I agree about the hypocrisy, and it’s all over the top.
it just seemed to echo - probably deliberately - some of the style of their funny bits, like “Man sits on chair and is given hat” as coverage for the Coronation .
What’s taxpayers’ money got to do with it? The BBC is not paid for through tax.
licence fee payers’ money if anything.
I wouldn’t assume he will get a big pay-off. Could possibly just as easily get summarily dismissed for gross misconduct. But I trust they will take his health and mental state...