she can be ruite playing emily maitlis. she can be quite daunting, _ playing emily maitlis.also | be quite daunting, while also being absolutely fabulous. and she in fact has her own drama coming up that she has produced about that same interview. there is room for two dramas so close together about the same interview with prince andrew. l interview with prince andrew. i don't know. it's interesting. because the one that we did was sam mcallister�*s take. ladulha because the one that we did was sam mcallister's take.— sam mcallister's take. who was the producer- — sam mcallister's take. who was the producer. he _ sam mcallister's take. who was the producer. he was _ sam mcallister's take. who was the producer. he was a - the producer. he was a producer. _ the producer. he was a producer, on _ the producer. he was a producer, on what i the producer. he was a i producer, on what happens. the producer. he was a - producer, on what happens. and i'm very interested to see it. hopefully there is room. there is obviously room for both versions. is obviously room for both versions-—

the three—parter, called �*a very royal scandal�* is executive—produced by emily maitlis. drama starring ruth wilson as the journalist emily maitlis and michael sheen as prince andrew. you do believe me, don't you? well, it was absolutely. wonderful playing emily. i got to be blonde, which i love. - and blondes do have more fun. and i loved getting involvedl or seeing behind the scenes. emily, for you, was it uncomfortable watching someone pretending to be you? it was extraordinary. and she put a sort of comedy into the movement, which i hadn't. .. i wouldn't recognise in myself. do you remember dancing at tramp? no. the interview saw prince andrew talk to emily maitlis about his friendship with convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. why would you remember a pizza express birthday and being at home? because going to pizza express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. in it, andrew denied having sex with the then—17—year—old virginia giuffre. he subsequently paid her an out—of—court settlement, but has always rejected claims of wrongdoing. days after the interview, he

powerful and interesting women ever since — miss havisham in great expectations, real—life journalist emily maitlisolder women. they have insight, they have appreciate their emotional maturity. so the ageing process, i'm glad to hear it as i'm very much ageing, does have its benefits. but as an actor in the public eye, i wonder how you deal with it and how you approach ageing. i've certainly gone through periods where it's struck me quite harshly that i too am ageing, and one needs to go through a mourning of, you know, mourning youth at various stages. but being on camera, there are certainly times where i see the final product and thinking, oh my god, is that really... is that really what i look like? and going through some feelings around that, but then also realising that that's, you know, going to be the youngest that i look like from here on out. so i'd better, you know, embrace it. i just want to go back to your book, want. yes, please. the fantasies are anonymous. yes. and as you said, one of the fantasies is yours, and i have to ask, any clues, which one? yeah, well, i thought actually, to

powerful and interesting women ever since — miss havisham in great expectations, real—life journalist emily maitlisnsight, they have appreciate their emotional maturity. so the ageing process, i'm glad to hear it as i'm very much ageing, does have its benefits. but as an actor in the public eye, i wonder how you deal with it and how you approach ageing. i've certainly gone through periods where it's struck me quite harshly that i too am ageing, and one needs to go through a mourning of, you know, mourning youth at various stages. but being on camera, there are certainly times where i see the final product and thinking, oh my god, is that really... is that really what i look like? and going through some feelings around that, but then also realising that that's, you know, going to be the youngest that i look like from here on out. so i'd better, you know, embrace it. i just want to go back to your book, want. yes, please. the fantasies are anonymous. yes. and as you said, one of the fantasies is yours, and i have to ask any clues, which one? yeah, well, i thought actually, today i might, um, let you

powerful and interesting women ever since — miss havisham in great expectations, real—life journalist emily maitlise ageing process, i'm glad to hear it as i'm very much ageing, does have its benefits. but as an actor in the public eye, i wonder how you deal with it and how you approach ageing. i've certainly gone through periods where it's struck me quite harshly that i too am ageing, and one needs to go through a mourning of, you know, mourning youth at various stages. but being on camera, there are certainly times where i see the final product and thinking, oh my god, is that really... is that really what i look like? and going through some feelings around that, but then also realising that that's, you know, going to be the youngest that i look like from here on out. so i'd better, you know, embrace it. i just want to go back to your book, want. yes, please. the fantasies are anonymous. yes. and as you said, one of the fantasies is yours, and i have to ask any clues, which one? yeah, well, i thought actually, today i might, um, let you know which one it was. no! shut up. what's great is that the

characters, the former british prime minister margaret thatcher in the crown and the journalist emily maitlis_ with prince andrew. this is about honesty. do - with prince andrew. this is about honesty. do you - with prince andrew. this is| about honesty. do you want with prince andrew. this is - about honesty. do you want to have a seat?— have a seat? but it is her role as a sex _ have a seat? but it is her role as a sex therapist _ have a seat? but it is her role as a sex therapist and - have a seat? but it is her role as a sex therapist and the - as a sex therapist and the netflix series sex education that has led her to her latest project. she has been curating a book all about women�*s sexual fantasies. did

ruth wilson and emily maitlis, thank you all so much. greatly appreciate it. >>> that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera and jose diaz-balart pick up the coverage right now. >>> this morning on msnbc we have team coverage on this second apparent assassination attempt on former president trump. any moment now the suspect is due to make his first appearance in federal court. what we're learning about his digital footprint and political leanings. >>> plus the acting head of the secret service in florida here this morning as law enforcement pieces together what exactly happened on this west palm beach golf course. >>> this as the secret service comes under a microscope again. how did anyone get so close to the former president, just a couple of months after the first assassination attempt? ♪♪ >>> hello and thank you for joining us, it is 10:00 eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york alongside my colleague, jose diaz-balart, who is live in west palm beach, florida, this morning as we cover the second apparent

huw edwards, things like russell brand and jonathan ross, obviously more latterly, gary lineker, emily maitlismaitlis, martin bashir, jon sopel. i'd say he's a problem for them as well. he, he really does get away with a lot. jon sopel well he's on the newsagents now as well isn't he. he's another one of the ones that's left. but the maitlis, sopel and the i can't remember his name, the chap from newsnight as well. yeah they are, they have demonstrated that there was a certain kind of bias, i think fairly fundamentally within the newsroom and do you know what? now they're on their own. fair play now they're on their own. fair play to them. but it does have that. but it says the bbc has astonishingly, power has astonishingly, power has astonishing powers of survival. it doesn't. i see this so often. the bbc has a guaranteed revenue from the taxpayer. if i ran a business that no matter what, got a guaranteed revenue from the taxpayer, i'd have astonishing powers of survival astonishing powers of survival as well. and the sad thing is, i mean, they repeated an advert , i mean, they repeated an ad

version of what happenedin emily maitlis version of what happened in the prince andrew interview.rybody's asking is, is prince andrew as absolutely dreadful a person as portrayed by michael sheen or martin sheen was michael sheen? yeah. in the piece , because he comes over as piece, because he comes over as vulgar , abrasive, arrogant and vulgar, abrasive, arrogant and an absolute whatsit. what do you think? >> again, my opinion probably is i don't know. you know, i don't have that high opinion generally of, of the royals generally because i don't know what role they play in my life. and what's they play in my life. and what's the relevance for me in day to day when i'm trying to feed my kids and get on with my life and they're sitting there and they bnng they're sitting there and they bring a lot to the country. i understand that in terms of identity and the income from tourists and all of that stuff, but then when you behave in a way that he's behaved, it's like, mate, you again, you they should have just cut him out, put him in a flat somewhere and he's done. >> he's a working

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we have the one scoop which was with gillian anderson, and now this is emily maitlis versions of events andrew no favours. you know, it's a scandal which he very much like to bury and it doesn't. but the thing that the difference between scoop and this one, this one, you see more of prince andrew's character. you know, with scoop, you see how they went about getting the interview. but this is more a behind the scenes look. emily's version. yeah. she did. yeah, it's her version of events. so i can imagine there's a lot of people who are not happy, including princess beatrice. she hasn't been happy with her portrayal of it and stuff, but the public are interested in this, in this scandal still. >> yeah , absolutely. anything >> yeah, absolutely. anything else that we need to talk about? strictly come dancing is back . strictly come dancing is back. >> even i know strictly is coming back on screens today. it's going to be the first live show. there's going to be a lot of interesting highlights to see, including chris mccausland, who is the first blind contestant, and he's going to be danci

the three episode mini series dramatizes bbc journalist emily maitlis' exclusive 2019 interview withns of sexual assault against him as well as his ties to jeffrey epstein. the sit down was as revealing as it was devastating for the duke of york. in the days following the release of the interview prince andrew announced that he was stepping away from his public duties indefinitely. joining us now the star of a very royal scandal, ruth wilson, and the journalist who ruth portrays, emily maitlis, she also serves as an executive producer on the series. thank you so much for being here. echl i wil -- emily, let's start with you watching this. seeing it come to life again in this way, what are your thoughts? >> in the clip i felt the palpitations start again. what you saw there at the end of i think the first episode is the moment that i never knew about in real life, which is when the whole thing had been called off. the whole thing had been canceled. so there was a moment where we think this is never going to happen and it was only in putting the drama together that we got all the diffe

. >> the drama, which is the second adaptation of the infamous bbc newsnight interview held by emily maitlis the prince's efforts to restore his public image. >> let's take a look at it. >>— >> let's take a look at it. >> we're only hours away from filming. if we don't do this interview now, we'll never get him back. he's pulled it off, emily. >> okay, boys, let's go . >> okay, boys, let's go. >> okay, boys, let's go. >> morning. morning. sorry i'm late. are you showing this picture of prince andrew and epstein ? epstein? >> no story right now is epstein's death . epstein's death. >> so now they're all going to go after ghislaine maxwell and once they've gone after her, they're going to go after prince andrew. get me and him in a room together, and then i can do my thing. >> well, a little earlier on in the program, kinsey schofield joined to us discuss the drama . joined to us discuss the drama. >> it's very funny and you walk away from it thinking, that was great television, but is that appropriate when you think about the fact that it's associated with jeffrey epstein? you know, i after i

for doing so, particularly when edward's powerful mates in the media the likes of jon sopel and emily maitlisis detractors. so edwards is now a charity worker. apparently many charities work with and support vulnerable people for this depraved man. to offer his help is like a pack of foxes offering to help out in a chicken coop. notwithstanding his conviction for child abuse images. this is a man who reportedly paid a crack cocaine addicted teenager thousands of pounds for indecent images , pounds for indecent images, which the individual's parents have said has ruined their lives. the bbc's own reporting into the behaviour of edwards at the corporation contained allegations of creepy text messages to colleagues that left them, and, i quote, chilled to them, and, i quote, chilled to the bone, with junior staff feeling totally intimidated by the star. another alleged victim, edwards, met online who threatened to expose him, was reportedly sent expletive filled messages. messages verified by the bbc as having come from edward's phone. but in the linkedin post advertising his wonderful services

today , fascinating discussion today, the hollywood actress rachel weisz was in conversation with emily maitlis rachel weisz standard to a literary festival was extraordinary. it was particularly nice to see her and daniel craig at the dinner last night, but i think you're rubbing shoulders with the well , rubbing shoulders with the well, no they weren't. they were 20ft away. >> right. okay, fine. >> right. okay, fine. >> don't worry. they were safe, i think the standout though, that everybody would agree on was yesterday's discussion between the novelist sir salman rushdie and ian mcewan, particularly rushdie, talking about the attack in august 2022, where he was stabbed 15 times while on stage at an event in new york by, well, and we must say, his alleged attacker because he still hasn't been convicted or indeed gone to trial was a lebanese—american who apparently had read two pages of rushdie's famous book, the satanic verses, but was motivated by the fatwa against the satanic verses and against rushdie, which was imposed in 1989 by the ayatollah khomeini of iran with a $3 million reward. if

it stars michael sheen as the prince and ruth wilson as the journalist emily maitlis .e. maitlis. now still to come. veterans have been honoured for operations carried out in the 19505 the 1950s and we' re we're going to have all next. welcome back to breakfast. it's 6:29. loads of you getting this in touch this morning. lots of people. very happy to see you. miriam. janice. janice says hello. ellie and miriam. very good morning to you both. very good morning to you both. very good morning to you, janet. and do get in touch and let us know where you are listening or watching from today. gbnews.com/yoursay really good to hear from you. let us know if you're enjoying the programme. >> and we've got a message from nick. she says about the keir starmer story. my problem with this story is why mps should be allowed to receive freebies at all, using their power and position to get things which many ordinary people have to save up for and queue up for. in the case of gig tickets, etc, i'm heartily sick of hearing it's within the rules. the rules need to change. i think that's

because of course, you've got that new amazon drama dramatisation of the infamous interview with emily maitlissay , reportedly refusing to say, reportedly refusing to budge from royal lodge. it's thought that king charles and perhaps the crown estate , who perhaps the crown estate, who manages royal lodge, wants to move prince andrew to frogmore cottage, harry meghan's old house, because it's far more cost effective because frogmore cottage is in the guarded perimeter of the windsor castle estate. so there's police officers there already guarding the prince and princess of wales and the king when the king is in residence, whereas royal lodge is in its separate perimeter and needs separate security, reportedly costing the king £3 million a year. and it looks like the king is fed up with paying like the king is fed up with paying £3 million a year for his brother's security. >> cameron, a quick word about the princess of wales. she held a meeting behind closed doors, also within the perimeter of windsor, yesterday in the castle itself with her early years team. it seems as though light dufies tea