Actually, Kate must have been reading PPRuNe in the last few days, as I'm sure I saw her described in similar terms here in the last couple of days.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,...370813,00.html
“I am a terribly old-fashioned old trout. I believe in public service broadcasting. I think it has a remit and can still justify that remit today and we should stand up for it.”
She also said: “TV has now moved into the celebrity area of culture and away from high culture which is expensive and has smaller audiences.
“The celebrity culture is interested in who people sleep with and whether their legs are the right shape. Everyone on TV now comes in for this type of scrutiny.
“They want people with cute faces and cute bottoms and nothing else in between.
“I am the one with the reputation for being an ageing old trout. 
“I am out of step with the kind of journalism which says that, to understand anyone’s motives or deeds, an intimate scrutiny of their private, family and sexual life is necessary.”
A spokesman for the BBC said last night: “This is not a picture of the BBC we recognise. The BBC’s correspondents, male or female, are chosen for their skill as journalists, not how they look.”