[Crimson Dynamo]

When married father-of-five Huw Edwards was finally revealed by his wife to be the BBC star accused of inappropriate behaviour with a younger person, the question most sympathetic colleagues, friends and commentators asked was: 'What next for poor Huw?'

But that's not the first question that came to my mind. All I could think of was: What next for Huw's poor wife Vicky Flind — and especially their children?

Vicky's statement, delivered just minutes after the Met police revealed no criminal act had been committed, was almost pitifully pleading. Telling the world Huw was 'suffering from serious mental health issues' and receiving 'in-patient hospital care', she was acting, she said, 'primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children'.

A lioness protecting her pride of cubs and perhaps her own pride, too. How courageous of her and yet how utterly humiliating to have to do it.



It made my blood boil. Why is it always the innocent wife who has to clean up the mess her husband made? Why does Vicky have to explain Huw's moments of madness? How can his kids — and yes, I know they are over 18 — ever recover from these startling allegations about their dependable dad?

Imagine the moment an ashen-faced Huw must have had to tell Vicky — and then their family — of the shame he'd brought on to them.

An alleged £35,000 paid into a young person's bank account for sexual images, and rumours of further secret conversations with other young people. And, now we discover several complaints had been made at the BBC about Edwards's behaviour towards younger colleagues.

Vicky added in her statement that 'once well enough to do so, [Huw] intends to respond to the stories that have been published'. Good luck with that.

Given his mental health issues, Edwards almost certainly can't be sacked by the BBC and will be on the payroll for the foreseeable future since the Corporation has a duty of care to its employees. What a tragedy he did not consider his duty of care to his wife and children.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...wife-kids.html