The grown-ups version of the Prince Andrew Newsnight interview is far better than Scoop, but still inessential.
For Prince Andrew, the interview was a fuck-up extraordinaire.
Not since let them eat cake has a royal invited worse PR on themselves.
If how is your question, thenA Very Royal Scandalhas an answer: he was clueless.
Sheen plays that naivety so well that itsalmostpossible to feel sympathy for the character.
Less deniable, in this fictionalised retelling, is his guilt.
By episode three though, theres an odd shift.
Maitlis guilt, obviously of a far less serious nature, is also explored.
She thought about the victims.
It wasnt all champagne and awards nights, and so on and so on.
Does that explain why Andrew would accept a gift of 150k fromEpsteinto pay off her debts?
Why the divorced couple continue to live together in great comfort at the Royal Lodge at Windsor?
The tally of fucks alone would rival a Richard Curtis comedy.
Royal completists and fans of Michael Sheens extraordinary screen transformations into real-life figures will dine well though.
As will anybody who sat through season six ofThe Crownand found themselves thinking ifonlythis were three episodes longer.
A Very Royal Scandal is out now onPrime Video.
Rating:
3 out of 5
