"I've covered elections and extremism, but nothing compares to the vitriol I've received since I started writing about the Sussexes"
@CamillaTominey discusses her experience as a royal reporter 👇
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
@CamillaTominey discusses her experience as a royal reporter 👇
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
Camilla never planned to become a royal reporter, but when her former editor offered her the job she couldn’t refuse.
16 years later, she found herself at the centre of a media storm over a royal interview with Oprah Winfrey.
16 years later, she found herself at the centre of a media storm over a royal interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“I’ve grown used to being sprayed with viral vomit on a fairly regular basis, but when you’ve got complete strangers trolling your best friend’s Instagram feed by association? That’s Britney Spears levels of toxic,” | writes @CamillaTominey telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
👑Camilla Tominey first broke the story that Prince Harry was dating Meghan on 31 October 2016.
🔴But, the online hostility began bubbling, when Harry’s then communications secretary issued a statement accusing the media of ‘crossing a line’.
🔴But, the online hostility began bubbling, when Harry’s then communications secretary issued a statement accusing the media of ‘crossing a line’.
“I did feel a bit guilty. Although I hadn’t written anything remotely racist or sexist.
“Not meeting Meghan did not stop me telling TV shows I appeared on that she was the ‘best thing to have happened to the Royal Family in years’” | writes @CamillaTominey
“Not meeting Meghan did not stop me telling TV shows I appeared on that she was the ‘best thing to have happened to the Royal Family in years’” | writes @CamillaTominey
💒The couple later enjoyed positive press culminating in their fairy-tale wedding in May 2018.
💕Camilla tweeted the wedding front page with the words, ‘Job done’.
👑Yet, as Meghan later pointed out in a glossy Santa Barbara garden, that was by far the end of the story.
💕Camilla tweeted the wedding front page with the words, ‘Job done’.
👑Yet, as Meghan later pointed out in a glossy Santa Barbara garden, that was by far the end of the story.
🔴 The Duchess of Sussex told millions, the seeds for their royal departure were actually sown by an article Camilla wrote in 2018 suggesting she made Kate cry during a bridesmaid’s dress fitting.
🔴 She then went on to criticise the palace for failing to correct the story.
🔴 She then went on to criticise the palace for failing to correct the story.
"As I told Phillip Schofield on This Morning, ‘I don’t write things I don’t believe to be true and that haven’t been really well sourced'" | writes @CamillaTominey
📌As the trolling reached fever pitch in the aftermath of the interview, royal reporter Robert Jobson called Camilla Tominey.
🔴"It’s getting nasty out there. Watch your back," he advised.
🔴"It’s getting nasty out there. Watch your back," he advised.
"The public reserves the right to make up its own mind – with the help of the watchful eye of a free and fair press. But that press can never be free or fair if journalists do not feel they can report without fear or favour" |✍️ @CamillaTominey
"After two decades in this business, I am clear-eyed enough to know this for certain: whatever I had written, it would still have ended in tears."
Read the full story by @CamillaTominey here👇telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
Read the full story by @CamillaTominey here👇telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
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