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A Very Royal Scandal Recap: They Got Nixon This Way
There is a small joy in watching Prince Andrew be convinced that his disastrous Newsnight interview went well.
It’s the familial stuff that makes this work: Even if we don’t sympathize with Andrew for the shoddy, arrogant handling of his encounter with Maitlis, it’s hard not to feel bad for his daughters, so similarly steeped in privilege, as they watch their father eviscerated on terrestrial TV. Early on in the episode, his brother Charles, the man who will become king in a few short years, calls Andrew to tell him to cancel the interview, which briefly puts a spanner in the works. The interview was “a bit of a dog’s dinner,” he has been told; he’s here to make one final play to have the conversation struck from broadcast, but he can’t overstep, lest he incur the wrath of his boss, who unconditionally supports her son’s decision to defend himself on television.
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