Holly Willoughby was quick to move on conversation as a reconciliation between Prince William and Prince Harry following their first public reunion over the weekend as they put on a united front following their beloved grandmother's death.
The brothers walked side by side, alongside their wives Catherine and Meghan, on Saturday (September 10) as they greeted well-wishers and took in tributes left for Queen Elizabeth II following her death last Thursday (September 8).
It is the first time William and Kate, the new Prince and Princess of Wales following King Charles' accession to the throne, have been seen with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in two and a half years. It was also the first time Harry and William have been seen together since they unveiled a statue for their late mother, Princess Diana, last June.
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On Monday, Holly and co-star Phillip Schofield presented a special edition of This Morning after it returned to air for the first time since the Queen's death was announced. The ITV daytime programme paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II with numerous guests recalling their meetings with the late monarch and sharing their general feelings of the events over the past few days.
During one of their discussions with show regulars Vanessa Feltz and Camilla Tominey conversation turned to Prince Harry follow the release of his own personal statement earlier today where he paid tribute to his "granny" and shared his memories of all the firsts he had with his grandmother including the first time the Queen met Meghan Markle and their children - Archie and Lilibet.
They also discussed how Prince Harry and Meghan Markle went on a walkabout alongside the new Prince and Princess of Wales, and while they also shared their delight at seeing them unite during a devastating time for the family, they also shared their optimism about the future between the pair.
Vanessa said: "I'm so hopeful this will be - I really am and I'm not just saying this because I believe in happy ever after - I'm so hopeful this will be the beginning of a great reunion. Because only these two brothers will understand how they feel and understand how much they're remembering their loss of their mother at this point."
Phillip, 60, then went on to comment: "Maybe this isn't the week for it and what we can do now is to look forward with some sort of hopefulness. We know there are definitely issues between brothers. It's not that easy. Reconciliations are difficult."
But Holly, 41, was quick to respond: "It's not what's important right now," before talk turned to other things to do with the Royal Family including King Charles III as he, at the time the programme was airing, made his way to Edinburgh Airport with Queen Consort, Camilla to follow his mother's coffin from Palace of Holyroodhouse as they attend a service at St Giles' Cathedral.
Earlier in the episode, Holly and Phil were joined by co-stars Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary who reflected on their visit to lay flowers at Green Park where mourners have been leaving and looking at tributes that are being moved from outside Buckingham Palace.
As they opened the ITV daytime show at a later time of 11am, while both wearing black outfits as a sign of respect, Holly first told how she was “really touched” by messages her children wrote to the Queen following her death. The presenter shared how she encouraged her three children with husband Dan Baldwin – Harry, 13, Belle, 11, and Chester, seven – to put down their feelings in writing before taking them to Buckingham Palace where they laid flowers and reflected on the nation's loss.
"She was just consistently here for so many of us. So many of us never knew any different so suddenly for her not to be there…" Holly began. "I think that is why on Saturday I wanted to take the children down because I think you are trying to explain it to young people. You are almost trying to understand it yourself.
"I found it quite helpful as, as I was talking to them, it was helping it sink in for myself." Speaking about how she had explained the ideas of service and duty to her youngest, Holly added: "I was trying to explain to him that whatever her passions and her loves (were) from being a little girl, this was where she was destined to go, what she was destined to do.
"All of her own passions had to be put on the backburner for her country. Chester, he loves football but that would not be something he would get to do and it was giving him that level of understanding." Alongside Phillip and co-stars Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, Holly read out her children's letters.
Alison and Dermot were visibly moved and Alison, 47, even asked to keep hold of the copy of the letters Holly had printed on her cue cards.
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