Princess Beatrice is a “rainmaker” and should be blamed just as much as her father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, for his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019, which led to the beginning of his public downfall, an insider has claimed. Andrew made various bombshell statements in the infamous interview, which have now been contradicted by some of the documents within the Jeffrey Epstein files.
This includes him denying ever knowing his abuse accuser, Virginia Giuffre or taking any pictures with her and that he’s unable to sweat. Now, Sam McAlister, the producer who secured the interview in 2019, has spoken for the first time since Andrew’s arrest last month.
She called Beatrice a rainmaker, a term used for someone who “pulls off major financial deals”.
She told the Daily Mail: “In my view, when Princess Beatrice came along unexpectedly to the face-to-face negotiation, which happened just three days before this interview physically happened, I called her the ‘rainmaker’.
“The reason is because she was protecting her father’s interests. She was super-polite, super-nice, super-friendly. But in that room with the people that were there, she was the one that had his interest purely at heart.”
Ms McAlister added: “And it was clear that if we did not answer her questions well, that this interview was never going to happen.
“That is why I believe she was profoundly important in the conversation.”
The TV producer added that Beatrice’s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi played a key part in Andrew agreeing to the interview.
She said: “The human reason was he was about to turn 60. His daughter was about to get married and he wanted, as a father, to walk her down the aisle and return to the life that he had had before these onerous allegations and friendships hung over him like a dark cloud.
“So his motivation is to, I suppose, clear his name.”
Last month, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after emails appeared to show him sharing confidential information with the US financier during his time as the UK’s trade envoy.
The former prince was released under investigation after being held in custody for 11 hours. He has always denied any wrongdoing.
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