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Prince Andrew is believed to have been all smiles after his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview filmed in November 2019.Sam McAlister, a former BBC producer who secured the now-infamous interview claims that Andrew's closest aide who sat in on the interview also believed it was a success.The Duke of York sat down with Maitilis on November 14, 2019, to discuss his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein after speculation about their friendship continued to grow.READ MORE: Prince Andrew 'cleared his name for the Queen', says his ex-girlfriend Andrew had been accused of having sex with Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 – a claim which he has continued to vehemently deny.Writing in her book, Scoops: Behind The Scenes Of The BBC's Most Shocking Interviews by Sam McAlister, the former criminal barrister turned television producer shared an insight into the famous interview.During the hour-long interview, Andrew denied ever meeting Virginia and having sex with her and claimed sex is "sort of a positive action" which would be difficult to forget.Emily grilled the Queen's favourite son on his friendship with sex trafficker Epstein but the dad-of-two struggled to respond instead, he said: "As far as Mr Epstein is concerned, it was the wrong decision to go and see him in 2010."As far as my association with him was concerned, it had some seriously beneficial outcomes in areas that have nothing to do with what we're talking about today."When prompted about anything else he wanted to clear up, Andrew explained Emily had "dragged out most of what is required".But shockingly, Sam claims that the Duke and his officials at the palace believed the interview was a major success as they beamed from ear to ear.She wrote: "I

A woman who organised Prince Andrew 's disastrous Newsnight interview in 2019 has claimed he was initially happy with how it went.

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan has taken to Twitter to welcome a former colleague to his new talkTV show.The former ITV news multimedia producer tweeted excitedly about joining the outspoken media personality, 56, at News UK's TV channel after he left GMB in March last year.In view of his 7.9 million followers, the former ITV host welcomed his new colleague.Piers penned: "Welcome aboard, Meg!"The star was responding to a tweet from former ITV news producer Meg Cope who had shared her exciting news.She wrote: "In the coming weeks I’ll be joining @piersmorgan and his team as an Assistant Producer for his new global show with @NewsUK."Excited to make some gripping TV & can’t WAIT to get started!"Grateful for my time at @itvnews and wish my amazing colleagues all the best," she ended her post.The TV producer was soon inundated with comments of support from Twitter users, wishing her well in her new role.Sam McAlister wrote: "Congratulations! Great stuff xx."While Erron Gordon penned: "Welcome Meg!"Piers previously welcomed on board GMB's former series director Erron after he announced that he was joining the Life Stories host at NewsUK.The former newspaper editor penned: "The very best TV directors thrive off unpredictability, spontaneity & flying by the seat of their pants."Loved working with Erron because the more I tried to trip him up, the more he enjoyed it.Piers continued: "A brilliant talent and ferociously loyal colleague & friend."Huge loss for @GMB," he added.Erron worked with Piers on his show Life Stories, which started in 2009, and saw the outspoken media personality interview former president of the United States, Donald Trump.In a bittersweet post, Erron reflected on his time at the broadcaster,