The Prince's eldest daughter was now, I felt, the person who could make the difference between us getting the interview or not. "Princess Beatrice was polite and engaged, but, unlike her father, she was evidently anxious about the meeting and clearly there to protect his interests. "To be frank, the only thing worse than speaking to a prospective interviewee about allegations of sexual impropriety and sex with a 17-year-old girl is having to do so in front of his daughter," McAlister wrote in her memoirs, Scoop. Prince Andrew stepped back from public life in 2019 but still attends royal family events. McAlister said Andrew's eldest daughter took notes and appeared "anxious" during that initial meeting.
She was also there for a key meeting before the interview. Sam McAlister said Princess Beatrice was in the room for the infamous interview when her father was grilled over allegations of sex abuse. In 2022, the producer who helped secure Prince Andrew for the interview revealed how Princess Beatrice played a key role. READ MORE: King's coronation part of a long evolution for Queen Camilla Prince Andrew had been "very jolly" when the cameras stopped rolling, believing it had gone well, Maitlis said. In a new documentary about Prince Andrew airing before the coronation, The Problem Prince, Maitlis revealed how the late Queen realised the interview was going to be a PR disaster. Would he have risked it, knowing what he knows now?" Princess Beatrice was in the room when Prince Andrew was interviewed by the BBC. "I look back now and wonder if we could ever have known how much it would change both our lives. I think I was less prepared for the way it would come to define me too. "In truth, I think we always suspected the interview could come to define the prince. "How could an interview that aimed to provide answers for vulnerable young women not end up hurting other vulnerable young women – his daughters – along the way?" Writing in The Times, Maitlis said she worried about the toll the interview with Prince Andrew would have on Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice. In February 2022, Prince Andrew settled a civil lawsuit brought by Giuffre for a reported £12 million ($20 million AUD). Emily Maitlis said she feared the interview would 'hurt' Prince Andrew's daughters. He has always strongly denied the claims against him. It was also the first time Prince Andrew spoke at length about his friendship with the late convicted sex offender and addressed allegations that Virginia Giuffre was trafficked to have sex with him when she was 17. READ MORE: King Charles III's fractious family on stage at coronation
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