Streeting: No one above the law “whether prince or pauper”

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said Parliament has the right to scrutinise royal finances and change the law if necessary following renewed questions over Prince Andrew’s titles and royal privileges.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We have a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy,

00:04and Parliament has every right to scrutinise the royal finances

00:09and also to change the law if necessary.

00:14So, you know, we will have that debate in Parliament.

00:17I think the...

00:19What I think is absolutely tragic about Virginia Giffray's case

00:23is that she went through the most unimaginable ordeal

00:28and abuse while she lived,

00:30and it's only in death that we're beginning to see justice

00:33and people held to account.

00:35And in this country, the rule of law applies to everyone,

00:38and we have to show that if you are involved in these serious crimes,

00:45you will be held to account whether you're a prince or a pauper.

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