In Prince Andrew s disastrous interview with BBCs Newsnight program on Saturday, the Duke of York said that hed met financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 1999.

That claim is now being called into question after multiple media outlets surfaced a March 2011 letter from the princes former private secretary, Alastair Watson, saying that the royal and Epstein were first introduced in the early 1990s. At the time, Watson also denied any insinuations and innuendos about Andrew.

That directly contradicts the princes comment on Saturday, when he said that the two met through his [Epsteins] girlfriend back in 1999.

In a comment to HuffPost by email on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace said, The Dukes words in his interview speak for themselves.

The palace did not comment on the speculation that the prince is contemplating a second TV interview about his relationship with Epstein after his catastrophic first attempt over the weekend.