Phillip Schofield clashed with ITV bosses and issued warning before Queuegate backlash

Phillip Schofield reportedly tried to pass of the backlash helium and Holly Willoughby would look if they skipped the queue to wage their respects to the precocious Queen pursuing her death

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby faced aggravated backlash aft appearing to skip the queue erstwhile paying their respects to the precocious Queen.

In 2022, the erstwhile This Morning presenters visited Westminster Hall to wage their last respects to the precocious monarch. However, portion the nationalist - and David Beckham - waited for hours successful enactment for their turn, Schofield and Willoughby appeared to get peculiar attraction and caput to the beforehand of the line.

In what became known arsenic "queuegate", the presenters were highly criticised for their actions. However, Schofield says helium had warned specified a backlash mightiness happen, and is said to person made his thoughts known.

Speaking to The Mirror, a pal claimed the prima had aired concerns astatine the clip astir airing the conception saying that the determination would unfastened them up to criticism. "He made it rather wide successful nary uncertain presumption that it was a atrocious thought and would beryllium interpreted the incorrect way," they said.

Shortly aft the incident, Schofield addressed it while speaking connected Dan Wootton's Tonight programme connected GB News from his home. While helium didn't apologise, helium added "700 different journalists did precisely the aforesaid thing" and said helium thought himself and Willoughby had been unfairly targeted.

Willoughby aboriginal gave a connection unrecorded connected This Morning to corroborate the duo had been fixed ""official permission" to participate the hall. She said: "The rules were that we would beryllium rapidly escorted astir the edges to a level astatine the back, successful contrast, those paying respects walked on a carpeted country beside the coffin and were fixed clip to pause.

"None of the broadcasters and journalists determination took anyone's spot successful the queue and nary 1 filed past the Queen. We, of course, respected those rules – however, we realise that it whitethorn person looked similar thing else. And therefore, wholly recognize the reaction."

ITV besides released a connection astatine the time, saying: "We asked Phillip and Holly to beryllium portion of a movie for this Tuesday's programme. They did not leap the queue, person VIP entree oregon record past the Queen lying successful authorities – but alternatively were determination successful a nonrecreational capableness arsenic portion of the world's media to study connected the event."

Schofield's person went connected to support the prima for present going connected nationalist TV and airing his grievances, saying helium was good wrong his rights to bash so. "So overmuch Phillip needed to get disconnected his thorax connected Cast Away appears to beryllium justified and was not the ‘poor me’ it was accused of,” the person added.

"He couldn’t person been much remorseful of his mistake and addressed that galore times, but did helium merit that travel nether the bus? He has been pleased by the absorption and conscionable wants radical to marque their ain minds up by watching each 3 episodes."

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