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Gemma Jones

Alison Hammond 'honoured' to be working alongside Holly Willoughby on This Morning

Alison Hammond has stepped in to fill the shoes of Phillip Schofield as he has been absent from ITV's This Morning due to coronavirus.

The ex-Big Brother star was co-hosting the daytime talk show alongside regular presenter Holly Willoughby on Monday.

Taking to Instagram, she claimed that she was 'honoured' to be working alongside the 'queen'.

READ MORE: Holly Willoughby returns to This Morning after three weeks off

Holly had shared a smiling selfie of the two presenters onto her own social media account as they sat on the This Morning sofa in the studio.

She captioned it: "There she is… @alisonhammond55" followed by an in-love emoji.

Alison replied, as she wrote: "What a honour to present next you Queen!!"

As well as the two women clearly enjoying working together, fans were also delighted with the 'mighty duo'.

Mike said: "A mighty power duo!"

J said: "The duo we definitely needed, love you both"

Another user said: "Much excitement to see you with Alison as a great breathe of fresh air without Phil there."

Claire said: "You make a great pair on screen."

Phillip Schofield has been quarantining due to testing positive for covid and will need two negative tests before he can return to the show.

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on on ITV and the ITV Hub

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