New Prince Andrew Allegations

Newscast

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today, new allegations against Prince Andrew have appeared in the Sunday newspapers, accusing him of asking his police protection to investigate Virginia Giuffre just before the newspaper published a photo of her alleged first meeting with the prince. Prince Andrew has not commented on the reports, but consistently denies all allegations against him

Victoria Derbyshire and Simon Jack stand in for Laura and Paddy, joining Henry to discuss the latest accusations as well as what options are left for politicians, and the Royal Family, as Giuffre’s brother asks for the King to strip Andrew of his title as Prince.

Plus, how do we get our energy bills down? Energy secretary Ed Milliband, his shadow Claire Coutinho, and Green party leader Zack Polanski all spoke to Victoria this morning and offered alternative visions. But what do the public want?

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0:36.1	Simon, hello.
0:36.9	Hello.
0:37.5	What are we doing here?
0:39.2	We are here to do newscast.
0:41.9	Yes.
0:42.3	I'm me having done BH and you having done the Sunday morning programme.
0:45.6	That's right.
0:46.1	Laura's away, Paddy's away.
0:47.9	And it's been quite a morning, actually.
0:49.4	One of those Sundays when a government minister will get put up, obviously, to talk about their own brief and their
0:55.8	expertise and then something massive happens that they may not have expected. Today, it was the
1:00.3	energy secretary, Ed Miliband, his shadow, Claire Coutinho, and the Green Party leader of England
1:04.7	and Wales, Zach Polansky. They were on BBC One with me talking about, amongst other things,
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