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A Very Royal Scandal out on OTT in India: Here's where you can stream British historical drama miniseries
In A Very Royal Scandal Ruth Wilson and Michael Sheen revisit the interview that shook the British royal family to its core.
Nov 11, 2024
A Very Royal Scandal
India now offers the Prime Video series A Very Royal Scandal on its streaming platform. The British historical drama miniseries, which features Ruth Wilson as Maitlis and Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is currently streaming on SonyLIV (OTTplay Premium). Executive producer Emily Maitlis is also involved in the production by Amazon MGM Studios. Julian Jarrold directed it, and Jeremy Brock wrote it.
Overview of the series plot
A Very Royal Scandal is a gripping account of Emily Maitlis's life and career that culminated in her 2019 interview with Prince Andrew for the BBC news and current affairs show Newsnight, which aired on BBC Two. The show is a spiritual continuation of Blueprint's previous works, including A Very English Scandal (2018), which dealt with the Thorpe affair, and A Very British Scandal (2021), which dealt with the Argyll divorce.
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In the premiere episode, we see Jeffrey Epstein plead guilty to Florida state charges in 2008 in return for federal immunity. New York Central Park was the location for Prince Andrew's photo shoot in December 2010. Epstein and Andrew had been meeting because Andrew wanted Epstein's opinion on his finances.
In 2019, federal prosecutors in SDNY re-arrested Epstein on revived federal charges, despite the fact that he had already entered a plea deal with federal authorities in Florida. Prince Andrew consents to an interview titled Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal in November 2019 by the BBC following Epstein's passing in August 2019.
In March 2001, a house on Kinnerton Street featured Prince Andrew, then 41 years old, and Virginia Giuffre, then 17 years old. The lead-up to the interview featured this photo.
Prince Andrew is the target of allegations made by Virginia Giuffre in May 2015, when she contacted the London Metropolitan Police. Since the majority of the activity occurred outside of the UK, the Met dropped the case in 2016. Here we have what Maitlis calls a "coverup."
Prince Andrew's accusing coworker in a pre-interview practice session argues that, although he may have had sexual relations with Virginia Giuffre in 2001 when she was seventeen years old, the legal age of consent in the UK was sixteen.
Comparison to the Netflix film
Based on a book by Sam McAlister, a former Newsnight editor, Scoop is a 2024 Netflix film that focuses on the same interview.
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