According to the journalist, “I think there is unfinished business.” News was informed. “It isn’t some nice, neat ending.”
In the 2019 interview—which was widely perceived as a “car crash”—Prince Andrew spoke up to Maitlis about his acquaintance with sex offender Epstein, who had served his sentence.
A Very Royal Scandal, a new three-part drama starring Michael Sheen as Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Maitlis, is currently focused on it.
Wilson and Maitlis were having a conversation with me at the Ham Yard Hotel in central London, which is close to the Broadcasting House of the corporation, the location of Newsnight’s production.
In 2019, the program aired a special Saturday evening edition featuring her interview, which garnered global attention.
Prince Andrew talked about his connections to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite who is currently incarcerated for aiding Epstein in abusing girls.
During the interview, Andrew vehemently denied having intercourse with Virginia Giuffre, who was 17 at the time. He claimed to have been at Pizza Express in Woking on the day the encounter was supposed to have happened.
