Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul sparked a global uproar.Credit:AP
The CIA and some Western governments have said they believe he ordered it,but Saudi officials say he had no role.
The death sparked a global uproar,tarnishing the crown prince's image and imperilling ambitious plans to diversify the economy of the world's top oil exporter and to open up cloistered Saudi society. He has not since visited the United States or Europe.
"It happened under my watch. I get all the responsibility,because it happened under my watch,"he told PBS'Martin Smith,according to a preview of a documentary,The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,set to air on October 1,ahead of the one-year anniversary of Khashoggi's death.
After initial denials,the official Saudi narrative blamed the murder on rogue operatives. The public prosecutor said the then-deputy intelligence chief ordered the repatriation of Khashoggi,a royal insider who became an outspoken critic,but the lead negotiator ordered him killed after discussions for his return failed.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he "gets the responsibility" for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi because it happened under his watch.Credit:AP
Saud al-Qahtani,a former top royal adviser whom Reuters reported gave orders over Skype to the killers,briefed the hit team on Khashoggi's activities before the operation,the prosecutor said.
Asked how the killing could happen without him knowing about it,Smith quotes Mohammed as saying:"We have 20 million people. We have 3 million government employees."