Re the Queen's speech: the BBC site has a short blurb from "BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell"

Is there any job title that says more clearly that "I have failed as a journalist and have shrivelled testicles"?

"He was the first reporter to relay the news of the 1979 death of Lord Mountbatten, the 1987 Zeebrugge ferry disaster, the 1988 Lockerbie disaster, and the 1997 death of Diana, Princess of Wales."

If I were Liz's age I'd be keeping well away from him.

By the way, Witchell gets a substantial salary from the BBC and he earns a lot of money from after-dinner speaking thanks to his publicly-funded day job - he's fair game.