PHILLIP Shofield and Holly Willoughby are under pressure from This Morning fans to apologise after they used media passes to see the Queen lying in state.

ITV insisted they "did not file past the Queen's coffin" on Friday but were being escorted to work from the press gallery by government staff.

Despite being eligible to enter Westminster Hall without joining the public queue viewers have demanded that Holly and Phil address the backlash when the ITV show returns to tomorrow.

One viewer tweeted: "Everyone on Tuesday watching #ThisMorning to see if Phillip Schofield & Holly Willoughby give a public apology/statement after the cop out message from the show."

A second said: "I'm certain the next episode of #ThisMorning will open with Phil and Holly looking forlorn into the camera, telling us how sorry they are they chose to not bother queuing to see the Queen."

Another furious viewer said: "#ThisMorning #justsaysorry #liars
This will make the public angrier than if they admitted fault and said sorry"

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Holly and Phil went to see the Queen lying in state without joining the long queue like David Beckham and Susanna Reid on Friday.

Since then TV stars Susanna, Huw Edwards, Eamonn Holmes, Fern Britton and Neil Jones have also made subtle digs at Holly and Phil across TV, Twitter and Instagram today.

Recalling her own experience of queuing, Susanna said today: "It is an enormous privilege to have been able to do that, to spend time paying our last respects, but also those hours in the queue as well, coming to an end now."

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She continued: "Whether you are religious or not, a royalist or not, it feels like a sort of pilgrimage, and a historic moment, a historic opportunity.

"When I was in the queue, young children, patiently and uncomplainingly stood for hours. I was so proud of my mum at 81 queuing with me."

Speaking on the BBC, Huw Edwards said: "There have been quite a few familiar faces in the queue for that lying in state at Westminster Hall.

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"We did of course see a certain David Beckham there on Friday. He was widely praised for queueing for hours and hours, not jumping the queue because he’s a superstar VIP."

Phillip's previous This Morning co-host Fern Britton also waded into the debate with a subtle dig.

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