Another royal cock up

Many pages in the papers are devoted to the latest gaffe by the BBC following the previews of its autumn schedules.

The papers yesterday were full of stories of the Queen storming out of a photo shoot.What they didnt realise was that the Beeb had only given them edited highlights in order to gain some publicity for its schedules.

The corporation was then humiliatingly forced to offer apologies to the palace for the gaffe.It didnt take long for those same papers who were quite willing to report the story yesterday to turn on the corporation.

Beeb bashing Mail at the forefront

BBC's grovelling apology to Queen over 'tantrum' film and the Times

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"The position of Peter Fincham, the BBC One Controller, was under threat. He admitted that he had released the footage to the media in order to promote a documentary about the Queen, but said that he had no prior knowlege of the manipulation. Mr Fincham told the media that viewers would see the Queen “walking out in a huff”.
But last night, the corporation said that the raw footage, repeated yesterday on BBC news bulletins, should never have been screened in the first place. "

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Clever editing made it look as though Her Majesty had lost her cool, and committed the modern treason of walking out in the middle of a photo shoot. In fact, she made the remark while walking to the photo shoot with her attendant flunkey. Some creative artist sexed up the trailer by cutting the tape to make it look as though the Queen was storming out in a strop. Yesterday the BBC apologised for distorting reality.

But coming days after the Blue Peter fine,it is another problem that the BBC could have done without.The BBC Trust will no doubt be asking for an explaination and the finger pointing will start