You haven't recorded my Pizza Express alibi, Andrew told Maitlis

PRINCE ANDREW asked for his calamitous BBC Newsnight interview to be reshot to include his Pizza Express alibi because he forgot to mention it the first time around, Emily Maitlis has revealed.

Andrew's claim that he could not have had sex with 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre as alleged because he was at a branch of Pizza Express in Woking for a children's birthday party was recorded in a follow-up interview with Maitlis that the prince insisted upon.

The duke was convinced the alibi would get him off the hook but his explanation prompted worldwide mockery. The BBC initially rejected the prince's request for the follow-up interview because "clearly it was going to make him sound kind of ridiculous", Maitlis told the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast but granted his request in the interest of transparency.