Queen puts on brave face Dickie Arbiter says Queen is privately VERY different with Andrew
GOOD MORNING BRITAIN hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid welcomed the Queen’s former press secretary, Dickie Arbiter, onto the show to talk about Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis for Newsnight. He explained in response, the Queen would put on a brave face but in private it would be a different story.
Queen needs ‘brave face’ says Arbiter after Andrew backlash
Today’s Good Morning Britain continued with another discussion about Prince Andrew’s interview on the BBC and his friendship with convicted sex offender Prince Andrew. Joining Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid was the Queen’s former press secretary Dickie Arbiter, who gave an insight into how the royal would be coping.
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Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis regarding his relationship with Mr Epstein was broadcast for Newsnight on Saturday evening.
Following the interview, his mother, the Queen, has been pictured out riding at Windsor Castle.
Speculating how she will be coping with the fall out from Prince Andrew’s interview, Dickie said she has “had a rough time”.
Piers asked: “What will she be looking to do, do you think, to try and deal with this?”
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“Well, you have got to look at the queen as two people, she’s Queen, head of state and she’s also a mother,” Dickie replied.
“She will be looking at her son and asking, ‘Did this really happen?’
“She has to put on a brave face in public, she has to be collegiate in public.
“But in private, she will really want to know what is going on and I don’t think she’s getting answers.”
Dickie added he thinks Prince Andrew “really needs to step back”.
His remarks came after Chuka Umunna called Prince Andrew “a disgrace”.
“I just think he’s a complete disgrace. I cannot believe the interview that happened and I do not understand why public figures, especially politicians have been pulling their punches on this,” he said.
“Look, the monarchy continues to exist with consent, and he has done more to undermine - democratic consent if you can call it that - in the monarchy than any member of that family than I have seen in my lifetime.
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“He has let down the institution, I think the lack of self-awareness is breathtaking.
“He should go to the US, give evidence where needed and do the right thing because he’s done too many of the wrong things so far.”
Mr Umunna concluded: “He hasn’t done the right thing and he needs to do the right thing.”
Meanwhile, ex-protection officer Dai Davies, said he wants to see the protection records to back up the Duke of York’s claims he had visited a Pizza Express in 2001.
Susanna asked: “A lot of people are asking about the royal protection officers, he says he was at Pizza Express in Woking. What access do people have to those records?”
“It’s a question I’ve been taking myself since I had dealings with them,” Mr Davies replied.
“They[royal protection officers] would’ve gone with him, let’s face it they certainly would’ve gone there, advanced it and remained with him. There would have been back up as well.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV at 6am.
