Christopher Ship is an English journalist and presenter, working for

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. Since 2017, he has been the Royal Editor.

Early life and education

Ship was brought up in

Southampton Southampton () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire, S ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, and educated at Bellemoor School for Boys (since renamed

Upper Shirley High School Upper Shirley High School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status serving the local community of Upper Shirley in Southampton. Formerly Bellemoor School, Upper Shirley High opened under the new name in September 2008. Academic ...

), a state

comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is r ...

in the city, where Craig David was a pupil, followed by the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

, where he studied Media and French.

Life and career

Ship was appointed senior political correspondent for the

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-produced service in 2008 - promoted from political correspondent, as part of a reshuffle of ITV's political team. Since early 2009, Ship has been a presenter of the ''

ITV Weekend News ''ITV Weekend News'' is the national news bulletins on the British television network ITV at a weekend. However it is often referred to on guides as ''ITV News'' (morning), ''ITV Lunchtime News'' (lunchtime), ''ITV Evening News'' (evening) and ...

''. Ship was given a new title of Deputy Political Editor in 2012. On 13 December 2016 it was announced Ship is to become Royal Editor from 2017, replacing the retiring Tim Ewart.Mary Nightingale to be sole anchor of ''ITV Evening News'' in 2017
Jasper Cox, Press Gazette, 13 December 2016 Since September 2019 he has also been a occasional relief presenter of the '' ITV Lunchtime News''.

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