Overview
- Ailsa Anderson, Queen Elizabeth’s former press secretary from 2001 to 2013, said Andrew’s 2019 claim that he could not sweat made her skin crawl.
- She recalled he missed a chance in the Newsnight interview to express sympathy for trafficking victims when invited to add anything further.
- In the same broadcast, Andrew also cited being at a Pizza Express in Woking as an alibi, a claim that drew widespread scrutiny.
- Andrew has denied wrongdoing and said he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein after 2006, but DOJ emails released in the Epstein files appeared to show ongoing contact.
- He was arrested last week on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and reports say he was stripped of his title and told to leave Royal Lodge, with Princess Beatrice previously involved in arranging the interview.