And it wasn't the royal family's reaction
She said the royal family were 'happy with the interview' after its initial broadcast, adding that the Duke's aides only started to worry when the public reaction 'it caused in the days and weeks afterwards' became clear.
'It was never meant to be a badge of honour — it was meant to be a chance to get to the heart of a story that had confused many people for so long,' Maitlis said. She describes being in the room listening to the 'level of detail' revealed by the royal as 'astonishing' and 'unlike anything I was expecting.'
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