英国王室正面临20年来最大形象危机

英国王室可能正面临半个世纪以来最大的形象危机。近日，安德鲁王子与已逝富豪爱泼斯坦之间的瓜葛随着一期电视采访的播出而持续发酵，演变成爆炸性的丑闻事件，登上各大媒体头条。此前，爱泼斯坦被指控涉嫌未成年少女易，并在狱中自杀。究竟是什么事件将安德鲁王子由幕后推向台前？这件丑闻又会给英国王室带来什么样的危机？一起来听今天的课程讲解。

本篇课程首发于2019年11月26日
After Disastrous Epstein Interview, Prince Andrew Steps Down From Public Duties
By Mark Landler
① Prince Andrew announced on Wednesday that he would step back from public life, seeking to contain a firestorm over his ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that threatened to scorch the entire British royal family.
② The prince’s extraordinary statement capped a tumultuous four days since his televised interview about Mr. Epstein, which brought a storm of negative coverage, prompted companies with ties to the prince’s charities to distance themselves from him, and rekindled calls for him to testify to the F.B.I. about his tangled history with Mr. Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking.
③ The duke, 59, had hoped that the interview, broadcast Saturday by the BBC, would put to rest lingering questions about his ties to Mr. Epstein, as well as accusations that he had sex with a teenage girl who had been supplied to him by his friend.
④ Instead, after the duke submitted to 50 minutes of polite but relentless grilling by the BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, his unsavory association with Mr. Epstein — fodder for tabloid newspapers and society magazines — had mutated into a full-blown scandal, one that eclipsed the British general election on front pages.
⑤ Experts on the royal family have described the interview as the biggest public relations debacle for the British royal family since the turbulent aftermath of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in 1997