Andrew’s Newsnight interview ‘terminal’ for William’s relationship with him, e-book claims
According to a new biography, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was ‘terminal’ after his infamous BBC Newsnight interview
Andrew’s Newsnight interview was ‘terminal’ for his relationship with the Prince and Princess of Wales, a new book claims(Image: BBC screengrab)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s now infamous BBC Newsnight interview was reportedly “terminal” for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship with him”, according to a new biography.
Andrew was interviewed over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations that Epstein’s late victim Virginia Giuffre was trafficked to have sex with the royal when she was 17 during a 2019 Newsnight exclusive. Andrew has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
According to a new biography, William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, by The Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers, it was this interview that was “terminal” for William and Kate with regards to Andrew.
The book said: “And his now famous BBC Newsnight interview, where he failed to apologise for his connection to Epstein, or acknowledge the victims of sexual abuse, was, for William and Catherine, terminal for their relationship with him.”
During the BBC Newsnight interview, Andrew said he had “no recollection” of meeting Giuffre, and that there were “a number of things” wrong with the story.
Andrew told interviewer Emily Maitlis “On that particular day, that we now understand is the date which is the 10th of March, I was at home.
“I was with the children and I’d taken Beatrice to a Pizza Express in Woking for a party at I suppose, sort of, four or five in the afternoon.
“And then because the duchess [of York] was away, we have a simple rule in the family that when one is away, the other one is there.”
Maitlis asked why he remembered going to Pizza Express “so specifically”. Andrew replied: “Because going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do, a very unusual thing for me to do.
“I’ve never been… I’ve only been to Woking a couple of times and I remember it weirdly distinctly. As soon as somebody reminded me of it, I went: ‘Oh yes, I remember that’.”
Maitlis said Guiffre had been “very specific” about Andrew that night and claimed he was “profusely sweating”.
However, Andrew said there was a “slight problem” as he claimed he was unable to perspire at the time.
He told the show: “I have a peculiar medical condition which is that I don’t sweat or I didn’t sweat at the time.”
Myers went on to claim it was the late Queen Elizabeth II who wanted to protect Andrew from being banished and King Charles for a long time honoured those wishes. . The book goes on to claim that William reportedly was clear that “there would be no such mercy” once he took the throne.
William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, published on February 26 by Ebury, Penguin Random House, is available to pre-order now.
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