23 Oct 2025

UK: Grooming gang chaos, Prince Andrew case gets political

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 23 October 2025
(FILES) Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York reacts as he leaves at the end of the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern England, on December 25, 2022. UK's scandal-hit Prince Andrew said on October 17, 2025, he is giving up his royal title. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

Prince Andrew has been under increasing pressure over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: DANIEL LEAL

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about another setback for the inquiry into so-called 'grooming gangs', with both candidates to chair it withdrawing and victims saying they have no confidence in the process. The pressure is piling on the government to act after further revelations about Prince Andrew's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. And puppet show Spitting Image's depiction of Paddington Bear as a cocaine-addicted maniac has not gone down well with the company that owns the rights to the stories.

Hugo Gye is Political Editor of The i Paper