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Prince Andrew has admitted for the first time having "let down" the British royal family for his relationship with financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in the prison cell where he was serving a sentence in New York, accused of running a sex trafficking network juvenile. In the interview that the BBC broadcasts on Saturday night, the Duke of York says, however, "not remembering" his encounter with Virginia Roberts Giuffre , who claims to have had sex with Andres when he was 17 at the behest of Epstein.

"She says she met you in 2001, that you had dinner, that you danced at the Tramp nightclub in London and that you had sex in a house in Belgravia that belongs to your friend Ghislaine Maxwell , what is your answer? '" BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, in the interview for the Newsnight program and recorded this week at Buckingham Palace.

"I don't remember meeting this woman on any occasion," Prince Andrew replies, despite the existence of a photo, taken precisely at Maxwell's house, where he is seen smiling and running his hand around Virginia's waist. Roberts Giuffre , with a pink top and navel in the air.

"What I would like is to see Prince Andrew taking an oath in a police investigation," said Giuffre's lawyer, Jack Scarola , who has claimed that Scotland Yard take action on the matter after almost two decades of concealment. "An interview like this, and before the press, does not give much less the cut."

In the BBC interview, the Duke of York admits that it was a mistake to maintain his friendship for years with Epstein, who used to recruit his minor victims by promising them work as a model and taking them to high-end private parties aboard his private plane, known as the "Lolita Express" .

"The problem is that I kept in touch with him when he was convicted," Andrés admits to the BBC. "Then it seemed to me that maintaining friendship was something honorable. Now it is something that I recriminate every day, because it is not what you would expect from a member of the royal family. We try to maintain the highest standards and practices. I have let you down , As simple as that".

The Royal House closed ranks with Andres with a statement in which he specified that the Duke of York " deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion that he may have approved, participated and even incited such aberrant behavior."

Sarah Ferguson has also come out in defense of her 59-year-old ex-husband and mother of her two daughters, claiming she admires the "stoic determination" with which she has decided to stand up to the accusations. "Andrés is a true gentleman, not only with a sense of duty, but also for his kindness and generosity," the Duchess of York wrote on twitter. "It is very rare to see people willing to open their hearts honestly and remain true to their beliefs."

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