![]() ![]() Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality Party, criticised the move by police at the time, and on Tuesday she reiterated her concerns. MPs and campaign groups voiced their disapproval after police elected to put elements of her private life into the public domain during the search - including her struggles with alcohol and the perimenopause. The force came under heavy criticism after the body of Ms Bulley, 45, was pulled from the River Wyre in Lancashire on February 19, more than three weeks after she was last seen alive on January 27. In a separate update issued on Tuesday, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said its investigation into an officer’s contact with Ms Bulley prior to her disappearance had concluded.Īndrew Snowden, the Conservative police and crime commissioner for Lancashire, revealed that the independent review by the College of Policing into the force’s handling of the case was under way.įindings and recommendations will be published in the autumn. Meanwhile, Maitlis recently revealed that the Duke sought permission from the Queen to be questioned about his association with Epstein before he gave the interview.Lancashire Constabulary will face no action over its disclosure of Nicola Bulley’s personal details, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said. Last year, he reached an out-of-court settlement with Ms Giuffre reportedly worth up to $12 million (£9.6m) following her civil sex claim against him in the US. In the interview, he denied he had had sex with Ms Giuffre, said he had no recollection of ever meeting her and that he had spent the day in question at Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey, at a party with one of his daughters. Denies wrongdoingįollowing the BBC broadcast in November 2019 and the furore over his friendship with Epstein, the Duke stepped down from public life as a working Royal, although he continues to deny any wrongdoing. The Duke came under intense scrutiny following the disastrous interview over the allegations that paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre was trafficked to have sex with the royal when she was 17. ![]() Sex Education star Gillian Anderson will be playing Ms Maitlis and The Man In The High Castle actor Rufus Sewell will be Prince Andrew. Her book about the Duke of York’s Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis, which brought an abrupt end to his royal career, is now being turned into a major film adaption by Netflix. She added: “That’s the job - explore the delusions of those in power.” He is one of those people where the disjunction between how they see themselves and how the rest of the world sees them is just extraordinary.” “I’d love to have got him, and also Putin. McAlister also said she had almost landed an interview with the controversial former Topshop owner Sir Philip Green after leaving the BBC, telling The Times: “Sir Philip Green saw the Andrew interview and sent me a message saying well done, but also how relieved he was he’d never said yes to me. “I wanted to swap notes with someone who’d been through a similar experience,” she said, but added that she was pleased they never ended up doing so in light of the BBC’s investigation into how he obtained the interview. ![]() In a new interview with The Times, McAlister discussed her motivations for publishing the book, as well as revealing that she contacted Martin Bashir, the journalist who arranged and conducted Princess Diana’s bombshell interview in 1995. While none of them dispute that the former producer played a critical role in securing the award-winning scoop, her many colleagues are reduced to peripheral figures in various publicity interviews and webinars she gives. ![]() It was previously reported that BBC sources are quietly seething at what they perceive to be McAlister taking the lion's share of the credit for securing the interview, when its success was considered very much a team effort. She has now revealed that her motivation to write the book was “more pretentious” than gaining recognition, saying: “I thought if Netflix ever makes a future edition of The Crown or a documentary on Prince Andrew, I want my role on the record.” Sam McAlister, who was instrumental in helping to negotiate the award-winning November 2019 interview, wrote a book detailing her version of events called Scoops. The former BBC producer who helped secure Prince Andrew’s infamous Newsnight interview has revealed she was motivated to write her book to ensure her role appeared in The Crown. ![]()
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