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Exclusive: Royal Protection Officer opens up on Andrew & Epstein

4/23/202650 min

In an exclusive interview with Andy & Neil, Scott Hamer - a former Senior Royal Protection Officer - reveals what it's like to protect the highest profile people in the country. Scott worked with the former Prince Andrew at times, as well as many other Royals and top politicians - he responds to the claims that some of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's protection team may have become too close to the former Royal.

Scott also speaks candidly about what the former Duke of York was like as a principal and gives his view on whether fellow officers might ever have turned a blind eye to any criminal activity involving Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.

Plus, did Andrew's protection team even know about Epstein's convictions when the former Prince stayed at the late paedophile's house in New York in 2010? Scott gives his verdict, and later, Andy & Neil react to Scott's exclusive insights.

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Clips

Should officers have known?
Where to draw the line
Loyalty: Crown or the law?
Could Epstein bar police?
Be yourself, not a royal clone
‘I don’t find it astonishing’
Don’t get too familiar

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Scott Hamer· Guest0:01

    [upbeat music] This is a Global Player original podcast.

  2. Andy Hughes· Host0:05

    So Jeffrey Epstein could have said, "I don't want the protection officers here."

  3. Scott Hamer· Guest0:08

    Yeah, he could have done. Randy Andy, he's, you know, the press put that label on him in the '80s, you know, back from the Falklands. I don't think it's any secret that anyone thought, you know, that he was some sort of womanizer.

  4. Andy Hughes· Host0:19

    If your principal's walking with a sex offender, they wouldn't have known.

  5. Scott Hamer· Guest0:22

    What would their right to know be?

  6. Andy Hughes· Host0:24

    Should they not know their principal, the man they're meant to be protecting- They- ... is walking in public with a sex offender?

  7. Scott Hamer· Guest0:30

    At that point, they might not have known. Is it against the law to meet a convicted pedophile? No, it's not. Is it immoral? Yes.

  8. Andy Hughes· Host0:38

    Within the Royal Protection Unit, what was it like to be assigned to Prince Andrew?

  9. Scott Hamer· Guest0:42

    [gentle music] The Crime Agents.

  10. Andy Hughes· Host0:45

    Just to let you all know that in this episode, we are going to be talking about the convicted pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, and his relationship to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has always denied any wrongdoing and all allegations against him. Welcome to The Crime Agents with me, crime journalist Andy Hughes.

  11. Neil Basu· Host1:05

    And me, the ex-cop Neil Basu.

  12. Andy Hughes· Host1:07

    So we've got something a bit special for you today. Um, we are speaking to someone who has protected the royal family in close protection. This is one of those jobs, Neil, that I'm just completely fascinated by because it's such a murky world. No one knows how they do that job and what's required and where the lines blur between

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