The scandal has created a split between nations like Britain which see further rules as a protectionist hindrance of free trade under the bloc's single market, and those calling for tougher regulation.
Mr Davie and Lord Patten are understood to believe that Ms Boaden's and Mr Mitchell's decision to withdraw from all decision-making on the way the BBC reports the Jimmy Savile scandal has created confusion at BBC News about who is in charge.
Urdangarin, the king's son-in-law, already faces preliminary charges as a suspect in the fraud scandal that has created unprecedented problems for the popular royal family.
Then, they said he bungled the explanation of what happened and created the appearance of a scandal where there may not have been one in the first place.
The king was criticized for a hunting trip to Africa last year in the midst of the crisis, and the king's son-in-law is a suspect in a fraud scandal that has created unprecedented problems for the royal family.