Emily Maitlis, whose notorious interview with Prince Andrew forced the disgraced royal to announce his departure from public life, has revealed she believes the prince “had behaved rather well.”
14.08.2022 - 19:03 / ok.co.uk
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.
Writing in his new book which is a biography of Her Majesty, Matthew penned: “Prince Edward, seemingly a bit wet and a tad irritating to the rest of us, was always his parents’ favourite. “That became apparent in 1987 when Edward, aged 22, opted out of the Royal Marines when he was just a third of the way through his 12-month basic training course.
“To the surprise of some, Prince Philip did not come down on his son like a ton of bricks. “He accepted that the Marines ‘wasn’t right for Edward’ – and to this day Edward is grateful for that.” Last year, the Duke of York found himself embroiled in an alleged sex scandal involving Virginia Giuffre, which he ended up settling out of court for £12million, causing the Queen to strip him of his well-respected royal titles.
Despite this, the Queen and Prince Andrew are known to share a close relationship, and she made a point of this when he escorted her in Westminster Abbey during Prince Phillip's memorial service in April. Speculation was mounting as to whether the disgraced Duke would be present at his mother's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in June.
Emily Maitlis, whose notorious interview with Prince Andrew forced the disgraced royal to announce his departure from public life, has revealed she believes the prince “had behaved rather well.”
The loyal daughters of Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are said to have begged Prince Charles to give their dad a job. Andrew, 62, who was left shell-shocked when the Queen stripped him of military titles and HRH use at the beginning of the year, has had his case for a job fought by his daughters Beatrice, 34, and Eugenie, 32. The Sun reports that the Prince of Wales, 73, held a summit with the princesses at his home on the Birkhall Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Princess Diana was famous for being a trailblazer when it came to the causes she supported and her cutting-edge fashion - but she also bucked royal trends with Princes William and Harry's births. Until Prince William came along in 1982, every direct heir to the British throne had been born at home. Her Majesty the Queen welcomed Prince Charles via Caesarean at Buckingham Palace, where the Buhl Room was converted into a 'miniature hospital'.
EXCLUSIVE: Peacock launches its first ever DocFest, an on-platform showcase highlighting a selection from the streamer’s top-tier documentary roster. The documentaries include Joe Berlinger‘s , as well as projects exploring the accomplishments of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks and the scandals of England’s Prince Andrew.
British broadcaster Emily Maitlis has warned that populism has overcome the power of the mainstream media to hold politicians to account in the wake of Donald Trump’s popularity and Brexit, and unveiled a blueprint for wrestling back control in her MacTaggart lecture Wednesday.
K.J. Yossman “Newsnight” anchor Emily Maitlis took aim at Donald Trump, the U.K. government and the BBC – her soon-to-be former employer – in a speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday evening. But crucially she didn’t give any insight into her infamous interview with Prince Andrew, which she is now hoping to turn into a scripted drama. “I apologise to anyone who came thinking this would be about the Prince Andrew interview,” said Maitlis, who has reportedly signed a deal with Blueprint Pictures to make a screen adaptation of the interview. “That will have to wait till next time.” While many of the attendees to Maitlis’ MacTaggart lecture were hoping she would open up about the “car crash” interview, which saw Andrew banished from public life after it aired, Maitlis instead chose to focus on the journalistic landscape, giving examples of her own interviews with former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka as well as actor Robert de Niro.
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.
The end of the summer holiday is nearing which means a return to school for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. But this September the royal children will be attending a different school as the family moves up to the Windsor estate. Private co-educational institution Lambrook School, in Berkshire, near Ascot, is the Cambridge children's new school.
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.
The Queen’s granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor is to attend St Andrews University to study English after receiving her A-level results, Buckingham Palace said. Lady Louise, 18, received her results today, Thursday 18 August, along with the rest of A-level students across the nation.
Prince William and Kate Middleton are rumoured to be taking over Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's Windsor home, according to one royal commentator.
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.