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Chris Ship: ‘Travel is a great industry. I’ve been made to feel really welcome’


Royal reporter Ship gets in shape for Travel Convention


ITV News royal editor Chris Ship will moderate Abta’s Travel Convention next month. He spoke to Ian Taylor


Chris Ship might have been on our screens every night through the Brexit crisis had he not switched roles to become ITV News’ royal editor last year. Yet he has few regrets.


Ship, who will moderate next


month’s Travel Convention, acknowledges: “Brexit is the biggest story in town, [but] the job I have now is hugely interesting. “When I started in the


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Blair was prime minister. I covered Blair, Brown, Cameron and May, three general elections and three referendums. It’s great to do something different.” He says: “The royals are the


light to the shade in a news bulletin. Everyone told me, ‘It’s so controlled, you’ll be tearing your hair out.’ I really like it. Seeing what they do every day helps build a picture of them as people.” The stories Ship has covered


in the run-up to the convention contrast sharply with the kind of reporting he has done in the past. This month he reported on the Duchess of Sussex launching “her first major project” and Prince Charles taking “delivery of the royal family’s first electric car”. However, Ship points out: “The


royals allow you to explore other subjects. The heir to the throne using an electric car throws open a wider debate. Have we now reached a tipping point on electric cars?” The Duchess of Sussex’s project involves raising funds for the


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