Huw Edwards, who is paid £529,000 a year by the corporation, was pitch perfect in manner and in delivery PIXEL GRGBBC1 interrupted its schedule at 12.30pm on Thursday, as soon as Buckingham Palace released its ominous statement saying: “The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision. The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”SponsoredViewers tuning in for Bargain Hunt got a sombre, black-tied Huw Edwards, and the news that normal programming had been suspended in favour of a rolling new special until at least 6pm. I have been rude about Edwards, who is paid £529,000 a year by the corporation, in the past, but I must eat my words. He was pitch perfect both in manner and in delivery, concerned and respectful, a calm and steadying presence who elegantly conveyed the severity of the situation and

Source: The Times September 10, 2022 23:09 UTC