Watch as Susanna Reid cuts short interview with Lady Victoria Hervey over Prince Andrew

Susanna Reid was forced to cut short an interview with Lady Victoria Hervey after the socialite made a series of accusations, including that her sexual abuse accuser was a “hustler”.

The presenter and her co-host Ben Shepherd joined the aristocratic model, 46, on Good Morning Britain today to discuss whether charity work could rehabilitate Prince Andrew’s image.

It comes after reports that the Queen suggested Prince Andrew, 62, should take up charity work as a “route back to public life”.

The duke’s friends claimed that the late monarch believed his son could follow a “Profumo-style” path to redemption through discreet good works.

Lady Victoria Hervey briefly dated the Duke of York in 1999

The Duke of York withdrew from public life to fight a US civil sex claim brought by his accuser Virginia Giuffre.

He reportedly paid £12m in an out-of-court settlement last year, ending the civil case against him in the US.

He did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the deal.

Royal sources have since claimed that Prince Andrew is looking for a way to return to public life, and that charity work is a potential way to do so.

On GMB, Lady Victoria, who once dated the disgraced royal, called her sexual abuse accuser a “liar” and said Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking victims “made it up.”

At one point, he even tried to “place a bet” live on air that he was “right” about the allegations, forcing the GMB host to stop the interview.

she joined lawyer and equality activist Dr. Charlotte Proudman, in the segment, who argued that “it’s not the role of charities to rehabilitate princes.”

But the debate heated up when Lady Victoria kept interrupting to defend the Duke of York, saying: “He never met her, by the way.”

In a particularly brief exchange, Dr Proudman pointed out that Ms Giuffre was “a victim of sex trafficking”, however Lady Victoria chimed in: “She is not, she is a liar.”

She continued: “I think they are [charities] I’m going to work with him because a lot of things are coming out about her that she’s a complete con artist.

He then added: ‘Can we place a bet right now? Can we make a live bet that I’m right?

Dr Proudman snapped back: “I think it’s absolutely perverse to suggest that the role of charities is to rehabilitate the image of someone accused of sex trafficking.”

Susanna Reid was forced to cut an interview with Lady Victoria Hervey after she made a series of allegations.

During the debate, Lady Victoria Hervey, who once dated the disgraced royal, called her sexual abuse accuser a “liar”.

The Duke of York with 17-year-old Virginia Roberts, who now uses her married name of Giuffre, and her friend Ghislaine Maxwell, who has since been convicted of sex trafficking.

‘The role of charity work is to give back.’

At this, Lady Victoria yelled: ‘This is not sex trafficking!’

Referring to the prince’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021, Susanna began to say: “There is a woman in prison convicted of…” before Lady Victoria interrupted by saying: ‘… eitherf some things he did and some things he didn’t do.

‘A lot of these girls are liars, a lot of these girls made it up.’

At this point, the GMB host quickly ended the interview, saying, “I’m going to end this interview because you can’t smear victims of sex trafficking who have already been through hell.”

Lady Victoria Hervey was debating with Dr Charlotte Proudman whether the Duke’s image could be “rehabilitated” and whether charity work would help provide a “route back” to public life.

However, Lady Victoria tried to keep making claims until Susanna snapped, ‘That’s enough.

‘Sorry. I have to put an end to that. You are making very serious accusations.

“The fact is, as the attorney here at our desk reminds everyone, there were convictions in this case, and we’re not going to take issue with them.”

The debate was removed from the version of the show uploaded to the ITV player for viewers to view.