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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jim Waterson Media editor

British TV ‘allowed monarchy to censor coverage of king’s coronation’

King Charles III at his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey.
King Charles III coronation ceremony, where royal spin doctors were allegedly allowed to dictate footage. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/AFP/Getty Images

British television channels agreed to let Buckingham Palace censor television coverage of King Charles’s coronation, according to the former boss of Sky News.

John Ryley, who stepped down in May after 17 years, said the monarchy imposed “extraordinary restrictions” on channels covering this year’s ceremony, including demanding the “Orwellian” right to retrospectively ban footage after it had been broadcast.

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