Disastrous Prince Andrew interview inspires ‘A Very Royal Scandal’ series: What to know
nypost.comBBC “Newsnight” interview he did with journalist Emily Maitlis has inspired an upcoming miniseries, per Variety.The three-part event, titled “A Very Royal Scandal,” is currently in production in the United Kingdom and will star Michael Sheen as Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Maitlis.The official synopsis reveals that the show will chronicle “Emily Maitlis’ professional and personal journey as a Newsnight journalist, leading up to her acclaimed interview with Prince Andrew.”Joanna Scanlan, Alex Jennings and Éanna Hardwicke will also star in the series, which doesn’t have a release date yet.The episodes will be in the similar vein of Amazon’s “A Very English Scandal” (2018) and “A Very British Scandal” (2021).
The “car crash” of an interview with Andrew, 63, and Maitlis, 53, was meant to discuss the former’s affiliation with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
However, the interview was so full of wild tidbits that the sit-down was seen as catastrophic.During the exchange, Andrew claimed that he couldn’t “sweat” and skated around his relationship with Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.
Giuffre accused Epstein of trafficking her to Andrew. She filed a sex abuse lawsuit against the duke in 2021 following Epstein’s 2019 death.
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