Nicolas Witchell

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Just watching BBC1, I think it looks like NW is going to cry.
I know the RF (Charles particularly) don't like him, but he's followed the late Queen for years and must be feeling upset.

Very sad. So hard to report this type of news.

Is his big day. Must be bloody weird because presumably he has practised many times.

Huw Edwards was certainly filling up whilst making the announcement. A difficult job.

I felt for Huw Edwards. Witchell is the worst kind of parasite though.

Because he is an odious sycophant who, because he is disliked by Charles, will probably lose his gig as a royal correspondant.

I don’t get why they still keep dragging him out, or why he’s kept that job for so many years when it was clear the RF disliked him so much.

why would you even want to put yourself in that position. He’s probably the last person the queen would have wanted holding forth about her life and death.

Why all the hate?

There was no need for his snide comments about MM not going up with Harry earlier. She probably wanted to stay with her kids like Kate.

I'm constantly surprised how he keeps that gig, considering that Charles (albeit unwittingly) expressed public dislike of him.

Usually Royal correspondents have to at least hint at having 'insider' insight, how do you do that when one of the Top Dogs has announced how much he cant bear you?

Surely he's at retiring age? This will maybe be his last job.

He said of her corgis earlier on today: 'they know nothing of her status'

i have an irrational dislike for him. so avoiding BBC

His obsession with the Royals is a bit odd.

Specially since they cant stand him

There was a thread about him on here a few years ago, and I've never seen vitriol like it!

Is he actually obsessed and sycophantic or just well aware that it's his job on the line if he doesn't appear so? I mean, they've got him boxed into the royal correspondent role, what else is he supposed to do?

Fair point, I'm definitely not a fan but I did feel a wee bit sorry for him. Not so much now reading these comments.

My post was deleted though lord only knows why. He's a very unpleasant man indeed.

The coverage doesn't need his particular brand of sycophantic, trite journalism.

That's just a fact 🤷🏻‍♀️

I didn’t find him an odious sycophantic man. Quite the opposite. He’s doing a job.

Why does Charles hate him?

He's the BBC's royal correspondent, so it's kind of his job 🤔

Just like Chris Mason is "obsessed" with politics.

no shit

It’s literally his job!

That's like saying I'm obsessed with boilers because I've spent weeks building a website about them; it's just my job.