Thorough and brilliant

"I can confirm, as is already known, that Amanda Thirsk was the person I was mostly dealing with, who was extremely charming, well-informed, thorough and brilliant. And also, as you know, in the final meeting, His Royal Highness was there face-to-face. I think it would be remiss of me to draw any conclusions about how the interview went. That's a matter for other people. But those were the logistics in terms of the people we were speaking with."

BBC Newsnight interview booker Sam McAlister, talking to GQ Magazine.