Huw Edwards has been making headlines after admitting to three counts of making indecent images of children. The newsreader resigned from the BBC in April after he was accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit pictures.
After the accusations emerged last year, Huw's wife Vicky shared a statement detailing her husband's "serious mental health issues". As the 63-year-old appears in court, here is all we know about his wife and family life.
© Draper/NobleWho is Huw's wife?
Huw Edwards is married to Vicky Flind, a television producer who has previously worked out shows including This Week, Peston and Britain's Next Prime Minister.
The pair live in South London.
In July this year, it was reported that Huw and Vicky had split and that the presenter had moved out of the family home in Dulwich and found a new address in Wandsworth.
© NOBLE/DRAPERThe couple share five children
Vicky and Huw and share five children, all of whom are grown up. The couple share three sons, Dan, Sammy and Amos, and two daughters, Hannah and Rebecca.
Chatting to The Guardian about their youngsters, Huw said: "There’s a principle that your youngest child gets a far better crack of the whip than your eldest. All your anxieties and inexperience and cluelessness as a parent are taken out on your eldest child.
"By the time you get to your youngest, in my case number five, you’re a brilliant parent. So if you could give a parent all the patience and knowledge that they would have with their second or third child or whatever to the first, that’s the one piece of advice I’d give."
© GettyHe also opened up about speaking Welsh in the household, telling Wales Online: "For the most part English is the main language because my wife doesn't speak Welsh.
"I was able to concentrate a lot of time on my eldest two children who have got a good level of understanding in Welsh but the others less so. Three of my sons are linguists actually and I've got a daughter who is a linguist. Their facility to speak, pronounce and understand, it's quite good but what you won't get is a fluent conversation… They talk frequently to my mum who is back in Llanelli and they are very aware of the heritage of my dad and the fact he was such a big figure in Welsh language culture and are very proud of that."
© GettyWhat did Vicky say about the explicit images?
In July last year, Huw's wife released a statement naming Huw as the BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit pictures.
Her statement read: "In light of the recent reporting regarding the 'BBC Presenter' I am making this statement on behalf of my husband Huw Edwards, after what have been five extremely difficult days for our family. I am doing this primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children.
"Huw is suffering from serious mental health issues. As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years. The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters, he has suffered another serious episode and is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he'll stay for the foreseeable future.
"Once well enough to do so, he intends to respond to the stories that have been published. To be clear Huw was first told that there were allegations being made against him last Thursday. In the circumstances and given Huw's condition I would like to ask that the privacy of my family and everyone else caught up in these upsetting events is respected. I know that Huw is deeply sorry that so many colleagues have been impacted by the recent media speculation. We hope this statement will bring that to an end."
© Jeff OversHuw's home burglary
While the pair keep their personal life private, Huw did speak out back in 2019 after their home was burgled. Reassuring fans, he said: "Just for the record - following some misleading (shock!) press reports. Yes, we had a burglary. No, I didn’t chase the burglar. The police are dealing with it. It happened a month ago. We’re all fine."
