Alexander Larman

Netflix’s Scoop is a reminder of the Prince Andrew problem

Prince Andrew leaves S. George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, after attending the Easter Mattins Service. (Credit: Getty Images)

If the royals weren’t going through enough problems at the moment, another one is about to be added in the form of Netflix’s Scoop. It contains a scene that will perhaps be the most-discussed of the year, in the form of Prince Andrew being naked. Granted, he is only shown from behind – and Rufus Sewell, the actor who plays Andrew, is in good shape (perhaps more so than the actual duke) – but it is still a jaw-dropping moment. 

Perhaps blessedly, Andrew’s nudity comes in a bathtub vignette, as the Duke disconsolately watches the disastrous Newsnight interview that he so fatefully conducted with Emily Maitlis in 2019, rather than a sex scene.

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