation for 45 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: the police was going into Andrew mount Batten Windsor's houses, 46 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: which they did at Sandringham. They also went into his 47 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 2: former house at Royal Lodge, going through all of his documents, 48 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 2: his hard drives, his computers, all of that with Andrew unawares. 49 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: They didn't want to him to have advanced notice of that. Indeed, 50 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: the King did not have advanced notice, neither de Buckingham Palace, 51 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 2: neither did the Royal households. So the idea is that 52 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: Andrew needs to be treated as any other regular citizen. 53 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 2: That is what he is now. He is no longer 54 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 2: a prince of the realm. 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: Very hard, very hard charged to prove, though, isn't it. 56 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: I don't know, Because those emails, which of course are 57 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 2: unverified at the moment, certainly, if they are accurate, they 58 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:47,119 Speaker 2: certainly do show I believe misconduct because Andrew was passing 59 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: on confidential files and contacts to Jeffrey Epstein minutes after 60 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: he received those files. Those files are confidential. He was 61 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: a trade envoy at the time for British Government's a 62 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: very special position, a position that needs confidentiality. Andrew should 63 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 2: not have passed those files on and it's a very 64 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: grave offense. It's a betrayal of his role. It's a 65 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 2: betrayal of the British public, it's a betrayal of the government. 66 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: Juliet, thank you for you to I appreciate as Juliet 67 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: read and Royal correspondent. By the way, it's being reported 68 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: that Andrew will not be allowed to use UK taxpayers 69 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: funds to pay for his legal bill, even if he 70 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: can't afford it himself. 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