A Very Royal Scandal: Emily Maitlis on Prince Andrew
The News Agents
Global
4.2 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
It was the interview that shook the monarchy and saw the downfall of one of its most senior members.
A brand new drama based on that interview, titled “A Very Royal Scandal” is set to be released on Amazon next week, so Lewis sits down with Emily to talk about Prince Andrew, the shockwaves it triggered, and the new drama.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | You didn't ask me about my alibias? |
| 0:15.8 | As discussed, I'm sweating and my visit to Pizza Express. |
| 0:22.5 | Sweating. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.6 | I must insist that we include these details, |
| 0:29.4 | the material to his Royal Highness's defence. |
| 0:31.6 | We were expecting to be asked about them. |
| 0:33.4 | That was an extract from a very royal scandal. |
| 0:36.3 | A new three-part drama, which is coming out next week on Amazon Prime. |
| 0:40.3 | It is a tale about our very own Emily Maitliss in the drama played by Ruth Wilson and the lead-up to and the interviewing of Prince Andrew back in 2019. |
| 0:53.3 | And given Emily was doing a few interviews to promote this series, it did seem remiss, although it was still a bit of a persuasion, to get her to come into the studio to talk only about herself and about the events that led up to that fateful day. So this is our full conversation about the weirdness of making of a drama about her life, |
| 1:13.6 | the interview and everything that's happened since. Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:21.6 | The newsagents. Right, well today's episode is obviously not going to be meta at all because |
| 1:27.1 | I'm going to interview Emily and we're both presenters on this show and do an interview about an interview that she did on a show we both used to work at. |
| 1:39.1 | And I'm wearing a jumper that I completely forgot I had until I actually saw it in the dramatized version |
| 1:47.7 | and suddenly remembered, oh yeah, the one with a little rainbow sleeves, go and dig it out. |
| 1:53.5 | Most people do not need a whole drama of their lives to remind them that they have a jumper |
| 1:57.5 | at the back end of the wash. |
| 2:00.0 | So I'm very grateful. I'm very grateful to the makers of the drama, not least, for realising me with the favourite drama. |
| 2:05.6 | That's definitely worth a year or two of your life. |
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