Tensions Run High in New Trailer for Prince Andrew DramaA Very Royal Scandal(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Prince Andrew’s 2019 BBCNewsnightinterview that rocked the British monarchy is center stage in the newly released trailer for Prime Video’sA Very Royal Scandal, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.

The three-episode series, out Sept. 19, sees Michael Sheen take on the role of Prince Andrew and Ruth Wilson play journalist Emily Maitlis in the latest dramatization of the disastrous BBCNewsnightinterview in November 2019 that ended the Duke of York’s public role in the British royal family.A Very Royal Scandalfollows both the royal and the renowned broadcaster in the leadup to the interview, the groundbreaking event itself and the fallout in the aftermath of it that changed both Prince Andrew and Maitlis’ lives.

The trailer shows both Prince Andrew and Maitlis in preparation for the interview, which the Duke of York apparently called off before reconsidering. “Get me and him in a room together, and then I can do my thing,” the character of Maitlis says in the trailer.

A pre-interview exchange between the two key players, Prince Andrew and Maitlis, shows the royal telling the longtime journalist “I’ve been warned about you,” the character of Prince Andrew says in a voiceover. “You have a bit of a reputation.” Maitlis then cheekily responds, while sitting across from him, “Well, for you, I’ll try and behave.”

Before the interview, the Duke of York asserts “I’m going to blow this out of the water.” The trailer then shows the actual interview and then its aftermath, during which Maitlis says “I was only ever hoping to ask the right questions.”

Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis and Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew in Prime Video’s ‘A Very Royal Scandal’.Amazon

Amazon

The show’s first episode sees Prince Andrew attempt to declare his innocence as he finds himself at the center of a scandal surrounding his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as allegations of sexual assault from Virginia Guiffre, who accused the prince of having sex with her when she was 17 years old. The first episode sees Maitlis doing everything in her power to secure an exclusive interview with Prince Andrew.

In the second episode, Maitlis runs into obstacles while attempting to land the interview, but, after much anticipation, the conversation goes forward. But, according to Prime Video, “the meeting takes various twists and turns that neither Emily nor theNewsnightteam could have expected.”

Maitlis served as an executive producer onA Very Royal Scandal, and the series tells the story in depth from her perspective, as well as the embattled royal.

Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis in ‘A Very Royal Scandal’.Christopher Raphael/Blueprint/Sony Pictures Television

Christopher Raphael/Blueprint/Sony Pictures Television

Prince Andrew was heavily criticized for defending his friendship with pedophile Epstein, as well as his failure to mention Epstein’s victims during the interview. Soon after theNewsnightinterview aired, the Duke of York announced he wasstepping back from public duties, and in January 2022,Queen Elizabethstripped him of his military titles and patronages amid Guiffre’s civil sexual assault lawsuit that has since been settled. Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

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Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew in ‘A Very Royal Scandal’.Amazon Prime Video/Youtube

Amazon Prime Video/Youtube

A Very Royal Scandalis the second time this year that Prince Andrew’sNewsnightinterview has made it on screen. In April, Netflix’s filmScoopwas released, with Rufus Sewell playing Prince Andrew and Gillian Anderson portraying Maitlis.

Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis in ‘A Very Royal Scandal’.Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video

source: people.com