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BBC reveals number of complaints for Kay Burley defending 'war hero' Prince Andrew

Kay Burley appearing on BBC Newsnight on July 6, 2026 (Image: BBC)

THE BBC has revealed that it received more than 150 complaints after former Sky News host Kay Burley told a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein that she should accept that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was a “war hero”.

A total of 160 people complained to the BBC that it had been “insensitive for Kay Burley to refer to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a ‘war hero’” during an edition of Newsnight on July 6, a complaints report published by the broadcaster on Thursday said.

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