U.K. Minister Issues Veiled Rebuke to Prince Andrew Over Jeffrey Epstein

HRH Prince Andrew Duke of York speaks to Emily Maitlis during a BBC interview on Nov. 16.BBC

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By Jess Shankleman

November 19, 2019 at 9:21 AM UTC

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U.K. government ministers are -- technically at least -- appointed by Queen Elizabeth II. So it is highly unusual for any of them to criticize a member of the Royal Family, not least because the monarch and her relations are expected to remain above politics themselves.

But the fallout from Prince Andrew’s disastrous TV interview, in which he tried to explain away his friendship with the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, sparked a rare intervention from a member of the Cabinet on Tuesday.