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Abernathy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 2:06 pm The BBC news coverage is beginning to get right on my tits, though. The lead presenter on the lunchtime bulletin had no sooner intoned that “Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues to deny any wrong-doing”, than he handed over to a reporter stationed at Sandringham, who within about 90 seconds had also said that “Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues to deny any wrong-doing”. Cut to another reporter, stationed at Windsor, who didn’t say it, but there was an on-screen banner proclaiming yet again that “Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues to deny all wrong-doing”.

They must have repeated it about 25 times in a 20 minute bulletin. I think we all understand that he denies all wrong-doing.

It's becoming the new "Michael Gove denied the risk, describing it as 'project fear'".

The other repeated refrain is of course “Being named in the Epstein files is not, in itself, evidence of wrong-doing”.

Well, maybe not. But it’s a fucking MASSIVE clue that there probably was.

They were still using Harry and Meghan as the biggest scandals of the royal family up until Christmas.*

*Channel 5 advert for some garbage at Xmas on the royal couples “scandal”.

Just listened to The Newsagents podcast on this, like the BBC and LBC (and hopefully all other broadcasters) they are also adhering to the broadcasting restrictions governing trials ie emphasising Andrew's denials etc.

It's reaction to the Cliff Richard case.