Princess Beatrice joined Prince Andrew for crunch talks as Duke 'did bombshell interview for his daughter'

Maitlis said she thought that Andrew may have agreed to do the interview in an attempt to make amends with his daughter.

Princess Beatrice had recently become engaged to her now-husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

Maitlis told the documentary titled Andrew: The Problem Prince: "It’s the first time the thought crossed my mind that maybe he was doing it for her.

"Your life has been hellish. You’ve had to read these headlines. You’re trying to get married. I’m going to do this to make it better for you. I don’t know if that’s true, but it crossed my mind."

Producer McAlister told Channel 4 that Andrew had announced he had brought someone with him to the negotiations.

She added that she thought the Duke of York meant a lawyer.

McAlister told the documentary: "Instead around the corner comes his daughter, Princess Beatrice. That was really quite a curve ball of curve balls.

"Can you imagine being in Buckingham Palace about to talk to a member of the Royal Family about sexual offences?

"That’s pretty tricky. And now I’ve got to do it in front of his daughter."

McAlister previously described how Beatrice took notes on a clipboard at the meeting and looked "anxious".

Prince Andrew's eldest daughter will be portrayed in a Netflix drama of the bombshell interview titled Scoop.

Actress Charity Wakefield will play Princess Beatrice.