Summary
Britain's Prince Andrew provoked a backlash Sunday following an extraordinary TV interview branded "disastrous" by public relations experts in which he denied having sex with an alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Roberts, now Giuffre, claims she was forced to have sex with the prince on three occasions -- in London in 2001 when she was 17, in New York and on Epstein's private Caribbean island. Andrew has repeatedly denied the accusations.
The royal family is used to having a difficult relationship with Britain's press and, according to some reports, is already worried about the media fallout from the interview.
Andrew, 59, is eighth in line to the throne.
Giuffre alleges the financier abused her for years and farmed her out to his wealthy friends. She first made her allegations against Andrew in a 2015 U.S. civil court deposition and has repeated them in more recent TV interviews.
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