David Dimbleby turns out to be a bit of a closet republican

Long considered ‘part of the support system of the monarchy’, he gives the impression he wouldn’t mind if the whole royal panoply were swept away

From magazine issue: 17 December 2022

David Dimbleby: unfailingly polite, even when faced with politicians bent on obscuring the truth. Credit: Shutterstock

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