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 executive produced by Maitlis recounts events through a different lens. Written by Jeremy Brock and directed by Julian Jarrold, A Very Royal Scandal relives events in November 2019 through the eyes of Emily Maitlis (Ruth Wilson), Newsnight deputy editor Stewart Maclean (Eanna Hardwicke) and his boss Esme Wren (Lydia Leonard) after talent booker Sam McAlister (Clare Calbraith) secures the bombshell interview. Andrew (Michael Sheen) and his private secretary, Amanda Thirsk (Joanna Scanlan), prepare for the hour of television to answer accusations about his involvement with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre. Daughters Princess Beatrice (Honor Swinton Byrne) and Princess Eugenie (Sofia Oxenham) and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson (Claire Rushbrook) are potential collateral damage if the interview fails to curry public support
