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Charles Wheeler (born Selwyn Charles Cornelius-Wheeler on March 26, 1923) is a veteran British journalist and broadcaster. Having joined the BBC in 1947, he is currently their longest serving foreign correspondent. Jump to: navigation, search March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


He was appointed a CMG in 2001 for services to broadcasting and journalism overseas. On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


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BBC News | Americas | End of the Kennedy hype? (355 words)
The eminent BBC journalist Charles Wheeler who covered the United States from the early 1960s believes the tragedy which has again enveloped the Kennedy family may mean the end of the hype.
Mr Wheeler, who was the BBC's Washington correspondent for eight years and reported on the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick accident involving Senator Edward Kennedy, told the BBC that he did not think that "wider America" regarded JFK Junior as an important figure.
Mr Wheeler said he thought part of the attraction of the Kennedy family was their sense of daring.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born June 19, 1964), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative politician and journalist.
In 1993, he married Marina Wheeler, a barrister (and the daughter of journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler), who is the mother of his two sons and two daughters.
Although Johnson had not written the leader (journalist Simon Heffer later said he "had a hand" in it), he accepted responsibility for it.
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