Dan Walker came to the defence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after they received criticism for holding hands at Westminster Hall.
Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 96 last Thursday and the family came together to mourn her passing yesterday afternoon.
Members of the royal family took part in a procession as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.
Her coffin will lie in state until her funeral on Monday, September 19.
King Charles III, the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward walked side-by-side while Prince William, Harry and Peter Phillips walked behind.
The Princess of Wales, the Queen Consort, the Duchess of Sussex and the Countess of Wessex were also present.
At one point, Harry and Meghan leaned on each other for support by holding hands, but some people took issue with the simple act of affection.
An angry user tweeted: "Why the **** do #HarryandMegan have to hold hands when leaving Westminster Hall?"
Dan noticed the tweet and immediately responded with: "I think his grandmother may have just died Sandy!
"He’s probably not having the best week." The original tweet by the critic was later deleted.
Dan wasn't done responding to trolls, as one user claimed Kate and William didn't hold hands so Prince Harry and Meghan doing so was 'disrespectful'.
The Channel 5 presenter replied with images of Princess Beatrice and Zara Tindall holding hands with their spouses.
"Can you explain what made them disrespectful but not these 2 couples?" Dan said.
An hour later, Dan returned to Twitter to tell people to cut the royal family 'a little slack' as a family member just died.
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"Whatever your politics or stance on the monarchy can we just agree that when your mother or grandmother dies and you have to live almost every moment of your life under an intense microscope… you deserve to be cut a little slack?" he wrote.
It has been a momentous week for the royal family, with King Charles III recently agreeing that the day of his mother's funeral will become a national holiday in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The coffin of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II arrived in England on Tuesday and made its final journey to Buckingham Palace.
Loyal supporters of the Queen queued for days to pay their respects.
Last night the queue measured around three miles at one point before shortening to Blackfriars Bridge - around 1.5miles from the Queen’s current resting place.
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