McAlister even ventured to make several jokes with her royal interlocutor, though she demurs on the details: “Probably the most banterous parts wouldn’t be right for me to reveal. (The program was also edited by a woman, Esme Wren.) “And, lucky me, I had one of the best female presenters in the country” in the form of Emily Maitlis. She also shared her view with him directly: His silence meant “the public was drawing conclusions on his guilt.” Finally, she told him, it was a “no-brainer” that any interview about sexual impropriety with women would have to be conducted by a woman. She kept in mind the “sweet spots” that might motivate the prince to go ahead: a desire for vindication in time to celebrate his 60th birthday in style and to walk his daughter Beatrice down the aisle. I don’t think it’s helpful, frankly, to be deferential to institutions if you want to get the truth.” “And, in the nicest way, I didn’t give a toot. “One of the reasons this interview happened is I didn’t have any connections in this world,” she says. The disgraced financier and his connection to CEO Leslie Wexner feature in Hulu’s ‘Angels and Demons,’ about the lingerie brand’s rise and fall. Television To grasp the ‘dramatic collapse’ of Victoria’s Secret, a new doc looks to Jeffrey Epstein As the Epstein questions grew louder, McAlister persevered. When first offered access in 2018 - to do what she calls a “puff piece” on his charity work - she turned it down, telling his PR people firmly: No preconditions, or no interview. Despite a perceived coziness between the national broadcaster and the monarchy, to her knowledge, her program had never spoken to a royal. 13), McAlister reveals the tense discussions that secured her exclusive. In her new book, “Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews” (Oneworld Publications, Sept. The 50-minute encounter had brought down a prince. It would be described as “a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion.” So damning were his answers that just four days after broadcast came the announcement he would be suspending his public duties. Three days later, after mentioning in front of McAlister that he would consult “Mum,” Andrew did the interview. “There was no way that he could misunderstand that he was dealing with someone who could speak truth to power and who wasn’t messing him about.” “Then, suddenly, he laughs,” recalls McAlister in a central London restaurant. It’s that you’re known as ‘Air Miles Andy’ and ‘Randy Andy.’ And I can absolutely tell you that the latter really doesn’t help you in your current predicament.”Įveryone in the room held their breath that is not how Britons speak to royalty. Referring to his extravagant travel at taxpayers’ expense and his playboy image, she told him bluntly: “Sir, I have lived in this country for over 40 years and, until now, I only knew two things about you. Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, alleged that Epstein had forced her to have sex with Andrew when she was 17, something the Duke of York has always denied.Īt the palace, Sam McAlister - “booker extraordinaire” on the BBC’s flagship current affairs show, “Newsnight,” who had been in discussions for a year with a publicist working for Andrew’s initiative to support entrepreneurs and his private secretary - took her gamble. For nearly a decade, Prince Andrew had been dogged by questions about their 20-year friendship - and now was facing allegations of his own.
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Three months earlier, in August 2019, the billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had been found dead in his New York prison cell while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
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Around a table with three BBC journalists in Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth’s second son was deciding whether to do a TV interview that would change his life.
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