Jeremy Brock writes and Julian Jarrold directs the three-part follow-up to 2018's 'A Very English Scandal' and 2021's 'A Very British Scandal.'

Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for A Very Royal Scandal.] Over three episodes, Prime Video, in A Very Royal Scandal, tells a dramatization of journalist Emily Maitlis’ (Ruth Wilson) 2019 interview with Prince Andrew (Michael Sheen) regarding his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of his own misconduct.

For Prime Video’s ‘A Very Royal Scandal,’ out Sept. 19, Ruth Wilson transformed into veteran journalist Emily Maitlis by wearing some of the actual clothes Maitlis wore to interview Prince Andrew in 2019 for BBC’s ‘Newsnight.

Ruth Wilson spent time with the presenter-turned-podcaster to prepare for donning her military-style jacket. It shows. If the brown contact lenses and voluminous blonde wig weren't enough, she's also got a convincing hold of Maitlis's commanding voice.

Before the premier of Amazon Prime's A Very Royal Scandal, Ruth Wilson talks to Tatler about stepping into Emily Maitlis's

Julian Jarrold directs with a muted grey/blue palette, with close-ups for cramped media offices and expansive interiors and exteriors for the conjectured royal scenes. A wistful piano tune and the ticking of a clock are signatures on the soundtrack. This latest piece of royal “faction” is strictly by the numbers.

One of the reasons for doing it – and so relatively soon after it – is that it's a story where there are powerful people who would like to brush it away,” said Michael Sheen.