A measure of the speed and depth of Huw Edwards’ reputational collapse is that his appearance at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday came just 14 months after he reached his career peak, presenting the king’s coronation. The presenter has already suffered disgrace and career ruin and could, when sentencing occurs on 16 September, face jail.
As always after such public catastrophes, the question quickly arises of to what extent the events were predictable or preventable. Last July, I fell out with a friend who is a senior figure at the BBC, to the point of not speaking for some time. He said it was completely unimaginable that early reports about his behaviour in the Sun could be true, let alone what has now emerged.
