Flind filed for divorce in October 2024 following his criminal conviction. Their Dulwich home has been on the market for 18 months with no buyer.
Huw Edwards and Vicky Flind are no longer together. She filed for divorce in October 2024, following his sentencing for three counts of making indecent images of children. The six-bedroom home in Dulwich where they raised five children has been on the market ever since, reduced nearly £900,000 in price over 18 months, and still with no buyer.
Whether the divorce has been legally completed through a final court order is publicly unconfirmed as of April 2026. No major British outlet has reported a decree absolute. But the marriage, in any recognisable form, ended well before Flind filed the paperwork.
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At a Glance
- Married: 1993
- Separation publicly confirmed: July 2024
- Divorce filed: October 2024
- Final order confirmed: Not publicly confirmed as of April 2026
- Edwards’ sentence: Six months suspended (September 2024), sex offenders’ register for seven years
- Family home: On the market since October 2024, currently reduced to £3.85 million, unsold
Who Is Vicky Flind?
Vicky Flind is a senior British television executive, a detail that tends to get overshadowed whenever her husband’s name appears in print.
She built her career at the BBC across programmes including Newsnight and Breakfast News, and created This Week, the long-running late-night political programme with Andrew Neil. In 2016, she left the BBC for ITV, where she created and launched Peston on Sunday, now simply Peston. She was also the executive responsible for two of the defining moments in recent British political broadcasting: the Johnson v Corbyn leaders’ debate in December 2019, the first televised head-to-head election debate on British television, and the Sunak v Starmer debate during the 2024 General Election.
She is 63. She has given no public interviews about the marriage, the conviction, or the divorce.
Flind and Edwards married in 1993. They settled in Dulwich, South London, and purchased a six-bedroom house there in 2006. They have five adult children: Dan, Sammy, Amos, Hannah, and Rebecca.
A 30-Year Marriage — and How It Broke Apart
Publicly, there was little indication of trouble through most of the marriage. Both had serious, high-profile careers. Edwards was the BBC’s most recognisable news presenter. Both kept their private life out of the press.
The first public sign of trouble came on 7 July 2023, when The Sun reported that a senior BBC presenter had paid a teenager for sexually explicit images. Edwards was not identified in the initial story. Five days later, on 12 July 2023, Flind ended the speculation herself. She issued a written statement publicly naming her husband, saying he was “suffering from serious mental health issues” and had been admitted to hospital for in-patient care. She had reportedly consulted Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who now runs a crisis PR agency, before releasing it.
Edwards went on leave from the BBC. He was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in November 2023. In April 2024, he resigned from the corporation on medical advice, having spent years as the BBC’s highest-earning presenter.
On 26 June 2024, the Crown Prosecution Service charged him with three counts of making indecent images of children. He pleaded guilty to all three at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 31 July 2024. The 41 images, all received via WhatsApp between December 2020 and August 2021, broke down as follows:
- 7 Category A (the most serious classification, including material involving a child estimated to be aged seven to nine)
- 12 Category B
- 22 Category C
That same month, July 2024, it was confirmed that Edwards and Flind had separated, with Edwards having moved out of the Dulwich home and into a flat in Wandsworth.
On 16 September 2024, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring sentenced Edwards at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He described Edwards as “perhaps the most recognised journalist in the UK” whose “long-earned reputation is in tatters.” The sentence:
- Six-month prison term, suspended for two years
- Placement on the sex offenders’ register for seven years
- Mandatory sex offender treatment programme
- 25 rehabilitation sessions
- £3,128 in costs and victim surcharge
It was separately reported that the BBC demanded he repay £200,000 in salary received following his November 2023 arrest.
What the Court Documents Said About the Marriage Itself
The sentencing remarks, published in full by the UK judiciary, contain details about the state of the marriage that most press coverage did not fully address.
A forensic psychosexual therapist’s report presented to the court described how Edwards had used social media to manage low mood, and that doing so had “allowed him to re-engage with his sexual interest in men, which had been managed since 1994” — one year after the marriage began.
Pre-sentencing reports noted that the relationship had also been under strain privately, well before the public scandal broke. Flind had been caring for her dying mother during this period while Edwards became increasingly absent. Court documents recorded that Edwards “recognises that he was also detached and ‘not present’ at a time when she needed his support.”
The psychiatric assessment found Edwards had a low risk of reoffending. A more immediate concern was also before the court: at the time of sentencing, he was assessed as being at serious risk of suicide. The court was told he had considered that “his family’s situation may be improved if he was not alive.”
The Divorce: Filed, But Is It Legally Final?
Flind filed for divorce in October 2024. A source told The Sun at the time:
“Vicky had enough of Edwards a long time ago but this is the final nail in the coffin of their relationship. He’s put her and their family through hell, so this was inevitable. They now only communicate via lawyers.”
Under the UK’s 2022 Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act, completing a divorce requires two stages: a conditional order, then a final order. The minimum timeline from filing is six to seven months, with closer to 12 months being realistic given family court backlogs.
Filing in October 2024 means a final order could have been obtained from around May 2025 onward. As of April 2026, no major British publication has confirmed one has been issued. Wikipedia’s entry on Edwards still records the filing as “reportedly filed” — reflecting the absence of any public confirmation.
Whether Huw Edwards and Vicky Flind remain technically married under UK law is an open question. Whether they are together in any sense of the word is not.
Where Things Stand in April 2026
The Dulwich House
The six-bedroom property has been on the market since October 2024. It has not sold:
| Date | Listed Price |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | £4.75 million |
| March 2025 | £4.5 million |
| May 2025 | £4 million |
| March 2026 | £3.85 million (Hello Magazine) |
In December 2025, the listing was quietly removed from all public estate agent websites. Private viewings are understood to be continuing, with the agent declining to comment to journalists. Edwards is believed to own the property outright, meaning any proceeds from a sale will form part of the financial settlement between him and Flind.
Vicky Flind
In May 2025, MultiStory Media — the ITV Studios independent label where Flind works — promoted her to the newly created role of Head of Current Affairs. Her portfolio now covers Peston, the Martin Lewis Money Show, and ITV’s Tonight strand. The appointment was reported by Televisual, the British television industry trade publication.
Her first confirmed public appearance after the Edwards scandal came at Wimbledon in the summer of 2025, where she sat in the Royal Box alongside Robert Peston.
Huw Edwards
Edwards has remained largely out of public view since his sentencing. He has been living primarily at his mother’s home in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In August 2025, he was photographed in Swansea marking his 64th birthday, with a white beard and glasses, his appearance noticeably changed from his years on screen.
In December 2025, he posted a professional portrait on his verified Facebook page, drawing supportive comments from members of the public that he liked individually. The image prompted press coverage questioning whether he was laying the ground for a return to public life.
He also issued a public statement about the Channel 5 drama Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, which aired on 24 March 2026 with Martin Clunes in the lead role. Edwards said the production had “made no attempt” to verify its story, and that he intended to eventually share his own account of events.
His suspended sentence remains active until September 2026.
Flind is now Head of Current Affairs at one of Britain’s leading independent television labels. The final divorce order, if it has been issued, has not been made public. Thirty years of marriage, and the clearest sign it is over is that they only speak through lawyers.
