K.J. Yossman Former BBC News anchor Huw Edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children. London’s Metropolitan Police said on Monday that Edwards, who was the anchor chosen to break the news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death in 2022, had been charged with three counts of the offense.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told Variety: “Huw Edwards, 62, of Southwark, London has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children following a Met Police investigation.
The offenses, which are alleged to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat.
Edwards was arrested on 8 November 2023. He was charged on Wednesday, 26 June following authorization from the Crown Prosecution Service.
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