Dan Walker hits back as critic asks 'why the f**k' grieving Harry and Meghan held hands
express.co.ukDan Walker, 45, has been jumping to the royal family's defence after the family, especially Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have come under heavy scrutiny since the Queen died.The former BBC Breakfast presenter hit out at one social media user, as well as telling his Twitter followers that the family "deserve to be cut a little slack".Dan took to Twitter to point out that Harry was grieving in view of his 774,000 followers.Controversially Addict Scrabble wrote: "Why the **** do #HarryandMegan have to hold hands when leaving Westminster Hall? #RIPQueenElizabeth."The tweet sparked a lot of attention, receiving over 600 retweets and 4,000 comments.Dan chimed back at the social media user: "I think his grandmother may have just died Sandy.
He's probably not having the best week."MikeBowden replied: "Kate and Wills didn't!, nor did anyone. Wouldn't normally bother me, but in this case, I think it was a little disrespectful."Dan proved the social media user wrong as he replied with a picture of both Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall holding their husband's hands at Westminster Hall.He captioned the snap: "Hi Mike.
Can you explain what made them disrespectful but not these 2 couples?"Realising he was wrong, MikeBowden replied: "Didn't see those.They weren't in the full glare, but i take your point." (sic)Dan knew strong criticism of the royals would arrive in the next few days, forecasting the events in an earlier tweet.He wrote: "I believe in the right to peacefully grieve.
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