Five years ago the Duke of York gave a disastrous interview to Newsnight. In it he discussed his ill-advised friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in a prison cell. It wasn’t the mea culpa many had expected. Rather than fall on his sword, Prince Andrew only served to make matters worse for himself. Much worse. Days after the interview aired on the BBC he was removed from royal duties. If the Palace thought that was an end to it, the television listings prove otherwise.
Within six months there have been two big-budget television programs charting his fall from grace. First came Scoop, a feature-length program from Netflix. Now Prime Video has released its own version of events: A Very Royal Scandal. Both draw heavily on real events, albeit with a healthy dose of imagined dialogue and drama.
