Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has split from his TV producer wife and moved out of the family home after being charged with child pornography offences, according to reports.
The presenter was the face of the BBC at major state events including the King’s Coronation before resigning this April.
According to The Sun newspaper, the 62-year-old is understood to have left the couple's home in Dulwich, Southwark, which he shared with Vicky Flind.
He is due in court on Wednesday to face three charges of making indecent images of children between December 2020 and April 2022 after 37 indecent images were allegedly shared on a WhatsApp chat.
A source told The Sun newspaper of the alleged split: “They separated quite a long time ago but have not announced it publicly. Huw has been living elsewhere for a while.”
The former News at Ten presenter was arrested on November 8 and charged on June 26 following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service.
He is accused of having six of the most serious category A images, 12 category B pictures and 19 category C photographs on WhatsApp.
The offences are contrary to sections 1(1)(a) and 6 of the Protection of Children Act 1978, and carry a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service states that “making indecent images can have a wide definition in the law and can include opening an email attachment containing such an image, downloading one from a website, or receiving one via social media, even if unsolicited and even if part of a group”.
Edwards’s BBC resignation came after allegations were reported in the media that he paid a young person for sexually explicit pictures but both the Met and South Wales Police said then that no criminal offence had been committed.
Last week the BBC confirmed Edwards was paid more than £475,000 in 2023/24 before he resigned and left.
Edwards, a married father of five, was a household name as a flagship BBC News anchor, having announced the late Queen’s death on the BBC in September 2022.
Edwards, who was born in Bridgend and brought up in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, joined the BBC as a trainee in 1984.
In four decades at the corporation, he led coverage of historic events including the coronation of the King in May 2023.
He also headlined coverage of other major events on the BBC, including the late Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the wedding of the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011 and the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018.
