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HOLLY Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have been accused of "ushering a disabled woman away" as they "dodged" the queue to see the Queen lying-in-state - after being left OFF the official guest list. The family of a woman in a wheelchair claim she was "moved aside to make way for the pair" as they arrived at Westminster Hall last week. Mia Froggatt furiously slammed the This Morning presenters as the Queue-gate row rumbles on.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s names were not on the list to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as press members, according to sources.The pair came under fire last week after being accused of jumping the queue to see the Queen lying in state.The presenters and ITV have since explained they held press accreditation as they were went to Westminster Hall for work.But now a source involved in the press list has claimed that Holly and Phil’s names were not actually on the press accreditation list.They explained there had been some “hoo-ha” before the two broadcasters could be ushered into the press pen.The source said: “When they got there, their names weren't on the list so there were some discussions and – after some back and forth – Phil and Holly were given access and they were ushered through.“The whole thing caused a bit of a hoo-ha,” the insider added to The Mail on Sunday.Separate sources claimed a woman in a wheelchair was “ushered away” while Holly and Phil “dodged” the queue.The family of a woman in a wheelchair claimed she was "moved aside to make way for the pair" as the pair arrived at Westminster Hall.Mia Froggatt took to Twitter, in a now-deleted tweet, to describe the alleged situation that sparked national outrage.Sharing a picture of Phil and Holly, Mia wrote: “This is a photo taken by my sister's husband yesterday after he had queued with my sister, their ten-year-old daughter and my disabled mum for 13+ hours."My mum was ushered out of @hollywills and @schofe way so they could #queuejumpers without even a thanks #schofieldgate #queuejumping."Holly defended herself and her co-star from the backlash as she addressed the accusations during a recent episode of This Morning.She said: “The rules were

Anne Hegerty took to social media to defend This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield today, after the pair “skipped the line” to see the Queen lying-in-state.The Chase star argued the pair were “just doing their jobs” as she slammed those who were criticising the ITV stars.Holly, 41, and Phillip, 60, faced major backlash on social media over the weekend, after it transpired they had skipped to the front of the queue to see the Queen lying-in-state in order to film a This Morning segment.The presenters elicited an angry response from social media, after it was reported other celebrities such as David Beckham queued up for over 12 hours with everyone else.Anne, 64, shared her thoughts on the public’s reaction to the pair in view of her 161,600 Twitter followers.On Friday the quizzer penned: “My understanding is that Holly and Phil weren't in a VIP line, they were in a press line and about to do a piece to camera.”A day later, a Twitter user named Mia Froggatt released a photograph of Holly and Phillip at the scene.Above the picture she wrote: “This is a photo taken by my sister’s husband yesterday, after he had queued with my sister, their 10 (year old) daughter and my disabled mum, for 13+ hrs.“My mum was ushered out of @hollywills and @Schofe’s way so they could #queuejumpers (without) even a thanks #schofieldgate #queuejumping.” (sic)Later that day, Anne replied: “As I understand it, they were presenters doing a piece to camera, and therefore not in the queue at all.  “Obviously the TV people still have to do their jobs.”Iona Kelly then replied: “Yet the police, service people and NHS staff who are all deployed to London to do their jobs during this period still have to join the masses in the