Dickie Arbiter & Afua Hirsch on Prince Andrew’s Resignation

IS THIS ENOUGH FOR HIM TO STEP BACK?

IT'S A START, STEPPING BACK, BUT IT IS GOING TO BOOMERANG AND HAVE A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

WHAT'S GOING TO COME NOW ARE FURTHER CALLS FOR HIS EASY IG NATION FROM VARIOUS CHARITIES.

HE'S RESIGNED FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF VISITOR ATTRACTIONS.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE RESIGNATIONS.

PICTURE PALACE SAY PRIVATE INITIATIVE SO THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE BUT NOT WITHIN BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

BUT WHAT IS GOING TO COME NEXT IS REQUESTS FROM THE FBI TO QUESTION HIM FROM THE LAWYERS, FROM THE LITIGATORS, GOT TO QUESTION HIM.

HE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONED UNDER OATH AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE HONEST ANSWERS.

I DON'T BELIEVE FOR A MOMENT HE GAVE HONEST ANSWERS IN THAT INTERVIEW ON SATURDAY.

HAS THE FBI OR ANY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR EVER TALKED TO A MEMBER OF THE CLOSE ROYAL FAMILY?

NO, IT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE.

THERE HASN'T BEEN AN OCCASION.

NO MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.

I CAN SEE YOU'RE PRETTY ANGRY.

I'M VERY ANGRY.

WHILE IT'S NOT A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE MONARCHY AND THE INSTITUTION, IT HAS ANGERED THE REST OF THE FAMILY IN THAT ONE OF THEIR OWN -- HE SAID LET THE SIDE DOWN.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH LETTING THE SIDE DOWN.

IT'S LETTING HIS FAMILY DOWN, HIS DAUGHTERS, HIMSELF, AND THE COUNTRY DOWN.

YOU ARE A DIFFERENT GENERATION.

YOU HAVE YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO HAVE VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS OF TRADITION AND MONARCHY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BRITISH.

YOUR BOOK IS 'BRITISH.'

HE'S ALSO ACCUSED OF HAVING MADE SOME UNPLEASANT EPITAPHS USING A WORD WE DON'T USE, THE N-WORD IN SAYING FORGIVE ME BUT THIS IS THE COMMENT.

REFLECT ON THAT.

I FEEL THAT THERE'S A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE MONARCHY AND BRITISH SOCIETY AND LIKE MY SOCIAL CONTRACTS IT EVOLVES OVER TIME.

I FEEL AS IF THE -- ESPECIALLY A YOUNGER GENERATION, THAT CONTRACT RESTS ON THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A FAMILY THAT DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD, THAT REFLECTS OUR IDENTITY IN WAYS THAT WE CAN RELATE TO.

OBVIOUSLY THE ROYAL FAMILY REPRESENTS PRIVILEGE AND INHERITED WEALTH AND STATUS WHICH IS OUT OF STEP WITH MANY OF OUR IDEAS ABOUT MERITOCRACY AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK WE TOLERATE OR EVEN EMBRACE THAT BECAUSE OF THE SYMBOLISM THEY REPRESENT TO BRITISH TRADITION WHICH MEANS A LOT TO BRITISH PEOPLE.

I THINK WHEN INCIDENCES LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT UPSETS THE BALANCE.