A defamation lawyer reportedly ‘urged Prince Andrew not to speak to the BBC’ before his disastrous Newsnight interview. Paul Tweed warned the royal’s then-chief of staff the interview was a ‘bad idea’ two days before Andrew sat down with Emily Maitlis.
A defamation lawyer ‘urged the Duke of York not to speak to the BBC’ before his disastrous Newsnight interview, it has been revealed.
Paul Tweed said he warned the royal’s then-chief of staff Amanda Thirsk the interview was a ‘bad idea’ two days before Andrew sat down with Emily Maitlis in November 2019.The lawyer told Channel 4’s Andrew – The Problem Prince he also wanted to know why nobody put a stop to the interview.The decision to speak was ‘ill-judged’ according to the lawyer Mr Tweed said his appearance on the two-part documentary was ‘with the knowledge and agreement of the family’.
He told Channel 4 Andrew’s association with Epstein was ‘totally ill-judged, totally inappropriate’ – adding that he was ‘very naive’. Commenting on the exchange with Ms Thirsk, Mr Tweed said: ‘Amanda called me… She just said: ‘I’m just letting you know the duke has decided to do the Newsnight interview.’‘Amanda just said: ‘Look, Paul, I gotta go. I’ll call you later.’
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