BBCNEWS Newswatch January 10, 2020
There is the spectre of another royal duke and duchess. The windsors, the former king edward, the eighth, and his american bride, Wallis Simpson, who turned his back on duty and went off to america and elsewhere, and who, of course, never really found happiness. As ever, with this topic, audience reaction to what they saw was sharply divided. Bruce white picked up on that analogy made by Nicholas Witchell writing. It is so disappointing to see the bbc engaging in such blatant tabloid television around this young couple. For example, making comparisons with Wallis Simpson is simply ludicrous. F...