Former BBC Producer Sam McAlister Reveals Prince Andrew Brought Beatrice in for Interview Negotiations

Serena Williams has revealed that Prince Harry helped her with the decision to retire from tennis, after spending an hour speaking about it to the royal. Earlier this month, the tennis pro announced that she would be retiring to pursue projects outside the world of sport – and it's now been revealed that Prince Harry was part of that decision.

said.“Key events, relationships and controversies of Andrew’s life” will be explored in the satirical musical, which will star and be written by Kieran Hodgson (Two Doors Down).It is also set to include a “reimagining” of the notorious interview between the duke and Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis in 2019.Ian Katz, Channel 4’s chief content officer, said: “From musical satire about Prince Andrew to an exploration of cancel culture in art via men with very large penises, this season shows that Channel 4 is still as mischievous, disruptive and distinctive as when it was born 40 years ago.“Instead of a nostalgia-thon of highlights from the last four decades, we are celebrating with a collection of irreverent, thought-provoking and hugely entertaining shows that no other broadcaster would air.“If we must age, we plan to do it disgracefully.”Earlier this year, it was suggested Idris Elba was in talks to back a £1billion bid for Channel 4 after the government recently announced its plans to privatise Channel 4.

A musical about Prince Andrew is heading to TV. British broadcaster Channel 4 is to mark its 40th birthday by airing a 60-minute show called 'Prince Andrew: The Musical' about the second son of Queen Elizabeth II which is described as a "satirical send-up of the life and times" of the Duke of York set to a musical score.

disastrous interview in November 2019 discussing his ties with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a special BBC Newsnight program.Channel 4 said the interview, widely regarded as a public relations catastrophe for the Duke of York, will be “reimagined” as part of the musical. Critics tore into the prince for appearing to show no empathy for the abused victims of Epstein, who killed himself in prison in August 2019.Comedian Kieran Hodgson is to lead a cast of comics in “Prince Andrew: The Musical,” a 60-minute program described as a “satirical send-up of the life and times” of the duke set to a musical score.The show is part of a 40-year anniversary season of shows called “Truth or Dare” for Britain’s fourth TV broadcaster, which launched in 1982.

Prince Andrew's life is set to be turned into a show on Channel 4 which will air later this year and it's thought it will feature his infamous and "disastrous" Newsnight interview, as well as his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. During the interview which aired in 2019, the Duke of York was asked questions about Virginia Giuffre, following allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has always denied.

Prince Charles and William “see no way back” for disgraced Prince Andrew amid a royal rift in the family, a source reports.The Duke of York, 62, is reportedly in “intense talks” with the Queen about his future after spending several days alone with his mother on her summer break at ­Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands.This comes after Andrew allegedly refused to speak to his brother Charles and nephew William after the pair blocked his so-called ‘comeback’ plans. Andrew has been forced to take a backseat from public life since his multi-million-pound payout to sex abuse accuser ­Virginia Giuffre.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are rumoured to be taking over Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's Windsor home, according to one royal commentator.

It has long been thought that out of her four children, the Queen shares an especially close bond with her "favourite" child, Prince Andrew, however a royal author has claimed that that isn't actually the case. The Queen is mother to Prince Charles, 73, Princess Anne, 71, Prince Andrew, 62 and Edward, 58, and according to royal author, Matthew Dennison, it's actually her youngest son who is highest in her favour, and was also the favourite of her late husband, Prince Phillip.

K.J. Yossman Veteran interviewer Emily Maitlis is set to deliver this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland.As a senior member of the BBC’s news team for over a decade, she has covered elections, interrogated Prime Ministers and interviewed numerous celebrities as well as anchoring evening news show “Newsnight” and hosting pdocast “Americast.” In her lecture she will address “the complex world of modern journalism where the threat to reporting the news and holding power to account across the globe, comes not just with intimidation and outright censorship, but in more nuanced ways with language and normalizing the extraordinary,” according to the festival.

Emily Maitlis, one of the most respected British news broadcasters of the past two decades and the notorious Prince Andrew Newsnight interviewer, is to deliver this year’s prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.

The Duchess of York has been bitterly attacked for splashing out on a £5m house in Mayfair by a French Millionaire who has been in a long-running financial dispute with the royal.

her old BBC ally.  The broadcaster and her former guest booker, Sam McAlister, secured the infamous Newsnight special with the Duke of York in which he discussed his relationship with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maitlis, 51, has now partnered with the company Blueprint Pictures to develop a scripted drama of the 2019 interview at Buckingham Palace, The Times report.

The two women responsible for persuading Prince Andrew to sit down on camera and give his now-notorious interview explaining his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein are now in competition to bring the behind-the-screen events to film.

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Instagram account. Rebekah, who is married to Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy, became emotional as she opened up about feeling “let down by the legal system” in an interview with TalkTV. Appearing on Lorraine on Thursday morning, the 54-year-old former WAG did not hold back as she labelled the interview a “mistake”.

royal events. Back in 2012 an unlikely friendship began when Princesses Beatrice and Eugene mistook the singer for their cousin, Prince Harry. At a party the pair are said to have said that Ed was the spitting image of Harry, sparking the pairing between Beatrice and Ed.