Where did Huw Edwards go to college and high school, and what did he study?

Huw Edwards is a Welsh journalist, presenter, and newsreader. Edwards presents BBC News at Ten, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) flagship news broadcast.

Where did Huw Edwards go to college and high school, and what did he study?

Huw Edwards was born on 18 August 1961 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, He was educated at Llanelli Boys’ Grammar School and graduated with a first-class honours degree in French from University College, Cardiff, in 1983.

Edwards succeeded David Dimbleby as the host of BBC election night coverage and was the lead presenter for the 2019 general election coverage on 12 and 13 December. Edwards spent a short time on work experience at the commercial radio station Swansea Sound, before joining the BBC as a news trainee in 1984.

Edwards also presents BBC coverage of state events, and international events, and occasionally presents either as relief or as the BBC’s chief presenter of BBC News at Six, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News, and Daily Politics, as well as on the BBC’s international news channel BBC World News.

Edwards presented the BBC’s coverage of major royal events, including the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the funeral of Prince Philip, the death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, and the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.