Second Prince Andrew drama exposes shocking moment that left Emily Matlis shaking

A Very Royal Scandal has revealed a distressing question Prince Andrew asked Emily Maitlis up of their infamous BBC Newsnight interview.

The Amazon Prime bid is the 2nd drama to person retold the Royal’s car clang appearance but this clip Emily, 54, is progressive arsenic an enforcement producer.

In the amusement Emily, played by Ruth Wilson, is seen being near shaken during a pre-interview gathering with Prince Andrew, played by Michael Sheen.

Leaning towards her, Prince Andrew asks Emily and her team: ‘Have immoderate of you ever been victims of abuse?’ 

After they each accidental no, the 64-year-old probs: ‘Nothing successful your life?’

Looking shellshocked, Emily replies: ‘Nothing that bares comparison.’ 

Prince Andrew’s backstage caput Amanda Thirsk, played by Joanna Scanlan, continues: ‘So your judgement wouldn’t beryllium coloured by thing astatine all?’

‘Not astatine all,’ confirms Emily arsenic the gathering concludes.

However, aboriginal connected successful the episode, Emily is inactive troubled by Prince Andrew’s question, which has played connected her mind.

Confiding successful her hubby Mark Gwynne, played by Nicholas Burns, she says: ‘You cognize astatine the extremity of my gathering with Prince Andrew helium asked maine if I had ever been the unfortunate of abuse? It felt horrible.’

Mark asks: ‘What did you say?’

Emily replies: ‘Well nothing, having a stalker is not remotely comparable and I don’t privation to speech astir it.’ 

The fictionalised Emily is referring to her real-life stalker Edward Vines, 54, who had a three-decade-long fixation with the writer who helium knew from their Cambridge University days successful 1990.

In 2022, Vines, formerly of Grosvenor Road, Oxford, was jailed for 8 years aft attempting to breach a restraining bid for the 20th clip by sending letters to Emily and her parent from HMP Nottingham betwixt May 2020 and December 2021.

Before A Very Royal Scandal’s release, determination were reportedly fears it would beryllium eclipsed by the occurrence of Scoop, Netflix’s play astir the Newsnight interrogation released earlier this year.

A Very Royal Scandal recounts the events done Emily’s perspective, whereas Scoop s based connected the publication – Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews – written by Newsnight shaper Sam McAlister played by Billie Piper.

The bid goes down the scenes to amusement america however the interrogation was secured, recreates the astir memorable moments, shows reactions from the women who made the chat hap and follows immoderate of the fallout.

Despite some offerings covering the aforesaid taxable substance and the ‘rivalry,’ Billie antecedently told Metro.co.uk that Emily, who is played by Gillian Anderson, would bask Scoop. ‘I’m definite she would perfectly emotion it,’ she stated.

Emily antecedently told Deadline she didn’t get progressive with the Netflix film: ‘I’ve near them precise overmuch to bash their ain happening due to the fact that I deliberation the past happening they privation is maine peeking astir the edges offering my [views].’

During the bombshell interview, Prince Andrew discussed his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who was recovered dormant successful August 2019 whilst awaiting proceedings successful the televised event,

He besides denied having enactment with Virginia Giuffre successful March 2001 and said helium had ‘no recollection of ever meeting’ her.

After the interview, Prince Andrew retired from nationalist life as a moving subordinate of the steadfast and paid a fiscal colony to his alleged victim.

A Very Royal Scandal is disposable to watercourse connected Amazon Prime.

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