据英国广播公司记者艾米丽·梅特里斯报道，安德鲁·阿尔伯特·克里斯琴在接受关于他与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦有争议的友谊的“无限制”采访之前，得到了伊丽莎白女王的许可，并声称他与一名17岁的女孩发生了性关系。艾米丽·梅特里斯在周四拍摄了对王室的采访。
约克公爵在本周早些时候接受了采访，因为他仍然与被定罪的恋童癖者爱泼斯坦涉嫌性交易未成年女孩。爱泼斯坦被指控在7月对未成年人进行性交易和共谋对未成年人进行性交易。他于8月在狱中明显自杀身亡。
宣传英国广播公司新闻之夜梅特里斯在周五的一集节目中说，采访将于周六在英国播出新闻之夜安德鲁“必须得到最高级别的批准——我们现在知道那是女王。她要么在周一晚些时候签字，要么在周二早些时候签字。”
梅特里斯说，在周四采访安德鲁之前，英国广播公司已经和白金汉宫谈了好几个月。这位记者说，重要的是采访要“不受限制，我们可以去不舒服的地方。”
星期五新闻之夜梅特里斯说，她觉得安德鲁——伊丽莎白女王和菲利普王子的第三个孩子——即将接受采访，谈论针对他的指控的严重性。他被指控在弗吉尼亚·罗伯茨·乔佛里未成年时与她发生性关系。朱佛里声称她被爱泼斯坦和社交名媛吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦奴役和性交易。
“公爵没有回避我向他提出的任何问题。这不是事先准备好的白金汉宫声明的声音。这是非常原始的，经常不舒服，但是非常正面，”梅利斯说。
朱佛里在2015年的一次法庭证词中首次声称她被贩运到安德鲁那里。白金汉宫当时强烈否认了这些说法。
伊丽莎白女王二世和约克公爵安德鲁王子于2017年6月22日在英国阿斯科特的阿斯科特赛马场参加皇家阿斯科特2017。
在接受采访时澳大利亚60分钟本月早些时候，朱佛里说，“安德鲁·阿尔伯特·克里斯琴应该进监狱。我是说，他会吗？可能不会。”
有人还向朱佛里展示了一张据称是她十几岁时和安德鲁的照片摄于2001年坚持说“这是一张真实的照片，那是安德鲁。”这张照片的真实性受到了质疑据称与安德鲁关系密切的消息来源。
在周六于英国播出的采访中，安德鲁承认，在爱泼斯坦于2008年因教唆未成年人卖淫而被定罪后，他留在了爱泼斯坦的家中，从而“让对方失望”。
QUEEN ELIZABETH GAVE PERMISSION FOR PRINCE ANDREW'S JEFFREY EPSTEIN INTERVIEW, BBC JOURNALIST SAYS
Prince Andrew got permission from Queen Elizabeth before giving a "no holds barred" interview about his controversial friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and claims that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl, according to BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, who filmed an interview with the royal on Thursday.
The Duke of York gave the interview earlier this week as he continues to be implicated in convicted pedophile Epstein's alleged sex trafficking of underage girls. Epstein was charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to sex traffic minors in July. He died by apparent suicide in prison in August.
Promoting the BBC Newsnight interview, which will air Saturday in the U.K., Maitlis said on Friday's episode of Newsnight that Andrew "had to find approval from the highest levels—we now understand that was the queen. She gave sign-off either late on Monday, or very early on Tuesday."
Maitlis said that the BBC had been in talks with Buckingham Palace for many months before the interview with Andrew finally took place on Thursday. The journalist said it was important that the interview be "no holds barred, that we could go to areas that were uncomfortable."
On Friday's Newsnight, Maitlis said that she felt Andrew—Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's third child—was forthcoming in the interview about the gravity of the claims against him. He has been accused of having sex with Virginia Roberts Giuffre when she was underage. Giuffre claims she was enslaved and sex trafficked by Epstein and socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
"The Duke of Year did not shy away from any of the questions I put to him. It was not the sound of pre-prepared Buckingham Palace statement. It was extraordinary raw, often uncomfortable, but it was very head-on," said Maitlis.
Giuffre first made the claims that she was trafficked to Andrew in a 2015 court deposition. Buckingham Palace strongly denied the claims at the time.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew, Duke of York attend Royal Ascot 2017 at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2017 in Ascot, England.
In an interview with 60 Minutes Australia earlier this month, Giuffre said, "Prince Andrew should go to jail. I mean, is he ever going to? Probably not."
Giuffre was also shown holding up a photo purportedly of her as a teenager and Andrew taken in 2001, insisting "this is a real photo, that is Andrew." The authenticity of the photo has been questioned by alleged sources close to Andrew.
In the interview airing on Saturday in the U.K., Andrew admits he "let the side down" by staying at Epstein's home after the latter was convicted in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
