Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children
The Met Police have announced charges against the 62 year old former BBC presenter
Last updated 30th Jul 2024
Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children.
The Metropolitan Police say the 62 year old, of Southwark but originally from Bridgend, has been bailed ahead of an appearance at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (July 31).
The offences are said to have happened between December 2020 and April 2022 and relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat.
Edwards was first arrested on November 8 last year.
d highest-paid news anchors before he left the corporation earlier this year.
During his career, he fronted BBC's News At Ten for 20 years and anchored coverage of major national events including announcing Queen Elizabeth II's death on the BBC and presenting coverage of her funeral.
He also helmed the BBC's broadcast of the King's coronation last year.
Throughout the years he presented the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (now the Prince and Princess of Wales) in 2011, the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018, and the funeral of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 2021.
The BBC News At Ten presenter was also the broadcaster's voice at Trooping the Colour and the Festival of Remembrance, and took over election coverage from the long-serving David Dimbleby in 2019.
Before he stepped down, he was the BBC's highest-paid newsreader, with a pay bracket of £475,000 and £479,999 for the year 2023/24 for 160 presenting days, BBC One news specials, election specials and other television programming, according to the BBC's latest annual report.
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