Eamonn Holmes claims 'ITV's' Holly and Phillip queue-gate excuse was 'a lie'

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Eamonn Holmes has accused ITV's Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby of lying about last year's queue-gate scandal, in which the pair faced backlash after skipping the queue at the late Queen Elizabeth's lying-in-state.

Once it emerged that the pair had skipped the queue, in which some people had waited over 17 hours, ITV released a statement clarifying they were there in a professional capacity with "press accreditation", insisting: "They did not file past The Queen's coffin", adding: "Any allegations of improper behaviour are categorically untrue." Now during an interview with GB News's Dan Wotton, former This Morning presenter Eamonn has accused ITV of lying as he asked: "Have you seen the film?" To which Dan answered: "There was no film." Eamonn continued: "Well apparently they were there to make that, that's the official line given by the editor of the programme.They were there to make a film. "Unless there's any documentary evidence of this, I would put it to you, that is another lie!

Phillip Schofield admits he lies, ITV lie, the place is a den of inequity." At the time Holly and Phillip addressed the backlash during an episode of This Morning as they shared some coverage of the Queen's lying-in-state and funeral.

Holly said in a VT: "Like hundreds of accredited broadcasters and journalists, we were given official permission to access the hall. "It was strictly for the purpose of reporting on the event for millions of people in the UK, who haven't been able to visit Westminster in person. "The rules were that we would be quickly escorted around the edges to a platform at the back, in contrast, those paying respect walked along a carpeted area besides the coffin and were given time to pause.