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The Duke of York is mortified about a new Netflix drama which will track his infamous interview about convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein<\/p>\n
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Prince Andrew is said to be staying out of the spotlight in the coming weeks while the hype around the Netflix drama about his infamous Newsnight interview dies down<\/p>\n
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Just as it looked like Prince Andrew had been welcomed back into the royal fold, his scandalous past is set to hit headlines again with the launch of new Netflix film,\u00a0Scoop\u00a0which revisits his disastrous 2019 interview with BBC’s\u00a0Newsnight.\u00a0But an insider reveals Andrew, 64, is dreading its release and is concerned it will scupper his chances of a comeback, especially after he\u2019s been spotted at public events in the wake of King Charles and the Princess of Wales, Kate\u2019s cancer diagnosis, such as last week\u2019s Easter Sunday service at St George\u2019s chapel with ex wife Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and his sister Princess Anne.<\/p>\n
The source says, \u201cAndrew really felt that he turned the corner, he was getting invited to a lot of royal events again, not just with Sarah but by himself as well. He was starting to feel much more welcome and confident that people had really started to forgive him, especially with the slimmed down monarchy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was quietly starting to believe that there was a path back for him into public service, if not more active involvement inside the family, but this has just set everything back in such a giant way. It has been a real kick in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The drama, which launches on Netflix on Friday, stars Rufus Sewell as Andrew and Gillian Anderson as journalist Emily<\/p>\n
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Starring Rufus Sewell as Andrew and Gillian Anderson as Emily, the film tracks the inside story to Andrew\u2019s interview with BBC’s Emily Maitlis, where he discussed his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the real-life interview, Andrew claimed he had \u201cno recollection\u201d of ever meeting Virginia Guiffre – who has long argued that Epstein made her have \u201cdisgusting\u201d sex with the royal three times, starting in 2001 when she was just 17.<\/p>\n
He also dismissed some of Guiffre\u2019s allegations by claiming he could not sweat, after she claimed he had been \u201cprofusely sweating\u201d during their alleged encounter. Other extraordinary claims that were made by Andrew included that he could not have had sex with Giuffre on the night he was accused of doing so because he had taken his daughters, Princess Beatrice, 35, and Princess Eugenie, 34, to a Pizza Express in Woking.<\/p>\n
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The 2019 interview saw Andrew speak about his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein<\/p>\n
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He settled the case out of court for an an alleged \u00a312m in February 2022, sparing him the humiliation of giving evidence in a trial and protecting the royal family from further reputational damage. Amid the scandal, the Duke was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages as well as the use of the title His Royal Highness.<\/p>\n
In the Netflix drama, written by Peter Moffat and also starring Billie Piper, Andrew tells the Newsnight team, \u201cI don’t quite understand why everyone is so obsessed with my friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. I knew Jimmy Savile so much better.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another scene, Andrew appears taken aback when Emily arrives at the palace wearing trousers, rather than a dress or a skirt, ahead of the interview. Other scenes show him yelling at a female employee for incorrectly arranging teddy bears and a toy kangaroo on his bed.<\/p>\n
The insider says Andrew is fuming with his portrayal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve made him look like a total fool, linking him to Jimmy Savile of all people, it\u2019s just so degrading and humiliating but there really is just nothing he can do. Netflix obviously ran this past the lawyers and got it cleared so it\u2019s not like he can have it shut down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe would love to speak up and defend himself but it\u2019s been made very clear to him by royal aides that this would go down like a lead balloon with Charles, William and other senior royals.\u201d
The insider adds that despite Andrew being at family events recently, he will need to take a step back from public events in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
They say \u201cHis only choice is to live with this and hope to God it will blow over soon. But it\u2019s not easy, he\u2019s back to shutting himself in the house and hiding out from everyone, except Sarah and the girls. It’s really affected his sleep because he\u2019s in such a horrible state of mind, ranting and raving about how unfair it all is and worrying what people are saying about him now. He can’t believe they can do this and get away with such a terrible thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Since King Charles and Kate have stepped back from royal engagements, the Duke of York has been spotted at public events<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe feels like he’s totally being sabotaged, that there are people out there that will never let him move on. He\u2019s convinced there are dark forces of play. He\u2019s obviously worried about what else they\u2019re going to rake over. Just when he\u2019s feeling like he’s started to turn the corner and like he\u2019s being accepted by the public they put this nasty hit piece out. He knows the public is fickle, when they see this, they\u2019re all going to be holding their noses again and going back to feeling very icky about him, right when he\u2019d impressed them and even contemplate a wedding with Sarah.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not getting any sympathy though. The Royals have absolutely had it up to their necks with Andrew. For him to be whining about how he\u2019s being portrayed when they\u2019ve already got so much on their plates with Charles and Kate being sick, it really is a bit rich. Sarah and the girls are trying their best to reassure him and make him feel a bit better, but he really is inconsolable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are said to be embarrassed and upset that the interview will hit the headlines again<\/p>\n
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The source also explains that Andrew\u2019s \u2018humiliating portrayal\u2019 in the drama is not just affecting him, it\u2019s a \u2018huge kick in the teeth\u2019 for the family, especially daughters Beatrice and Eugenie.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeatrice and Eugenie have stood by their dad through thick and thin, but this whole situation has been an absolute nightmare of epic proportions. They were finally starting to recover and feeling like things had died down and now it\u2019s all kicked off again, it\u2019s a total rollercoaster. It\u2019s just so embarrassing and so upsetting. Right when they thought their dad was out of the woods and people were starting to put things behind them, along comes this awful documentary,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know everybody’s talking about it, it\u2019s this juicy gossip for everyone in Buckingham Palace and everywhere else they go. Their poor mum is doing her best to have a very calm life to support her health after her cancer diagnosis and now this has thrown her for a loop again. And the girls have got loads going on with work and with raising their young kids. They just wish this would all go away, but obviously it’s never going to. They\u2019re not going to turn their backs on their dad but it\u2019s hard to imagine they’re not feeling resentful towards him for bringing on all this stress.\u201d<\/p>\n
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