To Bob T,if the monarchy is not an imposition,then how comes we have never been asked to vote for them?They are an outdated,embarrasing institution,reflecting a feudal class system.How is supporting these German descendants,patriotic?

Rob, Plymouth, uk

Are you saying that you wrote the whole "Queen Walks Out" story on the back of watching a BBC trailer, and without bothering to ask how the events had *actually* taken place?

Matt, Guildford,

It's classic BBC, we are not surprised, and we expect no more than this now or in the future.

Isn't shoddiness the BBC trademark?

Thomas, Honaker, VA

I'm not in the slghtest bit surprised by this. Misrepresenting the facts in BBC News happens regularly. If you dont believe me, tune in to Radio 3 for the news at 0700 which is repeated at 0730, again at 0800 and at 0830. Except that it isnt repeated. The same subjects tend to be covered in the 0730 news that were on the 0700 news but the facts are often different which puts a completely different meaning to the story. Generally speaking the 0800 bulletin is a repeat of the 0700 news and the 0830 is a repeat of the 0730. But trying to suss out the true story is quite an art. Its a bit of fun but if you want the real news, go to Radio 4.

Paul Thompson, London, UK

Simply amazing. I feel badly for folks in Britain who have no choice but to pay TV license fees and underwrite a corporation whose news is so openly biased and unethical as to make the New York Times look reputable.

Why people don't demand an end to the subsidy and force the BBC to actually earn a proper living just bewilders me.

Flavius Iulianus, Washington State,

That whirring sound you can hear is Lord Reith revolving in his grave.

David Probert, St. Albans, Herts,, United Kingdom

I have long learned to take BBC 'news' with a handful of salt and care in reading between the lines.

Mike, Birmingham, UK

I no longer trust the BBC at all and I think this is just a typical example of low integrity.
The downhill slide began when they started Breakfast television.

Claire Elizabeth, London, UK

As a license paying viewer , I expect a documentary to be a
truthful and factual account which is not embellished for effect
to titillate the unsuspecting public. It boils down to dishonesty and the BBC has a duty to deal with all such cases of misinformation now.

Even the BBC News is tainted with misleading emphasis and often fails to reveal the whole story . So much so, that it appears to me that its primary aim is to be as contentious and sensational as the tabloids instead of adhering to its original aims of good old unbiased reporting of the facts.

The BBC is not an opposition party, so why not leave politics
to the politicians and instead focus on itself and give us the truth, the whole truth as nothing else will do.

Barbara Holloway, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, UK

I'm not in the slightest bit surprised by this. Misrepresenting the facts in BBC News happens regularly. If you don’t believe me, tune in to Radio 3 for the news at 0700 which is repeated at 0730, again at 0800 and at 0830. Except that it isn’t repeated. The same subjects tend to be covered in the 0730 news that were on the 0700 news but the facts are often different which puts a completely different meaning to the story. Generally speaking the 0800 bulletin is a repeat of the 0700 news and the 0830 is a repeat of the 0730. But trying to suss out the true story is quite an art. It’s a bit of fun but if you want the real news, go to Radio 4.

Paul Thompson, London, UK

Ah! But will any "bottoms" be removed from their ergonomic "editing" chairs? How else can this virus of "what will sell," and "how can we create impact" be controlled, if not cured?

R. Richard Schweitzer, Atlanta, GA USA

The Controller of BBC1 should be fired for "spinning" the Queen. Amazed that Buckingham Palace cooperated with the BBC in the first place, as it is a totally untrustworthy organisation that runs itself more akin to a New Labour style political party than the old Auntie we loved. Tthe BBC's true feelings on the Monarchy came though in the way the trailer was edited - total contempt!

chris, London UK,

Despite this recent cock up , I still have faith in the integrity of the BBC. It response to the recent incident by way of on unequivocal apology and recognition that they got it wrong on this occasion has been most reassuring. Its still the best news gathering organisation going, by a long way

Frank Greaney, Formby Liverpool, United Kingdom

The BBC: close it down or sell it to private equity. Take your pick but get rid of this biased, incompetent, arrogant organisation and the tax that finances it.

Dave Foulkes, Dorking, Surrey

This is one more example of the BBC never letting truth and reality get in the way of creating a story, even where there may not be a story.

Robert Campbell, Salem, New Hampshire, USA

I'm sure the BBC knew exactly what they were doing, but I am surprised they thought they could get away with it.

Martin Evans, Newmarket, Suffolk

So the wrong tape was handed to the BBC by the production company and Mr Finch was talking out of his ignorant hat ! How about the BBC returning to the prestigious days when it produced its programmes instead of subcontracting the lot, as it now apparently does? Or is the BBC aiming for the ultimate minimalism of one day consisting of no more than a person behind a desk with lots of phones on it?

Antonio Carvalho, Henley-on-Thames,

BBC journalism is widely respected for good reasons. BBC 1 is the popular entertainment channel and Peter Fincham its boss. Of late the BBC management seems to have become rather coolly disrespectful towards the Monarchy. Perhaps the result of some identity crisis born of multiculturalism, anti-elitism, post-post-colonial guilt and a smidgeon of Atlanticism which makes it reluctant and rather ashamed to any longer affirm its British identity. Hence I think Fincham's remarks and the all the carelessness which led to them.

Contra Graham Starkey, the Monarchy is not an imposition, nor are they popular entertainers. It is the symbol through which those British who want to can feel connected with two thousand years of British history and become part of this greater whole. When Victoria hid away, there was a public clamour for her to reappear. The Monarch in this way serves us, not the other way round.

Bob T, London, UK

Editting is a tool often used, to misrepresent reality.I don't imagine Elizabeth Windsor could be cast as one of societies victims of oppression.She can be consoled by her state provided luxuries,as well as a lack of health,job,housing,mortgage,benefits,or food worries.

Rob, Plymouth, uk

There seems to be a lot of conspiracy theorists about at the moment,Norman Tebbit would be in his element.Obviously it all fits,the bbc is full of Marxist-Leninists and would do anything to belittle those who work hard at gaining wealth and power through the sheer hard work ,and application in the art of being born royal.This is nothing but a gaff,on the part of the bbc The real conspiracy is that some people accept the place of the monarchy in British society.I long for the day when we become a republic..and maybe those fawning individuals who would bow and scrape to the monarchy ,and who revere the royals as superior humans,will have an opportunity to regain their dignity and self respect. I am a citizen,not a subject,and reject the outdated notion of any unelected aristocrat reigning over me. I never voted for them..did you?

Rob, PLYMOUTH, Britain

The BBC have in the past had examples of using contrived discontinuous video clips to create an impression and viewpoint that bears no relationship to facts on the ground. They have used this technique a lot in their Middle East coverage.

Albie, London, UK

Typical of the BBC. It's about time that there were a few sackings to focus minds on trying to present news IMPARTIALLY and FACTUALLY..

Barrie, Brussels,

I pay his salary - I want him sacked - he is incompetent at best and dishonest at worst - sack him and move on - its very easy being the boss when you don't have to make any money - there are plenty more mediocre lefties in the BBC to replace him - just get rid of him

S Baker, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

The Queen's storming out was reported as a major news item in the New York Times and all around the world because it provided fuel to rather crude prejudices about the monarchy.

The words of the BBC's apology are so inadequate. They shouldn't be apologizing for "any upset this may have caused". Apologies like that always imply the victim is to blame for over-reacting. They should be apologizing unreservedly for a grave and libellous editorial error in which their desire for sensationalism totally overwhelmed adherence to the truth and in which Britain's reputation worldwide was damaged. The Editor responsible should be fired.

Alan, Soho, London,

deliberate ritual humiliation of queen -- get rid of BBC and replace it by something like US PBS which has to go to the public to get funds and has to be responsive to the public rather than setting its own commie agenda. Power is now given to people hostile to the majority.

gm, toronto , canada

The BBC needs breaking up it is simply too bloated for the digital age. If only Brown could reopen the licence fee issue and cut it back further.

The BBC has a reputation for bias and politicised editing. It is impossible to trust this organisation which is a propagandist rather than a news operation.

TomTom, Leeds, England

Why is it necessary to pick on this poor women? Surely, it's bad enough to have cameras in your face at any age, but at 80 it must be a nightmare. How do any of us know that the BBC didn't edit the film deliberately and just waited to see what the response would be? Now that they've created a controversy, they can simply apologize and enjoy their high ratings when this program airs.

Watts Taylor, Cincinnati, o

What is going on at the Beeb have they lost their marbles. They are paid for by me, the taxpayer, why do they feel it neccessary to behave like some attention seeking halfwit.
Show some respect for your monarch and while you are about it for your paymasters.

joe joynson, southport,

Given that Americans are generally possessed of a wholly unjustified level of arrogance that manifests itself in crass bad manners, I believe the timing and sequence of the photographer's rudeness to the Queen to be immaterial.

If my belief is too generalised for any reader to stomach then, as an American would venomously say, "Tough!"

Andrew Waldron, Bournemouth, England

The BBC is out of control, with this and the Blue Peter item with its left wing bias. Someone needs to get a grip and sort it out as it is breaking its charter rules.

Johnny Norfolk, Mileham Norfolk, GB

The BBC routinely misrepresents all issues related to the USA and the President.

Why should the Queen be exempt?

Allan, Bellevue, WA, USA

"Blunder"? Please. Cynical ratings ploy more like it. The program's director and producer would surely have known that a falsehood was being perpetrated, and indeed, possibly engineered it. This is a very telling incident. If the BBC can no longer be trusted to report the simplest truth regarding the highest person in the realm, or treat them with basic respect, what hope for the rest of us?

James Peterson, London, UK

Its typical of the BBC to use contrived discontinuous video clips to create an impression and viewpoint that bears no relationship to facts on the ground. They use this technique a lot in their Middle East coverage.

Albie, London, UK

So, the BBC are up to their old tricks still ? The reversing of the police/miners charge at Orgreave Colliery (was it? Anyway, one of those) during the strike, to make it look as if the miners started it.

Michael Freeman, London,