Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield shrugged off the continuing furore over the alleged 'Queen queue jump' controversy on Thursday, September 22 as they got on with business as usual. The This Morning hosts were on the ITV sofa and chatting to guests about everything from the price of children's packed lunches and how much old technology in your home might be worth to GP surgery waiting times.
It comes a day after many viewers took to social media to voice their concerns over the wellbeing of the pair after a petition with thousands of names was launched calling for them to be sacked after reports that they went to see the Queen's coffin at Westminster Abbey without joining the thousands of people who had queued for hours to see the Queen lying in state, including fellow celebrities Susanna Reid and David Beckham.
While ITV issued a statement assuring This Morning viewers that Holly and Phil went along as "working journalists" and since Holly and Phil then spoke about the issue on their first This Morning show since the Queen's funeral on Tuesday, September 20 the matter has not died down.
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Since addressing the matter on Tuesday, there has been no further mention of it on the programme and on Wednesday Holly and Phil discussed topics like energy bills with Martin Lewis and the Royal family with Matthew Wright and Vanessa Feltz. On Thursday, the spotlight was on GP surgery waiting times and old technology among other things.
However, despite Holly being a regular social media user who usually always posts her work outfit on Instagram for her millions of fans each day before the programme starts, she is yet to return to the platform.
In their statement on Tuesday, they said: "Like hundreds of accredited broadcasters and journalists, we were given official permission to access the hall. It was strictly for the purpose of reporting on the event for millions of people in the UK, who haven't been able to visit Westminster in person."
"The rules were that we would be quickly escorted around the edges to a platform at the back, in contrast, those paying respects walked along a carpeted area beside the coffin and were given time to pause. None of the broadcasters and journalists there took anyone's place in the queue and no one filed past the Queen."
"We, of course, respected those rules, however, we realise it may have looked like something else and therefore totally understand the reaction. Please know, we would never jump a queue."
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