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Lord Mandelson has admitted his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffery Epstein went on “for far longer” than it should have done.The under-fire US Ambassador described the relationship as “albatross around his neck” and said he had a “deep regret” at remaining in contact with the sex offender after he was convicted for underage sex crimes in 2008.

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00:00One, I feel a tremendous sense, a profound sense of sympathy for those people, those women who suffered as a result of his behaviour and his illegal criminal activities.
00:12And secondly, I regret very, very deeply indeed carrying on that association with him for far longer than I should have done.
00:21And I regret very much that I fell for his lies. I fell and accepted assurances that he had given me about his indictment, his original criminal case in Florida.
00:37Like very many people, I took at face value what he said. With hindsight, with fresh information, many years later, we realised that we had been wrong to believe him.
00:48He's a charismatic, criminal liar we now see. And I regret very much indeed. I felt it like an albatross around my neck since his death in 2018 or 19 when it was.
01:07I feel, I feel a tremendous sense of regret, not only that I met him in the first place, but I continued the association and I took at face value the lies that he fed me and many others.
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