Carlos Fresneda London

London

Updated Thursday, April 4, 2024-17:35

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It was possibly the biggest media disaster in the annals of the British Royal House, in the run-up to

Megxit

and five years before

Kategate

. It happened in November 2019, when

Prince Andrew

gave an exclusive interview to the

BBC

Newsnight

program. King Charles' younger brother sought to launder his reputation due to his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and at the climax of the Virginia Giuffre sexual abuse scandal...

It was when Andrés tried to disqualify his accuser's lurid version, alleging that

he was incapable of sweating

(since an overdose of adrenaline in the Malvinas war). It was when he took out of his pocket the alibi for the dinner at a Pizza Express with his daughter Beatriz, the night of one of the alleged meetings with the minor. And it was also when

he twice said "no" to whether he regretted

having been friends with the late Epstein.

One royal chronicler compared the impact of the interview to that of "a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami and triggering a nuclear explosion."

The foundations of

Buckingham Palace shook that same night, and the fact is that Prince Andrew came away convinced that he had interpreted the function of his life, oblivious to the gale that was unleashed.

Prince Andrew, February 2024Gthree

A film,

Scoop

, now recreates on Netflix the internal details of the "exclusive" that led to Andrés' plummet. Months later he would lose all his military titles and his royal functions after

the extrajudicial agreement to pay Virginia Giuffre

14 million euros (using money "borrowed" by Queen Elizabeth II).

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Epstein case.

Prince Andrew: his miscalculations leave him at the mercy of his victim

  • Editor: LOURDES GÓMEZ London

Prince Andrew: his miscalculations leave him at the mercy of his victim

Actor Rufus Sewell perfectly embodies the prince's

tics

in his calamitous exchange

with presenter Emily Maitlis

, played by Gillian Anderson (the same one who played Margaret Thatcher in

The Crown

). Billie Piper also has a

special role in the role of producer

Sam McAlister, whose intense story from inside the events has given rise to the film.

Rufus Sewell confesses to having consulted with experts from the CIA and the FBI to

play his role in a "convincing" way

, and to find out in the process if Andrés lied blatantly... "They all analyzed the prince's movements with his hands and feet ", his frequent gestures, his changes in tone. And they concluded that

he was telling the truth

much of the time (at least half of the 60-minute interview)."

Sewell avoids taking sides for or against Andrés in statements to Radio Times, although he acknowledges that some of his explanations were cumbersome... "Especially when he claims to be a victim and that he was too

honorable

... Watching the original interview, "It's clear that

he himself had conflicting feelings

about his guilt or innocence, which makes him a fascinating character to play."

Gillian Anderson also prepared thoroughly to play Emily Matis, with a reputation as a

"ruthless interviewer"

... "Interestingly, I was surprised by the gentle tone she used with Andrés, even with the tough questions. The illustrious interviewee could have stopped her in her tracks. , but

he entered into the trap in all the questions

, with the disastrous effect that we all saw.

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Maitlis herself confessed that she felt "terrified" and prey to "stage fright" at Buckingham Palace, and that

her obsession was "not to make any mistakes

" and "not to be too rude." "At the BBC there has always been a fear: after an interview with a member of the Royal Family, someone is fired," the journalist confessed. Two years later, she was the one who decided

to say goodbye

to public television to launch her own podcast:

The News Agent

.