2023-04-27 12:31:00
In 2019, Prince Andrew rocked the monarchy with his TV interview about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (†). Emily Maitlis, who conducted the interview, now claims that daughter Beatrice may have prompted him to do so.
The “Newsnight”-Prince Andrew, 63,’s 2019 interview has gone down in history as one of the most scandalous royal TV appearances. Already in 2009 threw him Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 39, pretends to have had sex with her. The US businessman Jeffrey Epstein, † 66, is said to have forced the then underage woman to do so. In November 2019, Andrew first decided to take a personal stand on camera, speaking to BBC reporter Emily Maitlis, 52, about his connection to convicted sex offender Epstein.
In a new two-part Channel 4 documentary, the journalist hints that the late Queen Elizabeth’s son, †96, may have only agreed to the television interview to protect his daughter Princess Beatrice, 34.
Prince Andrew’s fall after BBC interview
His rush to the front backfired: the British press dismissed Prince Andrew’s statements in the BBC interview as evasive and implausible, and accused the prince of lacking empathy for Epstein’s victims. The reputation of the monarchy was in jeopardy. Andrew officially resigned from his royal duties a few days after the TV appearance in November 2019, temporarily at first. Shortly after through Virginia Roberts Giuffre Following a re-filed civil abuse allegation lawsuit – which was later settled out of court – the Royal was stripped of all military titles and patronage in January 2022 “with the Queen’s consent”.
He should not have expected the consequences of his television appearance in particular. The question quickly arises: Why did the Duke of York initially agree to the TV interview? Emily Maitlis, who then put Andrew through the wringer in front of the camera, later recalled, “that [Andrew] it maybe for [Beatrice] did,” “Mirror” quotes her statements from the new “Channel 4” documentation.
Did Andrew want to protect daughter Beatrice from further negative headlines?
But why exactly? The princess got engaged to her now husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 39, at the end of September 2019. A month earlier, footage was released by the Daily Mail showing her father Prince Andrew was said to have been in contact with Epstein even after his conviction as a sex offender.
In the new two-part documentary, Emily Maitlis puts herself in Andrew’s shoes, tries to recapitulate his thoughts that were possible at the time, and says: “[Beatrices] life was hell You had to read those headlines. you are trying to get married I [Andrew] will that [Interview] lead to it for you [Beatrice] to do better.” However, Maitlis emphasizes: “I don’t know if that’s true, but it came to my mind.” Only Prince Andrew himself knows the exact reasons for his TV appearance.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie were Andrew’s alibi
Speaking to Emily Maitlis, his daughters Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, 33, served as Andrew’s alibi. A few weeks before the scandalous TV broadcast remembered Virginia Roberts Giuffre in the show “NBC Dateline” an her first meeting with Andrew in 2001. Giuffre claimed that it took place at “Club Tramp”, that Andrew “got her alcohol”, wanted to dance with her and then sweated it all over her.
Prince Andrew then tried to defend himself on the BBC news program “Newsnight”, saying that he was not sweating “at the time” and had not visited a club that evening. Instead, he was “at home with the kids,” “brought Beatrice to a party in a Pizza Express in Woking, probably around four or five in the afternoon.”
Sources used: mirror.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk, bbc.com
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