The BBC News presenter, Huw Edwards, who has found himself at the centre of a shocking controversy around soliciting teenagers' explicit pictures, is a high-profile broadcaster, much loved by audiences in the UK.
Edwards is held in great esteem by the UK-based broadcaster and has been BBC's choice for coverage of major national events, so much so that before the scandal surfaced and speculations about the presenter's identity began to float last week, Edwards was set to meet King Charles.
However, after Vicky Flind, the 61-year-old's wife, issued a statement naming him as the BBC presenter facing the allegation, his career is taking a great hit.
Flind, yesterday, issued a statement identifying Edwards as the man behind the scandal.
However, she also revealed that, amidst the recent allegations, Edwards was hospitalised for a serious mental health episode, adding that he would address the allegations once he recovered.
The presenter joined BBC News as a trainee in 1984 before eventually securing a job as a political reporter for BBC Wales.
He became BBC Wales's parliamentary correspondent two years later and was the BBC's chief political correspondent at Westminster by the early 1990s.
When the BBC News channel — formerly called BBC News 24 — launched in 1997, Edwards became a regular face for the channel.
Edwards' confident and level-headed performance during those times had impressed BBC bigwigs.
By 1999, the presenter, who previously worked as an occasional cover presenter on BBC One's 'Six O'Clock News', became one of the programme's main anchors.
In 2003, his position in the channel strengthened as he was promoted to the Ten O'Clock News, frequently presenting and commentating on major national events for the channel.
Some major events covered by Edwards include:
Following the monarch's death, Edwards went to front coverage of her funeral.
So praised was the coverage that just last month won Edwards and his colleagues a TRIC award.
Moreover, the BBC presenter had recently begun to cover the general election for the broadcaster.
Furthermore, the Welsh broadcaster is one of the BBC's top earners, making around £435,000. In 2012, Edwards even cameoed in the James Bond film Skyfall.
However, in 2021, Edwards indicated his stint as the corporation's chief news anchor might not last long, citing the "taxing" nature of the job as a reason for his possible departure from the channel.
Later that same year, the Welsh presenter made a documentary about his career, revealing he had suffered bouts of depression for over two decades.
He also revealed he had been left "bedridden" by this struggle with mental health.