A Very Royal Scandal exposes sick query Prince Andrew requested Emily Maitlis earlier than notorious Newsnight interview – leaving BBC star reeling

Emily Maitlis has revealed the sick query she obtained from Prince Andrew earlier than her notorious Newsnight interview with the royal. 

The journalist serves as an govt producer on the upcoming Prime Video sequence A Very Royal Scandal – a retelling of the 2019 interview.

And in scenes set to air within the first episode, Emily, who’s performed by Ruth Wilson, reveals that earlier than Prince Andrew agreed to the phrases of his interview with BBC Newsnight, he requested the presenter whether or not she had ever been abused. 

Because the crew on the BBC attended a pre-meet with Prince Andrew, performed by Michael Sheen, alongside his daughter Beatrice and his personal secretary Amanda Thirsk. 

And earlier than agreeing to the interview, the Duke leans ahead earlier than he asks: ‘Have any of you ever been victims of abuse?’ 

A Very Royal Scandal has uncovered the sick query Prince Andrew requested Emily Maitlis earlier than the notorious Newsnight interview which left the BBC star reeling

And in scenes set to air within the first episode, Emily (Ruth Wilson) reveals that earlier than Prince Andrew (Michael Sheen) agreed to the phrases of his interview with BBC Newsnight, he requested the presenter whether or not she had ever been abused

Visibly shaken by the query, whereas Emily’s two workers rapidly insist that they haven’t, the journalist herself seems to freeze. 

Because the silence lingers she rapidly provides: ‘No.’ 

Prince Andrew questions: ‘Nothing in your life?’ as Emily replies: ‘Nothing that bares comparability.’ 

‘So that you’re judgement would not be colored by something in any respect?’ clarifies Amanda, who’s performed by Joanna Scanlan. 

‘By no means,’ confirms Emily because the assembly attracts to an in depth. 

Nevertheless the chilling query performs on Emily’s thoughts and later within the episode she confides in her husband as she tells him: ‘You realize on the finish of my assembly with Prince Andrew he requested me if I had ever been the sufferer of abuse? It felt horrible.’

‘What did you say?’ asks her husband Mark Gwynne as Emily replies: ‘Properly nothing, having a stalker shouldn’t be remotely comparable and I do not need to speak about it.’ 

Emily was a sufferer of stalker for 27 years after Edward Vines bombarded her with letters following a fixation that has spanned for the reason that pair attended Cambridge College collectively within the Nineties. 

Earlier than agreeing to the interview, the Duke leans ahead earlier than he asks: ‘Have any of you ever been victims of abuse?’

Visibly shaken by the query, whereas Emily’s two workers rapidly insist that they haven’t, the journalist herself seems to freeze

Nevertheless the chilling query performs on Emily’s thoughts and later within the episode she confides in her husband as she tells him: ‘You realize on the finish of my assembly with Prince Andrew he requested me if I had ever been the sufferer of abuse? It felt horrible’ 

In 2022 Edward was jailed for eight years after writing a sequence of letters from HMP Nottingham declaring his ‘unrequited love’ with ‘outpourings of affection’ for her 

In 2022 Edward was jailed for eight years after writing a sequence of letters from HMP Nottingham declaring his ‘unrequited love’ with ‘outpourings of affection’ for her.

In March 2023 he was jailed for an additional 9 months after attempting to additionally write to the presenter’s mom.

Vines had insisted that he would proceed penning letters to Maitlis till she spoke to him ‘about her behaviour in 1990’ – when he claimed ‘she snubbed him at Cambridge College‘.

A court docket heard that, whereas he was awaiting sentence for breaching his restraining order 20 occasions, he tried to write down to Maitlis’ mom Marian between July and August in 2022.

And the connection between terrorised by a stalker and Prince Andrew’s query of abuse is evident within the actresses face. 

Amazon Prime launched the trailer for upcoming drama A Very Royal Scandal final Wednesday, it is going to drop on the streamer on September 19. 

It comes after Emily revealed the awkward request she obtained from Prince Andrew after their infamous interview ended. 

The interview was broadly branded a ‘automotive crash’ for the Duke of York, however Emily has now revealed that he truly wished to spend much more time speaking about sweating and Pizza Categorical.   

Of Prince Andrew’s request, she stated: ‘As soon as we would completed the interview, I stated as a courtesy, “Is there something that did not get included that you simply wished to debate?” and Prince Andrew stated, “Properly truly, there have been a few issues. You did not embody my alibi”.

Prince Andrew questions: ‘Nothing in your life?’ as Emily replies: ‘Nothing that bares comparability’ 

Amazon Prime launched the trailer for upcoming drama A Very Royal Scandal final Wednesday, it is going to drop on the streamer on September 19

‘He wished to speak about the truth that he’d been at Pizza Categorical on the night time in query. 

‘And it was a really sophisticated second for us as a result of, on the one hand, I knew that if he included a number of the stuff that he wished to speak about, for instance the sweating and the Pizza Categorical alibi, it was not going to assist his case, actually, it was truly going to make it look worse.’

Emily added: ‘I felt sort of a duty to not let him stroll into that, however however, I additionally felt a duty to incorporate the issues that he had stated have been necessary to him to say.’

The Information Brokers presenter went on to disclose the way it was tougher to get interviews afterwards because it scared folks off. 

‘It is a curious factor truly, on the one hand, you’d suppose it’d make it very easy to get folks to do interviews with you as a result of they’ve seen your interview and so they’ve heard of you, ‘ she stated.

‘And however, no person needs to do an interview with you as a result of they’ve seen your interview and so they’ve heard of you! 

‘So, I believe it is barely double-edged. Some folks come in the direction of you, and a few run a mile.’