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To complain about Kay Burley for this disgusting interjection in defence of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

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Clarabell77 · 08/07/2026 11:44

https://metro.co.uk/video/kay-burley-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-just-accept-war-hero-3677113/?ito=vjs-link

For those who answer YANBU here is the link to complain https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint%20Summary

Kay Burley on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: 'we should just accept he was a war hero'

During last night's episode of Newsnight investigating Andrew's Pizza Express story, Kay Burley interrupts one of his victims to say, 'We should just accept that he was a war hero, we should just throw that in.'

https://metro.co.uk/video/kay-burley-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-just-accept-war-hero-3677113/?ito=vjs-link

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VictoriaEra · 08/07/2026 16:04

x2boys · 08/07/2026 13:59

Kay Burley always says really innapropriate things i think she was suspended at one point ( csnt remember why)
Im not sure how shes still got a job.

She was dreadful - I couldnt watch her. Very smug. She was suspended for something like visible partying during covid/entertaining out. I think she 'redeemed' herself by doing some kind of photoshoot at a foodbank. Patronising woman.

Fartughtyred · 08/07/2026 15:41

Cheese55 · 08/07/2026 12:12

I thought he didnt actually do anything 'in the war' as royalty are not allowed to. Harry fought tooth and nail to be allowed to do the bit he did. I don't think Andrew did

Andrew wasn't popular in the Navy ( arrogant and boorish so no surprise there! ) but he was always acknowleged to be a very capable helicopter pilot. I remember watching the footage as he flew into a haze of smoke dangerously close to the Atlantic Conveyor and after the ship was struck by an Exocet missile. The ship was ablaze, forcing the crew to abandon ship in freezing South Atlantic waters. Andrew positioned his helicopter to creat enough down draft for the full life rafts to move away from the burning ship as well as winching sailors from the sea.

Andrew had a 22 year career in the Navy and did actually pilot military helicopters and command a warship unlike Harry who failed his pilots exams after three years of trying and flew as a co pilot gunner ( When he wasn't on his Playstation on base...)

No excuses could ever be made for ABW and his horrific involvement with Epstein, however there does seem to be a parallel agenda running here and I still can't understand why he is the only high profile man to be so publicly shamed to the point where people who weren't even alive during the Falklands war are rewriting documented history to suit their own agenda.The man has lost everything and his shame will never be forgotten.

His Navy career can't be changed however and it's probably the only comfort left to him...

xabimunich3 · 08/07/2026 14:03

I've disliked her ever since that interview she did with Peter Andre back in 2010. She was so horrible that he actually had to cut the interview short because he was in tears.
She's bloody awful.

x2boys · 08/07/2026 13:59

Kay Burley always says really innapropriate things i think she was suspended at one point ( csnt remember why)
Im not sure how shes still got a job.

Happyjoe · 08/07/2026 13:41

She's always been a shit journalist.

Locutus2000 · 08/07/2026 13:27

Phillips was sitting on the sofa with MP Alex Davies-Jones, minister for victims, and presenter Victoria Derbyshire. She told viewers: “What I would love is for my survivor sisters here to get in touch with me on my website.” Davies-Jones agreed: “Likewise. Anyone can come forward – we already have had, as a result of us speaking out, survivors coming forward and claiming that they were also victims of Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell.

“So please, we would encourage anyone, if you’ve got any information, to come forward to us.”
Derbyshire verified: “And these are British?”, with Davies-Jones confirming that they are.

However, Burley chose that moment to chime in with: “And we should accept that he was a war hero. We should just throw that in. He was.”

She had previously said of Andrew in relation to an alleged incident involving “sex on the bathroom floor” with the late Virginia Giuffre: “Only four people know what happened in that house.
“One of them is dead, one of them is in prison, one of them sadly took her own life and by all accounts, the other one is lumbering around Sandringham banging doors. He needs to explain what happened.”

Andrew has vehemently denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

blackbunny · 08/07/2026 13:26

ColdAsAWitches · 08/07/2026 11:52

"We have had women come forward and tell us they were victims of Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell"

Burley - "We should remember he's a war hero"

It's the most bizarre interjection!

It’s a bit like saying”BUT Jimmy Savile was a great tv personality “……..

Locutus2000 · 08/07/2026 13:24

A link for those like me who had no idea what the OP was on about and can't be arsed watching a video.

BBC's Kay Burley sparks outrage with 'disgusting' Andrew defence on Newsnight

This was truly horrible

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2226246/bbcs-kay-burley-sparks-outrage

emuloc · 08/07/2026 13:17

This happens frequently on that low rent Jeremy vine show. I no longer watch it, job done.

SooPanda · 08/07/2026 13:14

It didn’t fit with the conversation. I feel like she blurted it out because of someone saying something in her earpiece.

Thepeopleversuswork · 08/07/2026 13:11

She’s loony tunes though. The spirit of the Daily Mail incarnate.

TemperanceWest · 08/07/2026 13:06

Darragon · 08/07/2026 12:11

Ragebait from the Metro. Sharing it here to get people who didn’t even watch it to complain is really not on. No I don’t think people should be cancelled for having an unpopular opinion.

The clip is all over social media. OP is doing nothing wrong sharing it here. Burley's interruption was bizarre and in v poor taste.

LindorDoubleChoc · 08/07/2026 13:01

Is she quite well? Why on earth would she say that? Is she just trying to draw attention to herself again?

2018citrine · 08/07/2026 12:58

I cannot stand Kay Burley. I will always remember that horrible clip of her telling volunteers searching for April Jones (including the poor child's godmother I think it was) that the police now believe she is dead or something along those lines, clearly trying to get a reaction by being so cruel. Disgusting woman.

dudsville · 08/07/2026 12:52

Thanks OP, I've sent a complaint.

BillieWiper · 08/07/2026 12:34

Clarabell77 · 08/07/2026 12:31

What are YOU on about. It’s two survivors being interviewed by two presenters. Or one presenter and one absolute moron.

Sorry I thought it was presenters who were discussing it. Of course the survivors are telling the truth!

Clarabell77 · 08/07/2026 12:31

BillieWiper · 08/07/2026 12:21

The women on the telly? Were they? I thought they were daytime TV presenters?

What are you on about?!

What are YOU on about. It’s two survivors being interviewed by two presenters. Or one presenter and one absolute moron.

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BillieWiper · 08/07/2026 12:21

BoredZelda · 08/07/2026 12:09

Ummm…what? Those women were abused by Epstein.

The women on the telly? Were they? I thought they were daytime TV presenters?

What are you on about?!

Decacaffeinatednow · 08/07/2026 12:13

None of those women are sharing their personal opinions anyway.

They are victims of Epstein, AMW and Maxwell. How more personal can that be??

Cheese55 · 08/07/2026 12:12

I thought he didnt actually do anything 'in the war' as royalty are not allowed to. Harry fought tooth and nail to be allowed to do the bit he did. I don't think Andrew did

Darragon · 08/07/2026 12:11

Ragebait from the Metro. Sharing it here to get people who didn’t even watch it to complain is really not on. No I don’t think people should be cancelled for having an unpopular opinion.

PuppyMonkey · 08/07/2026 12:10

It wasn’t sarcasm was it?

BoredZelda · 08/07/2026 12:09

BillieWiper · 08/07/2026 12:02

They always have to have one or two who will be contrary and say the opposite of what everyone would think. It's so fake. None of those women are sharing their personal opinions anyway. They get handed a side to take in a debate. Like a low level version of debate team at school.

Ummm…what? Those women were abused by Epstein.

BoredZelda · 08/07/2026 12:05

Saeris · 08/07/2026 11:57

I googled and watched - fuck me, what was the point of that???

Stupid woman

And doubled down with a “he was” when she saw the reactions.

I think it’s too easy to call her stupid. What she did is way more insidious than that.

BillieWiper · 08/07/2026 12:02

They always have to have one or two who will be contrary and say the opposite of what everyone would think. It's so fake. None of those women are sharing their personal opinions anyway. They get handed a side to take in a debate. Like a low level version of debate team at school.