Huw Edwards, a long time British television speaker and host of theBBC‘s flagshipNews at Tenprogram till July 2023, has actually resigned.
On Monday, the U.K. pubcaster stated Edwards took medical suggestions before choosing to formally resign from the BBC after stepping away 9 months back following a June 2023 reportfromThe Sun that declared Edwards had actually paid a teen for raunchy images
“Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC. After 40 years of service, Huw has actually discussed that his choice was made on the basis of medical guidance from his medical professionals,” a BBC representative stated in a brief declaration. “The BBC has actually accepted his resignation, which it thinks will permit all celebrations to progress. We do not think it suitable to comment even more.”
Soon after The Sun report, in July 2023, Edwards stepped far from his BBC hosting tasks. His partner, Vicky Flind, in a declaration, stated he dealt with “severe psychological health problems” after he had actually been dealt with for serious anxiety over the last few years which The Sun declaring that Edwards had actually asked for the teenager pictures resulted in the news speaker’s hospitalization. At the time, the British cops stated they had actually finished an examination in the wake of the tabloid accusations, that included talking with the teenager plaintiff and her household, and would take no action versus Edwards.
Edwards had actually been the face of the pubcaster’s news broadcasting after gradually rising the ranks because signing up with the broadcaster in 1984.
He hosted the BBC’s protection of numerous landmark royal occasions, consisting of the wedding event of Prince Harry and Meghan Marklethe funeral service of Prince Philip, the death and state funeral service of Elizabeth II and the crowning of Charles III and Camilla. He was likewise amongst the BBC’s best-paid television hosts.