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about a bbc reporter speaking to camera about a bbc reporter speaking to camera while others around were calling for silence in the search for survivors of the earthquake in mexico. here is a reminder of the clip that caused that concern. all over the town and minds of volunteers, people try to help those who may still be alive. as we spoke, the rescue workers began to raise their hands to ask for a few minutes of silence to try to hear any cries for help, but no joy this time. caroline mills was one of those watching our programme who wrote to echo the objections that we add. well, we asked bbc news for a

response to the complaints we receive and they told us: this week, the bbc has been running highlights from toronto of the

invictus games, the paralympics >> tell—macro: event championed by prince harry and created by his advisers. the games have also featured on bbc news, but monday's report for the news at ten started with its focus away from the competitors. it's the confirmation royal fa ns competitors. it's the confirmation royal fans have been waiting for. the couple have been together for over a year, but until this week they had gone to great lengths to keep their relationship out of view of the cameras. no more, their affection for each other obvious. the reaction from some newswatch viewers was scathing. linda bomfim e—mail: reporting on the royal family has often caused controversy, with the

audience divided between those who prefer the bbc to maintain a respectful distance from the monarchy and those who object to what they see as too much of sick we must. it is a challenge the corporation has faced for many yea rs. corporation has faced for many years. princess margaret... in the age of deference, everything broadcast was on the royal terms, highly stage—managed and controlled. for decades, the bbc was seen as the favoured establishment media outlet and did little to accept them. but as charles and diana's marriage broke down publicly, with her infamous panorama interview playing a crucial role, and especially after diana's death 20 years ago, the relationship became much more complicated. was the bbc part of a rapacious, intrusive press pack that had some responsibility for her death and so should now stay awake, oi’ death and so should now stay awake, or was it theirjob to investigate and challenge the royals like any of its journalistic subjects? this dilemma has led to some tricky television moments, such as the

occasional awkward photo opportunity and complaints about the hours of airtime spent waiting for prince george's birth, for example. through it all, the bbc has had to tread that passed between a royal family increasingly sensitive to potential invasions of its privacy by the media and those a perspective of hugh davis, who treated us this week. well, peter hunt has been covering the royal family among other subjects for almost 30 years. he conducts a prince william's first—ever broadcast interview and prince harry's first radio interview and he has just prince harry's first radio interview and he hasjust announced prince harry's first radio interview and he has just announced that he is leaving the bbc shortly. welcome to newswatch. you have been home affairs correspondent and foreign affairs correspondent and foreign affairs correspondent, as you had in that comment, is there a special overly respectful tone and vocabulary that you used as a royal

correspondent? not intentionally. the criticism in that tweet, i have regularly in my twitter feed. some are far more blunt than your correspondent and use words we could not repeat on this programme. i took over from not repeat on this programme. i took overfrom jennie bond, not repeat on this programme. i took over from jennie bond, lady not repeat on this programme. i took overfrom jennie bond, lady bond as i call her. she didn't hand onto me her white stiletto heels that she was famous for, but she did hand on the advice that one should treat the royal family like any other news story. that has always been front and centre in my brain when i have done thisjob. clearly, something i have failed. how has the job changed since you started doing it? it was about 20 years ago. it is that co nsta nt about 20 years ago. it is that constant tussle, as you suggested. the terrible time for the royals was during the 805, when they really did feel there was no holds barred coverage and i didn't know what to do. with the benefit of history, pa rt do. with the benefit of history, part of the reason they were all at

sea was because individual royals and theircamps sea was because individual royals and their camps were contributing to the coverage. so what has changed mo5t noticeably is that all of that leaking from within has been battened down on. so the distilling of information is coming through their communication offices, but the challenges which were then then are still around now. some royal correspondents have found out what the royal family really think of them and it is not always nice. do you know what they think of you? you must be talking about my colleague nick and the "awful man". anyone having a down day should not watch the dreadful moment from the royal point of view in the snow when they we re point of view in the snow when they were skiing, and they were there to talk about the upcoming wedding of the prince of wales and camilla parker bowles as she then was, and the two princes were there. they had been out clubbing and clearly didn't wa nt to been out clubbing and clearly didn't want to be there. there was a microphone and recorded him saying that about nick. i can't bear him.

you can also hear prince charles saying, who is that man? i asked whether they had chained him to a post and you can hear prince charles saying, why is that man asking that question? and harry whispered in his ear that that is what goes on. and william says, sorry, harry says, this is so much fun. and william says, keep smiling. that is the full context of the "awful man" moment. i suspect the queen doesn't know who i am and that is very healthy. i suspect that prince charles probably thinks i don't take him seriously enough, but he probably thinks that about a lot of people. william and harry probably tolerate me. very honest! it is noticeable how william and harry have recently really opened up to the news media about their mother and issues like mental

health. does that marked a new stage in the relationship between the royal family and broadcasters?“ you go back to the 605, prince philip sat down in the room in st james's palace and they would hold a half—hour news conference. so they all think this is a beast to contain. the only one who hasn't done it yet is the queen. they all think there is some magic elixir that they can make it work. they have all done it, william and harry arejust have all done it, william and harry are just the latest. they have this power and attention and they are going to try and use it to focus on issues which matter to them. you referred to the documentaries. the most telling thing for me was the strength of their pain about how the media behaved with their mother. anyone in fleet street who wonders

why they think what they think should watch that documentaries. it is pretty clear that we, the media, oui’ is pretty clear that we, the media, our people they have learned to just about tolerate. you have talked on twitter about surviving what another journalist called palestinians. it feels like there was a sense of relief? —— a sense of palace flim—flam. relief? —— a sense of palace flim-flam. i will leave to viewer to judge whether i was good on hats and other things. but it is an extraordinary range of things and an extraordinary range of things and an extraordinary institution in the life of this country and 15 other countries where the queen is head of state. when i leave the bbc, i will not have to carry a black tie in my bag. peter hunt, thank you. before we go, on thursday the death of hugh hefner, the founder of playboy magazine, was announced. his achievements and impact were much debated in social and main stream

media and for some viewers, the bbc got the balance of its coverage wrong. here is louise daly. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us, or e—mail newswatch. you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. we have some wet and windy weather

on the way this weekend. typical autumn fare. a lot of cloud is filling in across the atlantic. that is getting driven our way initially around a base of low pressure. we had sunshine earlier, but we will have clearer skies overnight. the showers will keep going in the west, especially for north—western scotland, wales and the south—west. further east with the clear skies, temperatures could be down to six or 7 degrees. there will be sunshine for a while in the morning, but then we will have showers which will merge into longer spells of rain for england and wales, so we will lose some of the sunshine. the showers become fewer and lighter through the afternoon. hazy sunshine through the afternoon, with thicker cloud over the irish sea coming into the north of england and wales. there will be rain rolling

in through the afternoon. not only is it going to be wet, but it will also be pretty windy by the afternoon and evening. that will blow the rain northwards and eastwards. a milder night on saturday, but it will be quite murky and there will be hill fog. not a promising start to sunday. the rain could be heavy at times, particularly around the western hills. some rain for a good part of the afternoon in england and wales. on monday, this area of low pressure had some remnants of hurricane maria in it. you don't need to worry

about it too much. the low pressure area will bring windy weather for the northern half of the uk. a lot of places will be dry, though. there will be a few showers and the chance of thickening cloud and rain in southern england. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm... mark carney gives his clearest indication yet that an increase in interest rates is likely in the "relatively near term". if the economy continues on the track that it's been on, and all indications are that it is, in the relatively near term we can expect that interest rates would increase somewhat. the 1% cap on teachers' pay in england could be lifted, after the treasury accepted more flexibility was needed in areas of skills shortage. ukip gets another new leader — former army officer henry bolton beats the two frontrunners

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