It doesn't matter which camera is being used (I primarily use the main camera) and checked that the character is not parented to anything.

Imagine the character strapped to a large ball and when you rotate the dial, the ball rotates with the character on the outside of the ball, that's what it's doing..  When I select the hip (vice body) then the character will rotate on the spot, but this is only good when the character is full upright.. if its tilted or angled depending on the pose at the time, then it doesn't rotate on the spot like I would like it to do..

This problem is starting to appear in some of the newer projects I've started after trashing the previous ones with the problem.. Hmm