Overview
- Presenters on the BBC News channel repeatedly used “Kate Middleton” instead of Catherine’s title during the Armistice Day broadcast anchored by Rajini Vaidyanathan.
- The BBC issued a Nov. 14 statement apologizing for the mistakes and said its wider coverage used the correct title.
- Viewer complaints prompted the response, and MP Jim Shannon publicly urged the network to use the proper form of address.
- The on-air errors occurred as the Princess of Wales attended the Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
- Reporting noted ongoing tension between formal royal protocol and search-driven naming conventions, with added scrutiny of the BBC given other recent controversies.