00:00The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared how they felt deeply concerned by the latest revelations emerging from the
00:06Epstein files.
00:07In a statement, a Kensington Palace spokesman has said that their thoughts remained focused on the victims, and rightly so.
00:15The timing here is crucial.
00:17When William arrives here in Saudi Arabia, later today, the focus will be on what he's doing,
00:22including meeting with a very controversial Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,
00:28rather than on what he may think about the continued revelations,
00:31and in particular, the extent of his uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with a convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
00:40Now, you may remember he intervened in 2022 ahead of an Earthshot Prize trip to Boston
00:47when a visitor to Buckingham Palace made allegations of racism and said that she had been repeatedly asked where she
00:54came from.
00:55If there's one thing we know about William, it's that if he has something to say, he will say it.
01:00There has been a clamour for some kind of comment from the heir to the throne,
01:04so this will go some way to answering that, even if it doesn't go quite as far as some commentators
01:10might like.
01:11There have also been calls for the king and William to apologise on behalf of the royal family for Andrew's
01:17behaviour.
01:18Like most of us, they're learning about these allegations in real time, so it's a developing situation.
01:23But surely the person who needs to apologise and take responsibility for this whole situation is Andrew himself.
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