The week that shook the monarchy
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The Times
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🗓️ 25 February 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Following the announcement of Prince Andrew’s settlement with Virginia Guiffre, the Queen was diagnosed with Covid and Prince Charles faced questions over an alleged cash-for-honours scandal. We speak to the Times' New York correspondent and Sunday Times royal editor about the fallout from a less-than-vintage week.
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- Will Pavia, New York Correspondent, The Times.
- Roya Nikkhah, Royal Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | It was a week that shook the British monarchy, plunging the royal family into its biggest crisis since the 1990s, and it all began last Tuesday. |
| 0:17.0 | We've just have some breaking news that's just coming into us, wishes that Prince Andrew has reached a financial settlement. |
| 0:24.0 | Prince Andrew will avoid a public trial after reaching a settlement with Virginia Jufre, who is suing him for sexual abuse. |
| 0:31.0 | Hot on the heels of one scandal came another. |
| 0:34.0 | The met police launched a cash for Honours probe into Prince Charles' foundation, following claims that a close aide offered to help a Saudi billionaire get a knighthood. |
| 0:44.0 | With royal watches still reeling, there was more to come. |
| 0:49.0 | I want to bring you a little bit of breaking news. The Queen has tested positive for COVID. |
| 0:58.0 | After a dizzying week, as the dust settles on Prince Andrew's court case, there are still so many questions that remain unanswered. |
| 1:08.0 | He's paid a big price to put it behind him, but the respekulation, of course, about who has paid this, people suggesting perhaps there could be public money involved. |
| 1:16.0 | Prince Andrew does not have. Means he just doesn't. |
| 1:20.0 | And the speculation is that it's his mother, the Queen, who will pay that bill. |
| 1:24.0 | Maybe the Queen is going to sell a few race horses or a tiara. |
| 1:30.0 | Prince Andrew's role in public life is officially over, but will he bring his family down with him? |
| 1:37.0 | You're listening to Stories of Our Times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manvin Rana. |
| 1:44.0 | Today, Prince Andrew and the royal family in crisis. |
| 1:49.0 | It's not been a vintage couple of weeks, the royal family. |
| 2:01.0 | For Prince Andrew, known by the tabloids as the Playboy Prince or Air Miles Andy for his love of luxury travel, |
| 2:09.0 | the first hint of trouble came in 2015. |
| 2:13.0 | A lawsuit filed in America against his friend, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, claimed that Virginia Dufrey had been forced to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was just 17. |
| 2:28.0 | The Prince has always denied these claims, although for often baffling reasons. |
| 2:36.0 | I've taken Beatrice to a pizza express in working. |
| 2:42.0 | Going to pizza express in working is an unusual thing for me to do. |
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