Prince Andrew’s removal from his royal titles and honors was “unavoidable,” according to Emily Maitlis, who also expressed her happiness over the Met Police’s investigation of the shamed prince.
Former Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has shared that she is ‘glad’ is ‘glad’ the Metropolitan Police are looking into claims that disgraced royal Prince Andrew tried to get officers to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against his sexual assault accuser.
Following her infamous interview with the shamed brother of King Charles on her BBC show in 2019, the host of The News Agents podcast believes Andrew’s demise was “unavoidable.”
Before the cameras started rolling for the official interview, an Amazon series based on the car-crash interview suggested that Andrew had already posed some very awkward questions to Maitlis.
A Very Royal Scandal, which first aired last year, chronicles the tense conversation that saw Andrew address his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, refute any encounters with Virginia Giuffre, and offer bizarre explanations involving sweat, the Falklands conflict, and Pizza Express.
Maitlis was the show’s executive producer when she confronted Andrew in the actual interview. In the program, Andrew asks the journalist (portrayed by Ruth Wilson) on whether any of the presenters had been victims of abuse or whether their judgment on the situation may have been influenced by their own experiences.
Michael Sheen’s Andrew leans in and asks, “Have any of you ever been victims of abuse?” While MacLean and McAlister, who appear uneasy, confirm they have not, Wilson’s Maitlis responds, “Nothing that bears comparison,” while McLean’s Maitlis, who is taken aback by the inquiry, replies, “Nothing that bears comparison.”
“So your judgment wouldn’t be affected by anything at all”? confirms Amanda Thirsk, who is portrayed by Joanna Scanlan, to which Maitlis’ character replies, “No at all.”
Although it hasn’t been confirmed whether Andrew actually posed the question, it has been said repeatedly that A Very Royal Scandal was based on numerous interviews with those involved in the real-life events.
In the days leading up to the publication of his sex accuser Ms. Giuffre’s book, there has been a sharpening focus on his connections to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, and Andrew announced on Friday that he has abandoned using his royal titles and honors.
The prince vehemently refutes the claims that Ms. Giuffre was forced to have sex with him three times as a result of her involvement with Epstein. In April of this year, Ms. Giuffre passed away.
The shamed prince attempted to contact the Met Police to discredit her claims by providing them with her confidential social security number, something that the force is currently looking into. Hours later, it was revealed that Andrew had made the formal announcement that he would no longer be able to hold the title of Duke of York.
Maitlis said: “I would like to see justice done if there were people trying to make her life even more intolerable than it was,” in a statement made to Victoria Derbyshire on the BBC Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg show.
Maitlis said in an interview about Andrew’s emails to paedophile Epstein: “Signing off, let’s play some more soon does not suggest that he had ever ended that friendship with Epstein,” adding: “It does not suggest that he had ever broken off with him.
You’re left to wonder why he said that, whether the conversation ever happened, and how much more there is in that interview that we must now revisit and re-examine.
She continued, “It seems like it’s been a long time coming this, this,” in response to Andrew’s decision to renounce his title. In fact, he gave up on many of his royal duties, many of his public duties, many of his charities, and many of his patronages after the interview was conducted nearly six years ago.
“But there has been this particular drip-effect, and we have all had to do the same. He’s going to Sandringham, right? Will he be visiting Santa Claus with the family? Will he be permitted to attend the jubilee or the coronation, whichever comes first?
And in some ways, I believe that the palace was going to end up there pretty soon, I mean, just as soon as we realized what he meant. So, yes, I believe it has taken a long time for this to arrive.
Source: Mirror
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