Such a fuss over some young couple getting wed.
The Guardian reports:
The Desert Island Discs host, Kirsty Young, and The X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary are to join Huw Edwards in fronting the BBC’s coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The corporation has put together a more diverse presenting team than the lineup for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011.
Seven years ago, the Countryfile presenter Anita Rani was the only person from a BME background who was part of the core team fronting the main BBC coverage.
She will be repeating this role in just over a fortnight’s time, but will be joined by the Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba and the Radio 1 journalist Tina Daheley.
The final lead presenter of BBC One’s live coverage of the wedding on 19 May will be The One Show co-host Alex Jones, who was also part of the BBC’s lineup in 2011. But Fearne Cotton, who was criticised for her presenting style, misses out, along with Edith Bowman, Sophie Raworth and Fiona Bruce.
The BBC at its worst, fawning over royalty, while desperately seeking diversity/
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