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A Very Royal Scandal

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• 2024

• Documentary
• Drama

• 15

Summary

Released five months after director Philip Martin's behind-the-scenes drama Scoop about The Duke of York's exclusive one-on-one interview with BBC Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis, this three-part series recounts events through a different lens

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Review

Jack Seale

Not to be confused with Scoop on Netflix that told the same story, this drama about the events surrounding Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview on Newsnight in 2019 is from the producers of A Very English Scandal and A Very British Scandal. More importantly, it carries the blessing of executive producer Emily Maitlis — and in Ruth Wilson, it finds a lead actor who can imitate Maitlis with spooky accuracy. Even up against the acting might of Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew, Wilson dominates.

The tale remains a gripping one: a man rendered naive by arrogance and great privilege badly underestimates a journalist who has sniffed out a huge story.

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7.2/10

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rolenamePrince AndrewMichael SheenEmily MaitlisRuth WilsonPrince Andrew's ButlerIan HughesStewart MacleanÉanna HardwickeAmanda ThirskJoanna ScanlanSarah FergusonClaire RushbrookMark GwynneNicholas BurnsDonal McCabeSam TroughtonJake MorrisAlexander OwenEsme WrenLydia Leonard

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  Meet the cast of A Very Royal Scandal
  
  Ruth Wilson and Michael Sheen star as Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.

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  A Very Royal Scandal confirms release date with first look at Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson
  
  The Prime Video series is the second dramatisation of the infamous Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew to be released this year.

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  Michael Sheen opens up on playing Prince Andrew: "We don't know definitively what happened"
  
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