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Queen ‘hid behind bush’ to avoid Romanian dictator during state visit

Queen Elizabeth II “hid behind a bush” to avoid meeting Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu during a state visit.

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David Dimbleby laments ‘crazy’ BBC events broadcast team decision

BBC recently revealed plans to reduce the unit responsible for royal events, state funerals and Remembrance Sunday

The Independent UK

David Dimbleby questions ‘crazy’ BBC cuts to events broadcasting team

Earlier this week, it was revealed that the corporation plans to reduce the team to one member of staff.

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Voices: ‘An absolutely impossible situation’: Readers clash over King Charles’ US state visit

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is sharply divided over the King’s US visit. While some have called it an ‘embarrassment’ amid Donald Trump’s attacks on the UK, others have urged diplomacy to ‘calm the waters’

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Bulletin AM briefing: David Dimbleby slams King Charles’ state visit to meet Trump - and today’s other top stories

Here are five of this morning’s biggest stories

The Independent UK

David Dimbleby brands Trump ‘a bully’ as he slams King Charles’ US state visit

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David Dimbleby labels King Charles’ US visit ‘an embarrassment’ – urging ministers to call it off

BBC presenter says he feels sorry for monarch having state dinner with leader who ‘goes out of his way’ to insult Britain, UK troops and Nato

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The staggering wealth of the royals, and how taxpayers pick up the bill

The spotlight has turned on the Royals’ “vast wealth”. Chris Blackhurst reports

Evening Standard

Digested week: Book lauds Robert F Kennedy Jr’s chest. Ridicule ensues

Defenders rally to Olivia Nuzzi amid book mockery, while rakish David Dimbleby channels his inner Dickens

The Guardian - UK

Royal Expert Says Prince William’s “Ordinary Joe” Persona Could "Win Back More Support for the Monarchy”

"Declining support marks a problem.”

Marie Claire

What’s the Monarchy For? review – David Dimbleby’s excellent series has one glaring omission

4/5 The broadcaster drills down into the royal family’s power and finances – and how far they will go to maintain public support

The Independent UK

What’s the Monarchy For? review – David Dimbleby’s demolition of the royals is hugely entertaining

Now he’s free of the BBC, he’s gone combative. He drives a horse and cart through a piece of Dominic Grieve sophistry, and tries his best to skewer the institution based around a jewelled velvet hat

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: David Dimbleby’s huge series about the the royal family

The broadcaster speaks to David Cameron, Ash Sarkar and more about the future of the monarchy. Plus: Mary Berry’s best dinner party tips. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Former Question Time host David Dimbleby hits out at ‘ridiculous’ BBC amid Trump controversy

Dimbleby said the culture of the BBC needs ‘attention and always has done’

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BBC ‘can’t be held to ransom,’ says David Dimbleby as Donald Trump threatens legal action over Panorama

The BBC “can’t be held to ransom,” David Dimbleby said after Donald Trump threatened legal action against the broadcaster following the selective editing of his speech outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a Panorama episode.

Evening Standard

BBC and news agencies launch short film calling on Israel for access to Gaza

The film has been narrated by veteran BBC journalist David Dimbleby.

The Independent UK

Voices: Calling David Cameron a ‘man baby’ for resigning over Brexit is childish

COMMENT: The personal barbs in a new, behind-the-scenes memoir offer a fittingly pathetic caricature of the Conservatives’ big beasts, says Sean O’Grady – they are also a reminder of how the party is the biggest Brexit loser of all

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David Dimbleby’s hugely compelling history of capitalism: best podcasts of the week

The seasoned pro brings us a slick new listen. Plus, Paris Hilton produces a rare story of social media being used for good

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The week in audio: Invisible Hands with David Dimbleby; Artworks: Talk Talk – Living in Another World; White Hot Hate; Luigi – review

David Dimbleby on the fighter pilot who waged war on government policy; Guy Garvey celebrates a misunderstood masterpiece. Plus, confessions of an FBI agent, and divisive US murder suspect Luigi Mangione

The Guardian - UK

James Joyce’s glorious lists and pop’s place at the Proms

Letters: Mary Adams says nobody compiled lists in literature quite like the Irish novelist. Plus a letter from Dr Richard Carter

The Guardian - UK

BBC arts chief hits back at accusations from Dimbleby and Bragg

Suzy Klein defends BBC’s ‘incredibly strong and passionate’ commitment to culture programming

The Guardian - UK

‘We live in heavy times’: David Dimbleby on making an art show with his daughter – and why the BBC ‘lost its will’

During lockdown, the TV anchor and his artist daughter Liza expressed their fears by sending each other drawings rather than letters. As the exhibition this inspired opens, he talks about his favourite themes – war, torture, death – and why the BBC needs a full reset

The Guardian - UK

Huw Edwards’ fall comes 14 months after career peak

Questions to be asked about whether sufficient safeguarding was in place to prevent another TV face exploiting power

The Independent UK

Election night TV review: From Sky News’s extended guttural grunting to the BBC’s disjointed duo

When the exit polls landed, the Sky News roster – Kay Burley, Beth Rigby et al – could muster only a series of strangulated, almost orgasmic, grunts

The Guardian - UK

Election exit polls are ‘worst invention ever’, says David Dimbleby

Broadcaster who hosted BBC’s election night coverage for 40 years says increasing accuracy of exit polls ‘takes the fun away’

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