The Photographer Who Shot the Prince Andrew Interview Speaks Out | This Morning

that really happened at Bingham Palace, welcome to the show, it's a pleasure to be here. Oh, I'm very excited. You've

interview

ed many high-profile people. This is something you have done regularly. Yes, although nothing like

this

. I think the closest I got was, uh, Margaret Thatcher, right after she lost and was dethroned, uh, she actually made a record that not many people know about and I showed up again at Abby Road studios and suddenly I found myself in a room with Margaret Thatcher wow um and again she just goes down Rabbit Hole she made a record she did she gave a speech to an orchestra I think I have the only copy available but yeah and it was never released no it was released yeah , and so on, but you knew what was going to happen that day, no, no, I didn't know it either, but it still didn't have the scientific impact that it has, so

this

is news.

Have you worked with Newsight before I worked? him a long time before, but um, yeah, this was a result of a friend of mine leaving London and moving to Cornwall. He couldn't do the job and said why don't you try Mark? So, thank God, thank God. for him, talk to us during the day, what's up, did you get the call, what was it the night before, the day before, I got the call the night before at 6:30, sitting watching TV and the phone rings and, uh, they say, Uh, are you free tomorrow? and a slightly scared voice and me.

He said it depends on what it is, because I have this dishwasher on the way and I don't want to miss it, yeah, and they said they can't tell me and they said I have a minute to decide if I want to do what you see I'm curious already immersed in isn't it? ? I'm also curious at that point P the Blinder there because there's nothing to say he has a minute next to theci you go well do it yes no well I put the The phone hung up looked at my wife and we thought, well, if that's it and they can't tell me who he is and I need security clearance, which is what they also told me.

I thought I was in, so I called them back and said yes. I will uh if you can tell me what it is and they said we'll tell you later and oh my gosh take off your fancy shoes uh then they said it's in Bucky and Palace that's all we can tell you. I'll need to wear shiny shoes, oh my gosh, um, Sho shiny, shiny shoes, dark suit, shiny shoes, weird, I have no idea if you had any shiny shoes. I had them, but I think I was the only one there with shiny shoes, so maybe maybe you were polishing.

They were up all night, so what's going on? It's the next day, you get ready, who bought the dishwasher? I moved it B. Bless the company involved. They moved me another day. Okay, it's a pretty serious need, something we can all relate to. We do not like it? I just wanted to know who picked it up. A neighbor or someone. Well then, what happens next? You go to a cafe next to Bingham Palace. Yes Yes. I'm sitting outside waiting feeling a little like I just did it. I felt a little like a spy, which sounds ridiculous, but you know, I don't know what I'm going to do.

I don't know why I go there. And Mosey getting a text message, I went in. security at the reception and I wait there and uh I'm waiting and waiting and waiting and then a tanai comes and says it's the Queen's dirty clothes the Queen's dirty clothes have arrived so I get up and watch the clothes arrive dirty of the Queen while you do it and um, very exciting, very strange, was it hanging or was it in a basket? No, no, it was a big truck that showed up. I probably shouldn't say anything else, but Mark, are you thinking at this point?

Who could be in it? So he has to be a royal, so are you just pissing him off in your head? I am, but I, I, I just couldn't think of any story at the time, yeah, which one was, which one was really important and and and newsworthy. because that meant it was serious, apart from the Queen's abdication, which again was remote and also why they would be involved in the news, so I had no idea and I met an intern, what a great job she was an intern at. Buan Palace about 19 years old incredible and we are chatting walking through the basement of the palace we go up in an elevator suddenly we appear in the large marble hallway that you can see in the photographs and I had to interrupt her and I just say: I'm very sorry, but no I know why I'm here, I have no idea why I'm here, who I'm here for and she says, well, you're here to do the Duke of York and I immediately went.

Duke of York, I couldn't remember what it means and also once I found out why, then the door opens and I walk into the room, the camera crew is setting up, I introduce myself to the people I had spoken to. the night before and get a report that it's just filming no matter what because the replay will stop, yes they said don't stop filming whatever you do we will continue filming no matter what there is a chance that Prince Andrew can walk, um, no I don't know what's going to happen, um, so, whatever it is, you understand and I'm just saying, well, let's film some things first in case everything goes down and, uh, if we have the opportunity, we'll do it in the end, um and That's exactly what we did, so, um, uh, everyone gets ready, Emily Mess arrives right on time, which I thought was kind of cool, smart, so there's no little chat, kind of small talk, and you know, it's all very professional, um, and they.

I'm about to do the kind of clap that aligns the sound with the image um and I just stand up and say look we have to stop because I need to take my pictures and plus you left all the breakfast in the back of the

shot

and I mean, you know that you are very brave to do that, just get up and go stop everyone, we can't start the

interview

. I guess if you don't do that, you won't get the

shot

right. Not only did I not get my shot and I also thought I didn't know what was going to happen, but I realized there was a messy breakfast there, a remote camera that was not being manned and they hadn't done it.

I really thought about it so that broke the tension and when you're filming during the interview it's your camera partner it's your it's your camera Sil no, I had three cameras but I didn't shoot during the interview, they said right? PS: You know it's the movie it's about so don't ruin anything, so I filmed beforehand with Andrew smiling and EM me looking pretty serious and at the end of the interview I turned around to the other side. and I did the shot that turned into the kind of holding shot with the crane lighting um and then you had it in the hallway too and then there was the move to the hallway, yeah, that was filmed at the end but they used it at the beginning. um and that's when they were walking towards the camera and then again I also said would you mind doing it again for Stills? um and they marched to the end of the room and I asked them if they could do it very slowly and without talking. and they walk really fast and they talk, yeah, so I'm running back with three cameras around my neck, I don't know how you did it, trying to focus on them, trying not to catch them, but you can see in that picture. the contrast between Prince Andrew, um almost his door, he's moving pretty fast, he's smiling and Emily's seriousness, this reflects how I think she felt about the interview and we ended up in kind of a group at the end, uh, It is the we that we almost are. running to get to the end we get to the end the call goes out it's a summary and suddenly I find myself in this sort of three way jam with the other two and that's when Prince Andrew said um well I think that went very well Yeah, What were your impressions of the interview?

I was absolutely blown away as the viewer would have seen it live. I think there were key moments that everyone knows about sweat and pizza. Express all. of these moments uh and I caught the attention of the other cameraman on the other side just to make contact with someone, but I just didn't want to do anything dramatic because I didn't want anyone to realize that this was some shit this is an exclusive image that you haven't shown it on television before it's beautiful actually the colors and everything is lovely this is the discussion with uh that's Amanda, who is the private secretary of the

prince

and Stuart mlan Who is the producer?

So it's the only one where you can really see the team involved and the calmness of the event and the kind of seriousness of it. And you're right, breakfast would have ruined it. Thank you, it would have been that table in the back, it is an absolutely fascinating story, thank you very much for joining us and thank you.