This Morning's Holly Willoughby has shared letters that her children wrote to The Queen following the Monarch's death. The presenter returned to the ITV show alongside co-host Phillip Schofield on Monday, September 12 for the first time since Queen Elizabeth's death.
Opening Monday's show, Phillip shared how he has been hit by "waves of sorrow" since the passing of the Queen. Holly, meanwhile, discussed how she had taken her children - Harry, 13, Belle, 11 and seven-year-old Chester - to lay flowers at Buckingham Palace over the weekend.
Talking with Phillip, Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond, Holly then read out the letters that her three children had written for The Queen. She said: "They wrote letters, and I think that's a nice way to get out their feelings and grief. For me, explaining it to Chester somewhat, from being a little girl, this is what she was destined to do. All her dreams had to be put on the back burner."
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She added: "Chester, he loves football, but that wouldn't be something that he could go and do. I found giving him that level of understanding, it was extraordinary to be there. The last time I was there was for the Jubilee." Getting emotional, Holly said: "To be there three months later laying flowers in her memory, it just felt very very emotional."
Harry's letter, which was fairly lengthy, called Queen Elizabeth "the greatest Queen we'd ever seen" and commented how she had "made the impossible possible by what [she'd] achieved". The presenter then read letters from Belle and Chester, which although much shorter, echoed similar feelings.
After reading Harry's letter, Holly appeared to choke up and Alison touched her leg. Dermot was also surprised by how poignant the letters were. Following The Queen's death last Thursday, This Morning was pulled on Friday as broadcasters adjusted or removed shows from the schedule to air special coverage.
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