The Woman Behind The Prince Andrew Interview Reveals What Went On Behind-The-Scenes | Lorraine

was the

interview

that left us all completely shocked three years after Prince Andrew's infamous late-night encounter that will now be turned into a movie based on a book by the TV producer who secured the big God-love-him scoop on this. heat sam mcallister was the news night producer who got that

interview

, she's with me now sam, this is a great book, scoops and how many scoops have you had in your career, so many, morgan springs says up front, you're one of the unsung heroes of television news yes, in fact, I probably owe you a drink, thank you guys, but it's true because you know that the attention is usually on the presenter, it inevitably is, but, of course, as I well know, behind, You are all working hard to achieve it. guests and very, very difficult, particularly the interview with Prince Andrew because at first it was a no, it was a no, but you didn't take no for an answer and you kept going well, absolutely, I mean that was part of my job, basically No. taking no for an answer and obviously rejection, luckily I'm very good with that because I had a lot of it during the decade I worked for Newsnight and who believed this interview would happen, I didn't believe it would happen.

But I pushed myself and kept going, do you know

what

's the worst that can happen? And that's

what

he spent months and months dealing with Amanda Thirsk, then former chief of staff at the palace, yes, and negotiating with her, sending her emails trying not to suffer absolute pain. You know, yeah, professional but persistent, and that's a hard line to tread, but you did it and at first, like I said, it was a no, but then you got that meeting at Buckingham Palace and the strange thing is that you talk about this in The book, what's surprising, is that he brings his daughter with him and you're going to talk about some really awkward and embarrassing things, well, it really was, yeah, it was something else because I mean, you know Emily was sitting here, let's imagine and you. you're

prince

andrew

sorry

lorraine

let's take a moment so i apologize at least you're not sweating in the heat and suddenly we didn't know we were going to have this special guest my deputy editor was there stuart mclean , and he says: I've brought someone with me now I'm a former criminal defense lawyer and I'm thinking, oh, it's going to be a lawyer, this is over, they're going to say he didn't show up and then it's Princess Beatrice, and imagine talking about the things. what we had to talk about in that small room with her sitting face to face next to her father accused of those heinous acts, I mean, so uncomfortable, so incredibly uncomfortable, which became evidence and you again in the book talk about This and that idea is The surprising thing is that I wasn't prepared for this, but not in a naive way, I think in a very arrogant way, like I didn't have to do it because you know you had done your homework, Emily, obviously, of course, and you knew where you were.

They were going to move on and it seemed like he didn't really bother and didn't realize how serious it was. Well here's the amazing thing Lorraine, I actually think they prepared themselves, I feel like they passed the time. between Tuesday when they gave us the green light, yes, and then on Thursday, when the interview happened, on Saturday, you saw it for the first time, you had 48 hours, obviously, in those 48 hours, Emily did the work of his life with our editor. put in the preparation, I think he did prepare, but you know this phenomenon as soon as the cameras turn on everything, especially if you're a royal who thinks you're going to do a great job because everyone thinks they're going to do a great job . interview, I think everything

went

out the window.

I could be wrong, but I feel like they prepared and believe it or not, those were the answers after the preparation. The most surprising thing is that later, when you were also sitting there thinking about I can't believe he said that because Emily gave him so many opportunities to apologize to atone, you know, he's always said, you know, he's always maintained that he's not guilty of anything. crime, of course, but he never apologized to anyone, um, and the fact that he thought he did a good job, not only that everyone around him thought he did a good job, that was surprising, so there's a little at the end, I mean, it's a little awkward because you would say you know you finish that interview.

The most terrible interview that anyone has probably ever given, you know, this year, this decade, this century, and I turned to this lovely

woman

next to me, she was an equity, apparently she's a real executive assistant, she's been lovely to me and I really do not know. what to say because what do you say, so she I choose my words carefully, slightly sharp, so how do you think she did her? and she says, wasn't it really wonderful and in all sincerity, Lorraine I said yes, yes, it was wonderful for us, but? for a different reason and my eyes

went

up, I surveyed the room at Buckingham Palace and there's a big difference here journalists, oh my God, what do we have?

This is incredible, yes, Prince Andrew seems very pleased, really, because he then took Emily away. On the way to her, he did and said, Oh, can I take you around the house and you can see the palace? There he was, he was in a great mood and offered to take us all on a tour. I have to be honest. At that stage, I mean, I really was, I hadn't slept, I hadn't and also as a producer it's a different relationship with the interviewees and I knew because we spent so much time talking in that final face-to-face negotiation that we had a good relationship. and he had been very interested in my legal background, so there was a lot of conversation.

He knew he would ask me the fatal question: What do you think it was like for Sam and Lorraine? I couldn't face it, no, no, I couldn't. finish it so you left and you also have to retrieve the footage we have and sort it and then wait to make sure they never came back they never said we didn't like this we want this out we want that, not that you would have done it anyway, for Of course you wouldn't, but there was nothing good, I expected it, I have to be honest, I thought machinations are something they call the establishment.

I guess suddenly I would like you to know, suddenly things would happen. It started to happen, phone calls were made, favors were requested, lawyers arrived and nothing, nothing ever happened and that is really extraordinary, true because it is very strange but in these circumstances I want to say that it is strange beyond belief, I mean, you know everything, all of them. The repercussions of this are still happening, there is talk of a photograph, were you aware of any photographs that could have been taken that could be horrible for the royal family? I wish it were. I would love to give it to you.

I would love for Lorraine to give you inside information. Here, especially for your viewers, the only thing I can tell you is that the photographer who was there that day talked about this. I think it belongs to the BBC. I think they said that in the article, so it's their thing, but true. The book you're holding has one of his photos, oh, so that photo over there, it's right in front, it's the joy, yes, that's the original photo from the day when he's obviously not going to bring down the monarchy, no, but is a. from the photos from that day that weren't seen until they were on the cover of my very interesting current look, inevitably they're going to make a movie, so we're wondering who's going to play Prince Andrew because there was talk of Hugh Grant, yeah.

I'm so sorry again, I feel like I'm sporadic, you know, no, no, it's fine, but I think this is also because we haven't started casting properly, so Hugh Grant is fantastic, but I'm afraid that It is incorrect to the extent that it is not. it's going to happen until now until now until now who's going to play you now you know, okay, let's be ambitious, let's grab a magic wand, okay, and I'm so sorry if I sound like you know, oh come on, let's have a dream person , as? On Charlie's Throne Charlize Are You Out There? yeah she's gonna have to dye her hair again but it's okay no i don't care i think cameron diaz it's okay i literally love you so much right?

Have I paid you money to do it? this because all you have to do is put a little curl in your hair and there you are,

lorraine

, honestly, new best friend, thank you so much, this book, sam is great, you're a fantastic journalist, you're a terrier. absolute terrier and I wish you the best in everything you do. I know you are definitely going to do even more wonderful things. I can't wait to see the movie. Thank you Anna and again congratulations on one of the greatest news. Thank you so much. a lot and obviously the news night team is an amazing team.

I was lucky to work with him. Great team. Thank you very much and good luck and the scoops are now available. He has so many stories there. Prince Andrew, obviously, is the one that stands out. but there's some other stuff here steven seagal honestly brilliant brilliant don't forget you can watch full episodes of lorraine on itv hub and all the best clips compilations and playlists here on our channel just subscribe now and you'll never miss it. one upload, click here to watch another video similar to this one or click here to head to our channel home page and explore all our interesting videos.