Beatrice watched from sidelines in dad Andrew's disastrous interview, producer reveals

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Princess Beatrice watched from the sidelines as her father Prince Andrew gave his disastrous, and now infamous, Newsnight interview in 2019.

The current affairs show's producer, Sam McAlister, appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss cinching the interview, which was conducted by journalist Emily Maitlis, and divulging all of its behind-the-scenes secrets.

Sam revealed that now 62 year old Prince Andrew's daughter Princess Beatrice, 33, was there to support her father through negotiations, and that palace aides and Prince Andrew himself thought that the interview had gone 'wonderfully'.

Phillip Schofield said to Sam: "You mentioned Princess Beatrice there, so what was her involvement?" Sam replied: "Yeah, that was a real curveball, because I'd turned up to the negotiation slightly brassy, a little bit ballsy, as I'm sure you've noticed about me already, a little bit ooh, a little bit aah, albeit with intellect and the legal element. "But then Prince Andrew said 'oh by the way, I've brought someone with me'.