Now, eight months on, it may feel like ‘a moment of television’, but we should never forgot the people at the centre of this whole story — Epstein’s accusers and what they’d been through and were, in some cases, still fighting. But we sat it out until we were given the assurance that it would be the kind of interview we needed to do. Maitlis … Three Tortoise editors pick apart the extraordinary BBC appearancePA: But certainly at my invitation, not at the Royal Familyâs invitation but remember that it was his girlfriend that was the key element in this. A chance to connect the royal family with the modern world has revealed even more starkly that it is marooned and out of touch.PA: Thank you very much indeed.What they were doing and why they were there I had nothing to do with. It could not have gone worse. She said there was 'no question' Prince Andrew did not address in her interview, due to air on BBC2 at 9pm. We delivered a quite exceptional piece of journalism.”Back at the Newsnight base at London’s Broadcasting House, the programme editor, Esme Wren, was fearing the worst as her presenter sat down across town at Buckingham Palace. Follow the author of this article. And so I got a number of people working together, particularly in the education field, particularly in⦠and also in areas of government and what they are doing so that weâre bringing everybody together so that weâre all pushing in the same direction and iDEA now does that.A lot will come from this moment â new lines of inquiry, and increased pressure on the royals to modernise. At the time, I felt like a father standing outside the labour ward waiting to hear news,” she recalls.
Following the broadcast, judgement was passed by the public and the press, with Maitlis lauded for the calm, forensic way she took Andrew to task. So Iâm afraid I canât make any comment on that because I really donât know.PA: No, I donât think so.
W hatever else it was, it was a moment. Emily Maitlis's interview with Prince Andrew uncovered shocking new details of his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, with many considering it a "disaster" and a … Media caption Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew "knows exactly what he's done". Emily Maitlis was spotted out in London today taking her son to Wagamama. BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis talks with Brian Stelter about her interview with Prince Andrew, which has been described as "embarrassing" and "disastrous" for the prince.
If there was a party then Iâd know nothing about that.PA: But I was doing a number of other things while I was there.PA: I never⦠I mean if there were then I wasnât a party to any of that.
Prince Andrew denies having sex with teenager, saying he took daughter for pizza in Woking – video Emily Maitlis: So in 2006 in May an arrest … Do I regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? I mean if he was⦠if he was doing⦠if that photograph was taken with that purpose in mind, then it doesnât⦠it doesnât equate to what actually happened.PA: Exactly what Iâm doing which is to use and to continue to work with Pitch, to continue to work with iDEA and the things that I believe strongly in. Probably not and thatâs because of my friendship with Ghislaine, it was⦠it was⦠it was inevitable that we would have come across each other. Iâve never been⦠Iâve only been to Woking a couple of times and I remember it weirdly distinctly. I think youâve probably dragged out most of what is required and Iâm truly grateful for the opportunity that youâve given me to be able to discuss this with you.PA: Because going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do, a very unusual thing for me to do.