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King Charles Pays Warm Tribute to Retiring Journo He Once Trashed on Hot Mic

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The monarch has seemingly changed his mind about the reporter of whom he was once caught saying: “I can’t bear that man.”

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

King Charles III reportedly recorded a message paying tribute to BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell for Witchell’s retirement—the monarch had once called the reporter ‘awful.’
Jane Barlow/Reuters
Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

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