Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have been slammed on social media for “skipping the queue” to see the Queen’s lying-in-state.
The presenters made their way to London’s Westminster Hall on Friday (September 16) to film a segment for This Morning which will air on Tuesday.
The TV duo sported all black ensembles as they headed into the historic building to pay their respects to the beloved monarch following her death on Thursday September 8.
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Holly, 41, and Phil, 60, joined a separate queue for press and were taken into a press gallery, leaving social media users raging after reports emerged that other members of the public had to wait more that 14 hours to see the Queen’s coffin.
Taking to Twitter, one fumed: “Am so disgusted with Holly and Phil, after being with my daughter tonight and seeing the queue, so many older people with walking sticks, clearly struggling, children and parents, all uncomplaining queueing for 22 Hours and they get a priority ticket, shame on you.”
“NOT a fan of Phil and Holly skipping the queue to see the Queen lying-in-state. They should have queued with everyone else,” penned a second.
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While other social media users compared the duo to David Beckham who reportedly queued for over 12 hours to pay his respects.
“Holly and Phil treating this like an attraction and queue jumping as if they’re at Alton Towers. You would think they would humble themselves for this one occasion, David Beckham queued for 13 hours so why couldn’t they?,” raged one.
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“David Beckham in the queue for over 10 hours paying his respects to The Queen while Holly and Phil saunter in, skipping the line,” wrote a second.
While someone else fumed: “so david beckham queued for 12 hours with the general public and holly & phil skip the queue for the fast track vip line. Beckham could have easily done that, it just shows…”
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