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FYI. London papers roundup. 
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Your daily digest of top UK news stories from U.S. Embassy London Public Affairs 
The SW11 
June 9, 2020 
What the Papers Say 
Most headlines are leading with Prince Andrew and his involvement in 
the Epstein inquiry. Telegraph writes "In the latest twist in the saga 
concerning Prince Andrew's links to the billionaire paedophile, the 
Duke's legal team insisted he had offered to speak to the US authorities 
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"on at least three occasions this year". Revealing the Department of 
Justice (DoJ) had confirmed that the Duke "is not and never has been a 
target of their criminal investigations into Epstein", the statement by 
Blackfords law firm accused US prosecutors of "seeking publicity rather 
than accepting the assistance proffered." The Daily Mail say ' In 
challenging the veracity of America's Department of Justice, which has 
accused him of refusing to cooperate with its investigation into Epstein's 
sex-trafficking network, he is taking on the most powerful law agency in 
the world. And in a further twist last night, U.S. authorities responded 
to the Prince's intervention. In a statement, the Justice Department said 
Andrew had sought to 'falsely portray' himself as a willing participant in 
their inquiry and said he had 'repeatedly declined' to be interviewed. In 
other news, The Times leads with the toppling of the Colston statue by 
antiracism protestors. "The home secretary had a 'firm' conversation 
yesterday with Andy Marsh, the chief constable of Avon and Somerset, 
and demanded an explanation for what had happened in Bristol on 
Sunday. She made clear that she expected those who pulled the statue 
down to fac…
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