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Prince Andrew was so delighted with what he thought was his brilliant performance in the Newsnight interview that ended his royal career, he invited the interviewer, Emily Maitlis, to stay on and attend a movie night at Buckingham Palace once taping had finished.
The queen, however, knew as soon as she read a transcript of the interview, several hours before it was broadcast, that it was a disaster and summoned Andrew to her presence to discuss it.
The new revelations are made in a Channel 4 documentary about Andrew, entitled Andrew: The Problem Prince, which is being screened on the traditionally anti-establishment British network Channel 4 as part of its counter-coronation programming.