18 Nov 2019

Prince Andrew's BBC interview called a 'car crash'

From Morning Report, 7:32 am on 18 November 2019

While Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall are visiting New Zealand, another royal is in the spotlight.

Prince Andrew has given his first detailed response to allegations by an American woman that she was forced to have sex with him in 2001 - when she was just 17.

Virginia Giuffre - then Virginia Roberts - says she was flown to London by the billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and was forced to have sex with the prince three times.

The Duke of York "categorically" denies having any sexual contact with the woman in an hour-long interview with the BBC.

RNZ's correspondent in London is Olly Barratt.