Royalty, Privilege & Hubris: How Prince Andrew’s Pampered Upbringing Led to That Car Crash ‘Newsnight’ Interview

variety.com:

K.J. Yossman One of the most stunning revelations in A&E’s “Secrets of Prince Andrew,” which aired on Aug. 21 and is now available on the A&E App and AETV.com, comes just minutes into the four-hour documentary.

Sam McAlister, the “Newsnight” producer who was largely responsible for setting up the 2019 car-crash interview between Andrew and BBC anchor Emily Maitlis that would eventually see the British royal banished from public life, casually divulges that it was a publicist working on Andrew’s behalf that first reached out to her about setting up an on-screen chat.

How Andrew came to be the architect of his own downfall — in more ways than one — is the central theme of the doc, which was co-produced by Candle True Stories and Bitachon365. “Really what we’re exploring in the documentary is how Andrew’s upbringing and the privilege and the hubris that comes with that all leads to this place where he decides to give this disastrous interview,” explains Candle’s James Goldston, who executive produced the doc alongside Sheldon Lazarus of Bitachon365 (a Fulwell73 company).

The documentary interweaves two narratives: a biography of Queen Elizabeth II’s spoiled second son who — for a short while — was the “spare” to older brother Prince Charles’s “heir,” and the story behind that now infamous “Newsnight” interview.