The Duke of York's accuser Virginia Giuffre has given an interview to BBC Panorama.
She claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and forced to have sex with Andrew when she was a teenager, which the duke categorically denies.
Here is a transcript of excerpts of the interview released so far: Giuffre on allegedly dancing with the duke in Tramp nightclub: "We went into the VIP section. There was no waiting in the lines obviously – you were with a prince.
"Andrew asked me what I wanted to drink, you know, and I said oh, you know, something from the bar.
"He had something clear. I know mine was vodka and then he asked me to dance.
"He is the most hideous dancer I've ever seen in my life. I mean it was horrible and this guy was sweating all over me, like his sweat was like it was raining basically everywhere I was just like grossed out from it but I knew I had to keep him happy because that's what Jeffrey and Ghislaine would have expected from me."
Giuffre on the photo of her with the duke: "The people on the inside are going to keep coming up with these ridiculous excuses. Like his arm was elongated or the photo was doctored, or uh he came to New York to break up with Jeffrey Epstein.
"I mean come on, I'm calling BS on this, because that's what it is. He knows what happened. I know what happened, and there's only one of us telling the truth, and I know that's me."
On calling on the British public to support her: "I implore the people in the UK to stand up beside me, to help me fight this fight, to not accept this as being OK.
"This is not some sordid sex story. This is a story of being trafficked, This is a story of abuse and this is a story of your guys' royalty."
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