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Prince Andrew film: No holds barred on royal scandal

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48% Informative

Michael Sheen's A Very Royal Scandal has no-holds-barred account of Prince Andrew scandal.

Has a royal ever been depicted swearing so much - or palace life as so poisonous? Sheen is famous for how he inhabits his characters and his version of the prince is volatile mix of vanity, vulnerability and a self-destructive lack of self-awareness.

The civil case in the US between Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre ended in an out-of-court settlement.

The film comes with the disclaimer: “This drama is based on real events and individuals. Some scenes have been fictionalised and adapted for dramatic purposes” The suggestion of surreptitiousness works as drama - but in reality, his exclusion was even more publicly brutal.

VR Score

43

Informative language

38

Neutral language

9

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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