When Emily Maitlis sat down to question then-Prince Andrew about his links to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019, few could have predicted she would walk away with the scoop of the century.
The interview on the BBC’s Newsnight became one of the most explosive moments in modern media and a masterclass in calm, forensic questioning that reshaped the global conversation around power and accountability.
We always said that we had to prepare it like you would a police report, you know, a document of public record. It had to be something that would stand the test of time
In this chat with Sacha Barbour Gatt, Emily reflects on the decades of reporting that led to that night, the meticulous planning behind the scenes and the unexpected message she received from a close friend of the King just weeks after it aired.
Emily Maitlis appears at the MCEC presented by The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 5 March and at the All About Women festival in Sydney on 8 March.