Newsnight did a thing about the Queen’s 70th wedding anniversary – and were 10 years out
On the 70th wedding anniversary of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis was keen to draw parallels between the day they married and the political climate of today.
“Under grey skies and cheered on by thousands of well wishers,
Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten on 20th of November 1937.“Back then remember Britain’s relationship with the rest of Europe was about to change dramatically, a Conservative prime minister was engaged in crucial talks on the Continent while facing mutiny from his own ranks back home, and Spain was in crisis as warring factions fought for control.
“Some things don’t change, including those grey skies.”
Fascinating stuff, except they married on 20 November 1947, not 1937.
Whoops! We gave the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh an extra 10 years of marriage. It was of course 1947 – sorry pic.twitter.com/zabvBrb8Ez
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 20, 2017
Close, but no knighthood.
Here’s what they made of it on Twitter.
How CAN you make such a mistake? If there is one ten year period which spans more colossal change than any other it is between the late 30s and late 40s. Do you NO basic sense of history?!
— Tom Oliver (@TomOliver18) November 20, 2017
Amazing. Newsnight created an entire story based on an arithmetic blunder. Didn't anyone think of checking the sum.
— mereEngineer (@mereEngineer) November 21, 2017
Now how the f*** could you possibly have got that wrong? Unless of course you went out of your way to make sure a Labour government , the creation of the NHS and Clement Attlee didn't get a mention?
— Indy for Northumbria (@trevstanley) November 20, 2017
Think your reaching there
— Jack Evans (@jackcevans) November 20, 2017
You can watch it here, right at the end.
