Royal coverage condemned

Title

Royal coverage condemned

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

9 Jun 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Simon Hobbs reports on newspaper coverage about the state of the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Princess Diana). The reporting has been condemned by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Includes vox pop with tourists in London; press statement by chairman of the PCC, Lord McGregor (Oliver Ross McGregor); interviews with Sunday Times editor, Andrew Neil; Guardian editor, Peter Preston; Sir John Wheeler, Home Affairs Select Committee chairman. It was later found many of the stories had been leaked by the royals themselves.

Contributors

John Wheeler; Peter Preston; Andrew Neil; Simon Hobbs; Oliver Ross McGregor

Keywords

Newspapers; Marriage; Mass media; Royal family; Royalty; Prince Charles; Right to privacy; Princess Diana; Princess of Wales; Prince of Wales; Press Complaints Commission

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