THE OFF TOPIC LOUNGE: Sarah Vine and Huw Edwards - The 'Worst Kept Secret'

 Just a thought reading Sarah Vine's latest column on the ensuiing Huw Edwards scandal.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12293047/SARAH-VINE-Huw-Edwards-courageous-wife-icons-reputation-tatters-nation-shock.html


If this is the Worst Kept Secret... what's the Best Kept Secret?




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