Prince Andrew’s Jimmy Savile quip in Netflix drama sums him up perfectly. He’s never coming back, expert says
PRINCE Andrew’s Jimmy Savile quip in Netflix drama sums him up perfectly, slammed a royal expert.
Renowned royal commentator Charles Rae told how the shamed duke is “never coming back” in a chat on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive Show.
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Discussing the release of Netflix’s new royal drama, Scoop, Rae highlighted a telling point as actors Rufus Sewell and Gillian Anderson portray Andrew’s car crash Newsnight interview.
The BBC‘s Emily Maitlis quizzed the duke in November 2019, and saw him grilled over his connections with dead paedo Jeffrey Epstein, friend Ghislaine Maxwell and allegations he had sex with a 17-year-old.
Charles Rae told The Sun’s Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson: “There’s one scene which just sums up Prince Andrew to a tee, and that’s when Emily Maitlis and Sam McAlister are sitting opposite to Andrew and are encouraging him to do the interview.
This will be very embarrassing, and it won’t be helpful for the royal family…
Richard Fitzwilliams
“And, towards the end he says to them ‘I don’t know why people are so fascinated by my friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, after all I knew Jimmy Saville far more.
“Why would he say that? People say this will draw another nail in Prince Andrew’s coffin but I’m not sure there’s room for another nail.
“We keep seeing him at the Easter ceremony or something to do with the family and people think he’s on his way back, but he’s never coming back.
“He’s never going to do another royal job ever again.”
‘VERY EMBARRASSING’
It comes as experts have branded the Netflix production potentially “very harmful” to the Royal Family.
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Prince Andrew was snapped riding a horse at Windsor Castle just hours after the show’s release.
He waved to people on the grounds and appeared unfazed by royal fans rushing to see the drama.
Yesterday, a royal expert said the Duke of York’s “terrifying” trait would be exposed in the show.
Key Moment Prince Andrew ‘Lost Composure’
By ABIGAIL WILSON
A BODY language pro has spotted the key moment Prince Andrew ‘lost composure’ during his ‘car crash’ Newsnight interview.
Back in November 2019, Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II‘s second son, sat down with Emily Maitlis to discuss his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Following the sit-down BBC interview, body language expert Judi James told Fabulous about the key moment when Andrew realised things weren’t going to be a ‘walk in the park’.
Judi revealed that not even seven minutes into the interview, it was clear that things were going to go downhill for the royal.
She explained: “There is a subtle turning point in the tone of the interview and in Andrew’s body language responses as he first appears to show signs of a loss of composure as though sensing this might not be the mere walk in the park he might have been expecting.
“Up to this point, Andrew has appeared confident and in control, displaying several power signals to emphasise his royal status.
“His eye contact is quite strong, his brows are often raised, his affirmations firm and his hands are clasped in a steepling gesture that implies superior status and power.
“His authority is verbal, too, using phrases like ‘You have to remember…’”
After just six and a half minutes of the sit-down chat, Judi added: “At this point in the interview though, Emily starts to show her more forensic side and the chat begins to sound more like a grilling in court.
“She gets a series of one-word affirmations about Andrew having visited Epstein’s ‘Private plane?’ ‘Private island?’ ‘Home in Palm Beach?’ and ‘Ghislaine’s house?’
“Emily’s comment ‘Just for the record…’ makes the tone sound more serious though.
“Her words ‘In 2006 in May…’ is her forensic-sounding next point and it is here Andrew’s body language shifts [a] gear.”
As a result, Judi recognised: “His eyes perform an exaggerated eye-roll and he breaks his precision hand clasp to lean back and begin to rub his chin, which becomes a truncated gesture as he looks down to the side.
“It looks like a moment when the gloves come off and after mention of Epstein being invited ‘In July to Windsor Castle to your daughter’s 18th birthday party’, Andrew’s vocal tone drops and his expression looks suddenly cold as he tells Emily ‘I was asking Ghislaine’.”
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams claimed Andrew has a “terrifyingly entitled streak”.
He added: “Scoop is part of Netflix, and I think you’ll find a lot of people, I think they’ll watch it on Friday, because there’s been so much publicity.
“I think it will be very harmful.”
He added: “When asked if he regretted his association with the deceased Jeffrey Epstein, he answered that he didn’t.
“This will be very embarrassing, and it won’t be helpful for the royal family.”
COURT SETTLEMENT
In February 2022, Andrew settled with his sex crime accuser Virginia Roberts.
The settlement was announced in a joint letter weeks before he was due to face court.
In the joint statement, Andrew’s lawyers wrote: “It is known that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked countless young girls over many years.
“Prince Andrew regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others.”
Inside Andrew’s Infamous Newsnight Interview
The interview in November 2019 saw him grilled over his links with dead paedo Jeffrey Epstein, his pal Ghislaine Maxwell and allegations he had sex with a 17-year-old.
During the interview, Andrew said he had “no recollection” of meeting Virginia Giuffre – who he is alleged to have had sex with at Maxwell’s house in London.
He even provided an “alibi” claiming that the night the alleged encounter took place he was at a Pizza Express birthday party in Woking with his daughter Princess Beatrice.
Epstein committed suicide in a jail cell in August 2019, just a month after he was arrested for sex trafficking minors.
A flood of horrific accounts of his abuse of young girls then followed.
In 2022, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was jailed for 20 years for abusing and grooming dozens of girls for twisted Epstein.
The convicted sex trafficker and Andrew would allegedly flirt with each other when they hung out together on Epstein’s notorious Caribbean island Little St James, the former housekeeper has claimed.
After Maxwell’s sentence, the Duke of York was said to be the lawyers’ “next target” of a probe into the sex ring controlled by multimillionaire paedophile Epstein.
The Duke agreed to a £12million settlement with sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre in February 2022.
DOCUMENTS RELEASED
But, earlier this month, it was revealed Andrew could face “a day of reckoning” over claims he lobbied to get his paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein less jail time.
The details of the allegations could soon be laid out on the table as old court documents are made public.
Andrew has long been linked to Epstein, with one victim of the paedophile claiming the fresh paperwork could be damning for the prince.
The Mirror reported she said: “For years, Andrew has evaded speaking to the FBI, instead giving his own ludicrous version of events to the BBC.
“Finally we will have a day of reckoning the prince has long avoided. What more must it take for him to realise his friendship with Jeffrey will never go away? Speak up, man.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will allow the release of the documents linked to the 2006 probe into Epstien’s sex trafficking operation.
Previously released legal papers accused Andrew of helping the paedo secure his plea deal – by lobbying the US government.
Two victims claimed the disgraced duke had pressured officials into cutting his pals sentence.
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The documents read: “(They are) seeking documents regarding Epstein’s lobbying efforts to persuade the government to give him a favourable plea arrangement, including efforts on his behalf by Prince Andrew.
“They have alleged these materials are needed to prove their allegations that, after Epstein signed the non-prosecution agreement, his performance was delayed while he used his significant social and political connections to lobby the justice department to obtain a more favourable plea deal.”
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Andrew’s Bizarre Newsnight Claims
By KATIE DAVIS
PRINCE Andrew infamously claimed he couldn’t sweat and rarely “partied” in his car-crash Newsnight interview – now immortalised by Netflix.
But photos appear to paint a very different picture of the Duke of York‘s younger days when he was branded The Playboy Prince.
The nation cringed as they watched Andrew offer bizarre defences to questions put to him by then BBC Newsnight host Emily Maitlis in 2019.
Asked about Virginia Giuffre‘s claims he was “sweating profusely” when they are said to have danced together at Tramp nightclub in London, the royal said he had a “peculiar medical condition”.
That condition, he claimed, meant he “didn’t sweat at the time”.
His accuser Giuffre claims she danced with the Duke before going back to Ghislaine Maxwell‘s house on the night of March 10, 2001.
It was there that the notorious photo of the late Queen‘s favourite son with his arm around the 17-year-old Virginia was taken, as Ghislaine watched on.
Giuffre claims Jeffrey Epstein paid her around £8,000 after she had sex with Andrew.
He also famously claimed he could not have been at Tramps that night as he was at Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey.
In another cringe-worthy moment in the Newsnight interview – dramatised in the new Netflix film Scoop – Andrew claimed he rarely “partied” and wasn’t a fan of public displays of affection.
But he was often snapped with his arms around glamorous women back in the day – including Heidi Klum and Chris Von Aspen.
Click here to see seven times the Prince was seen sweating and partying – despite his claims.