Lorraine Kelly has defended King Charles III over his awkward pen blunder, quipping that she would be "effing and blinding".
Charles was left irked on Tuesday after it got in the way of a signing ceremony he was undertaking in Belfast.
His Majesty was invited to sign a visitors' book in front of cameras at Hillsborough Castle - but he ran into difficulties as the pen he was using leaked over his hand.
Speaking in frustration as he handed the pen to his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, he said: "Oh god I hate this [pen]!", to which Camilla responded: "Oh look, it's going everywhere."
Referring to the moment on the show this morning, Lorraine told the Mirror's royal editor Russell Myers: "I feel like I wasn’t really meant to see that. I don’t know who was filming it?
"‘I think he was remarkably restrained actually I would have been effing and blinding."
It comes the Queen's coffin made its final journey, by RAF plane, from Balmoral to Buckingham Palace last night.
The UK's longest-serving monarch will lie in state for four days at Westminster Hall in London from 5pm on Wednesday (September 14) until 6.30am the following Monday (September 19).
More then one million mourners are expected to queue up and see the coffin, with people being warned they may have wait overnight.
After the four days of the coffin lying in state ends, the funeral is due to be held on Monday (September 19) and expected to begin at 11am.
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The funeral is breaking hundreds of years of royal tradition as it will be the first time such a service will be held at Westminster Abbey for a British monarch.
George II's funeral in 1760 was the last time it happened.
A number of stores will be closing for the Queen's funeral, including supermarkets Asda and M&S.
While Centre Parcs U-turned on plans to cancel holidays for the Queen's funeral after furious backlash.
*Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV
