As more pictures and details emerge showing how deep Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein went, Sam McAlister reflects on why the former prince told so many falsehoods when he knew the truth could come out at any time I ’m sitting against the wall in the South Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace. It’s Thursday, 14 November, 2019. Emily Maitlis is in my direct line of vision. The room is dense with anxiety (ours), and the whole Newsnight team is