EX-BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children.
Veteran telly host Edwards, 62 – who quit the Beeb after 40 years in April – faces three charges over alleged activity between December 2020 and April 2022.
The offences are claimed to be linked to images shared on WhatsApp, police said.
Edwards will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday morning.
The star was arrested last November by London’s Met Police – and charged with the offences on Wednesday, June 26.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Huw Edwards, 62, of Southwark, London has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children following a Met Police investigation.