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BBC Interview with Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018He is going to turn 60 in February and is wanting to walk his daughter [Princess Beatrice] down the aisle next year. With this hanging over you, it\u2019s going to detract. He needs to take time out.\u2019 Mr Arbiter was referring to an incident in September when it was claimed that an invitation to see a refurbished railway station in Northern Ireland was withdrawn by his hosts as they felt his presence would \u2018change the narrative\u2019. It was said the ceremony was one of several engagements to be scrapped.<\/p>\n
The former royal press officer added: \u2018He may argue that he has done nothing wrong, so why should he? But he is tainted by association. He\u2019s taken Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s largesse, he\u2019s travelled to his homes, his islands, he\u2019s lived in his house. He went over there after Jeffrey Epstein had been released. This will not cut ice with anyone. People believe he is upset because he was caught out, not because he realised it was the wrong thing to have done.<\/p>\n
\u2018He appears to have a case of selective amnesia. He has no recollection of meeting her [Virginia Roberts] but has a vivid recollection of having gone to Pizza Express in Woking.\u2019<\/p>\n
Andrew is expected to undertake some official engagements early next week. Sources say they hope his willingness to answer questions will enable him to \u2018focus on his work supporting his charities and initiatives\u2019. Respected royal biographer Penny Junor described the interview as \u2018just awful\u2019.<\/p>\n
She said: \u2018He should have been properly briefed. Politicians don\u2019t answer the questions they are asked, they give the answer they want. I fear the answer is that he is just not bright enough. Strangely, I don\u2019t think this is that damaging for the Royal Family because he is far enough removed that people don\u2019t know what he does.<\/p>\n
\u2018He should not have been having that conversation on television, he should have been speaking in a court of law or to the police.\u2019<\/p>\n
It has been claimed that a \u2018spin doctor\u2019 hired to advise Andrew quit his job at the palace after less than a month after advising him not to go ahead with the Newsnight interview on the grounds that it could backfire.<\/p>\n
Jason Stein, a former special adviser to Amber Rudd, was hired in September but is said to have left after disagreements with the prince\u2019s office. Buckingham Palace insist, however, that Mr Stein was never employed by Andrew.<\/p>\n
The BBC\u2019s former royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, said: \u2018Will Prince Charles have the courage to do what he should do \u2013 and tell Prince Andrew to retire from public life on the basis his judgment has been called into question one too many times?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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