Jeremy Brock writes and Julian Jarrold directs the three-part follow-up to 2018's 'A Very English Scandal' and 2021's 'A Very British Scandal.'

The Prime Video series dramatises the 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew when he was faced with allegations of sex trafficking with Jeffrey Epstein.

For Prime Video’s ‘A Very Royal Scandal,’ out Sept. 19, Ruth Wilson transformed into veteran journalist Emily Maitlis by wearing some of the actual clothes Maitlis wore to interview Prince Andrew in 2019 for BBC’s ‘Newsnight.

Before the premier of Amazon Prime's A Very Royal Scandal, Ruth Wilson talks to Tatler about stepping into Emily Maitlis's

A Very Royal Scandal has landed on Prime Video, and is the TV show adaptation of the now-infamous Newsnight interview which ultimately led to Prince Andrew retiring from royal duties. While Netflix's movie Scoop recently covered much of the same ground,

Ruth Wilson spent time with the presenter-turned-podcaster to prepare for donning her military-style jacket. It shows. If the brown contact lenses and voluminous blonde wig weren't enough, she's also got a convincing hold of Maitlis's commanding voice.

One of the reasons for doing it – and so relatively soon after it – is that it's a story where there are powerful people who would like to brush it away,” said Michael Sheen.