Transcript: Prince Andrew on the Epstein scandal

Excerpts from Prince Andrew and The Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview on BBC 2Duke of York claims alibi in Newsnight interviewMaitlis: So in 2006 in May an arrest warrant was issued for Epstein for sexual assault of a minor. In July he was invited to Windsor Castle to your daughter, Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday, why would you do that?Andrew: Because I was asking Ghislaine [Maxwell, Epstein’s girlfriend and a university friend of the prince]. But even so, at the time I don