Netflix Scoop, review of the film on the Prince Andrew scandal

There royal family is experiencing one of the darkest periods in history that in comparison the #megxit and Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah seem like a misunderstanding worth laughing about. After tumor diagnosis of three of its members, Sarah Ferguson, King Charles III and the Princess of Wales, a new tsunami is ready to shake Buckingham Palace. It comes out on Netflix on April 5th. Scoop a film that traces the Prince Andrew’s involvement in Epstein case with focus on his disastrous interview given to the BBC in 2019which led Queen Elizabeth to revoke his title of “Royal Highness” and the military ranks he had been awarded.

Scoop: the plot of the film about the scandal involving Prince Andrew

It is July 6, 2019 when the American tycoon Jeffrey Epstein he was arrested at Teterboro airport in New Jersey on the terrible charge of sexual abuse and international trafficking of minors after years of inquiries, investigations and collection of evidence and damning testimonies. Involved in the case that shocked the whole world, even the Prince Andrew, the third son of Queen Elizabeth II one of the many powerful figures close to the criminal and, according to the accusation, a regular at his parties “with girls who had not reached the age of majority”.

On November 17, 2019, after Epstein’s death in prison in August before the trial, Andrea, secretly from her mother and brother, decides to release aexclusive interview with the program Newsnight of the BBC to tell his version of events (apparently under the advice of his daughter Beatrice). A chat with journalist Emily Maitlis granted by the prince with the intention of rehabilitating his image, but which on the contrary marks his downfall and forces his mother to officially oust him from royal duties and banish him from public life.

Journalist Emily Maitlis

In the interview conducted with mastery and grace by Maitlis, Sarah Ferguson’s ex-husband denies knowledge Virginia Giuffre, victim of Epstein trafficking and his main accuser (she accused him of abusing and raping her three times in 2001 when she was still a minor). Her words contradicted by the various shots that portray them together (in February last year Queen Elizabeth’s son reached an out-of-court settlement with her, paying several million pounds ed).

Prince Andrew with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson at Easter mass 2024

The lack of empathy, coldness, no repentance for all the victims and the declaration of having frequented Epstein despite the accusations and not even after the conviction for pedophilia “out of good manners”, do the rest. The interview is a disaster on several fronts: Buckhingham Palace can only force the Duce to renounce his royal and military titles, forcing him to withdraw from public life and to be marginalized, on official occasions, by the royal family.

Scoop: the release date

This is the plot of Scoopa film released on April 5 on Netflix based on the book of the same name written by producer Sam McAlister (Billie Piper in the film) who managed to convince Andrea’s private secretary to propose the interview to Carlo’s brother and thus obtain the scoop of a lifetime. In the cast Gillian Anderson as journalist Emily Maitlis and Rufus Sewell in the guise of Prince Andrew: a case that the royal family tried to cover up, now ready to return to the limelight and broadcast worldwide.