Prince Andrew seen for first time since release of Netflix drama that’s ‘very harmful’ for royals

PRINCE Andrew has been seen for the first time since Netflix's Scoop hit screens.

The film, which stars Rufus Sewell and Gillian Andersontracks Andrew's disastrous Newsnight interview with the BBC's Emily Maitlis in November 2019.

Prince Andrew has been seen for the first time since Scoop hit screens
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Prince Andrew has been seen for the first time since Scoop hit screensCredit: The Mega Agency
He waved as he rode a horse at Windsor Castle this morning
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He waved as he rode a horse at Windsor Castle this morningCredit: Jon Bond
Scoop tracks Andrew's disastrous Newsnight interview with the BBC's Emily Maitlis in November 2019
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Scoop tracks Andrew's disastrous Newsnight interview with the BBC's Emily Maitlis in November 2019Credit: Jon Bond

The show, which aired for the first time today, has already been labelled "very harmful" to the Royal Family by experts.

And while royal fans rush to watch the film, Prince Andrew has been spotted riding his horse at Windsor Castle.

Snaps showed him grinning as he made his way along the paths, waving to people on the grounds.

During the notorious Newsnight interview, Andrew told Maitlis that he could not have had sex with 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre because, on the day she alleged it happened, he was at Pizza Express in Woking for a kids’ party with daughter Beatrice.

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He also insisted that he could not have “sweated profusely”, as was claimed, due to a medical condition he said he developed while serving in the Falklands War as a Navy helicopter pilot.

Andrew also defended his relationship with Epstein, saying that knowing the financier had "some seriously beneficial outcomes", but added that his reason for meeting him in 2010 was to "put an end to the friendship".

Yesterday, a royal expert said the Duke of York's "terrifying" trait would be exposed in the show.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said that the Duke of York has a "terrifyingly entitled streak".

The Duke had sat down with Maitlis for a wide-ranging interview, and discussed his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr Fitzwilliams said: "He has this terrifyingly entitled streak... and I think you'll find millions tuning in again to see a depiction of it.

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"The reports are that Princess Beatrice is certainly not happy with it, apparently she features."

He added that the programme would be "very embarrassing, and it won't be helpful for the Royal Family".

Mr Fitzwilliams said that the drama will not only remind people of "how horrendous" the Newsnight interview was, but of "how entitled a member of the Royal Family can be".

He added: "Scoop is part of Netflix, and I think you'll find a lot of people, I think they'll watch it on Friday, because there's been so much publicity.

"I think it will be very harmful."

Mr Fitzwilliams said that the Queen would not have had "the faintest idea of what was going to happen, and the parts of it, event and legend".

He added: "When I talk about legend, I mean comedy legend, the sweating which hasn't been explained, the weird Pizza Express in Woking aspect of it.

"A serious, serious part of it, of course, was the fact that he expressed absolutely no remorse for the victims of Epstein.

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"When asked if he regretted his association with the deceased Jeffrey Epstein, he answered that he didn't."

Mr Fitzwilliams added: "This will be very embarrassing, and it won't be helpful for the royal family... Andrew has appeared recently quite often, but I stress that those are in only in the context of religious services of one sort or another, and there's no question if you're doing anything else, not foreseeably, absolutely not."

Andrew seen sweating & partying despite bizarre Newsnight claims

By KATIE DAVIS

PRINCE Andrew infamously claimed he couldn't sweat and rarely "partied" in his car-crash Newsnight interview - now immortalised by Netflix.

But photos appear to paint a very different picture of the Duke of York's younger days, when he was branded The Playboy Prince.

The nation cringed as they watched Andrew offer bizarre defences to questions put to him by then BBC Newsnight host Emily Maitlis in 2019.

Asked about Virginia Giuffre's claims he was "sweating profusely" when they are said to have danced together at Tramp nightclub in London, the royal said he had a "peculiar medical condition".

That condition, he claimed, meant he "didn't sweat at the time".

His accuser Giuffre claims she danced with the Duke before going back to Ghislaine Maxwell's house on the night of March 10, 2001.

It was there that the notorious photo of the late Queen's favourite son with his arm around the 17-year-old Virginia was taken, as Ghislaine watched on.

Giuffre claims Jeffrey Epstein paid her around £8,000 after she had sex with Andrew.

He also famously claimed he could not have been at Tramps that night as he was at Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey.

In another cringe-worthy moment in the Newsnight interview - dramatised in the new Netflix film Scoop - Andrew claimed he rarely "partied" and wasn't a fan of public displays of affection.

But he was often snapped with his arms around glamorous women back in the day - including Heidi Klum and Chris Von Aspen.

Click here to see seven times the Prince was seen sweating and partying - despite his claims.