Ita Buttrose Declines To Lend Her Royal Expertises To Discuss The Queen’s Death On Major Networks

Ita Buttrose Declines To Lend Her Royal Expertises To Discuss The Queen’s Death On Major Networks

ABC’s Ita Buttrose, who has spent a huge bulk of her career covering the Royals, has turned down commercial offers to cover the queen’s death.

While rumours are swirling, both Nine and Network 10 have reached out to Buttrose to share her thoughts on the Queen’s death, and her insights on what she thinks will happen next with the Royal family.

Buttrose hasn’t been seen on any television screens discussing the end of the Queen’s seven-decade reign. Instead, she’s chosen to share her thoughts purely on her ABC.

It’s a loss for the major networks when you consider that Buttrose knows the Monarchy pretty bloody well. During her huge career, she hosted three royal weddings across three television networks. But she’s been surprisingly absent from the networks as people grieve the loss of The Queen.

Instead, Buttrose has remained loyal to ABC, opting to participate in an interview with David Speers and Sarah Ferguson during an ABC news bulletin that turned into a two-hour special commemorating the Queen.

It won’t be a huge surprise to B&T if she ends up having a major role in the government-funded network’s coverage of The Queen’s funeral.

But it is interesting that Buttrose hasn’t ventured further to discuss the monarchy. Maybe she’s aware her takes will bring in some needed eyeballs to ABC.




Please login with linkedin to comment

ita buttrose

Latest News

Cosmo Returns To Australia!
  • Media

Cosmo Returns To Australia!

Ever get the feeling we've weirdly warped back to 1988 at the moment? Confirm it with the relaunch of Cosmo in print.

Sydney Comedy Festival: Taking The City & Social Media By Storm
  • Media

Sydney Comedy Festival: Taking The City & Social Media By Storm

Sydney Comedy Festival 2024 is live and ready to rumble, showing the best of international and homegrown talent at a host of venues around town. As usual, it’s hot on the heels of its big sister, the giant that is the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, picking up some acts as they continue on their own […]

Global Marketers Descend For AANA’s RESET For Growth
  • Advertising

Global Marketers Descend For AANA’s RESET For Growth

The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) has announced the final epic lineup of local and global marketing powerhouses for RESET for Growth 2024. Lead image: Josh Faulks, chief executive officer, AANA  Back in 2000, a woman with no business experience opened her first juice bar in Adelaide. The idea was brilliantly simple: make healthy […]