Disgraced Huw Edwards lashes out at BBC as he marks Queen's death anniversary

Disgraced former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has hit out at his former employer, accusing the broadcaster of attempting to "erase" his 40-year career. The disgraced presenter, who was sentenced to a six-month suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders register after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, posted a reflective newsletter on his Substack marking four years since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Edwards had been at the peak of British broadcasting on September 8, 2022, when he broke the news of the monarch's passing to the nation on BBC One. However, his high-profile career swiftly crumbled following a conviction for child sex offences that sent shockwaves through the broadcaster. In his latest online post, the former Ten O'Clock News presenter revisited the surreal moments leading up to the historic broadcast, including a bizarre series of events that began with his phone being stolen off a table at a London Nando's the night before. Edwards broke the news of the Queen's passing to the nation on BBC One on September 8, 2022 (Image: Getty) Left without a mobile on the morning of September 8, Edwards was eventually tracked down at a Cheapside barbershop by his son, who frantically urged him to rush to the studio. Within 45 minutes, he was sitting in the presenter's chair at New Broadcasting House, preparing for "Operation London Bridge". Reflecting on the emotional toll of that historic broadcast and the fallout that followed, Edwards wrote: "What I have found harder, in the years since, is locating myself within that broadcast at all. I can describe what was said and how it was said; I can describe the protocols observed and the history behind them; but I struggle to recover the interior experience of the person delivering it." The disgraced newsreader went on to target his former employer directly, claiming the emotional detachment he feels from that day has been compounded by the BBC's efforts to scrub him from their history. Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children in July 2024 (Image: Getty) He added: "That effect has been compounded by the events of recent years, and the BBC's subsequent determination to erase a 40-year career which reached its zenith on that afternoon and in the days that followed." Despite his bitter words for the BBC management, Edwards maintained that delivering the news of Her Majesty's death was an "extraordinary trust". After his wife, Vicky Flind, publicly named him in July 2023 over allegations published by The Sun, which police ultimately found to be non-criminal, Edwards was suspended from the BBC and later resigned on medical advice in April 2024. However, a separate police investigation led to his arrest in late 2023, and in July 2024, Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children after receiving 41 illicit images via WhatsApp, receiving a six-month suspended sentence and was put on the sex offenders register.