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Eamonn Holmes has accused Phillip Schofied and Holly Willoughby of 'lying' about not skipping the queue at the Queen's funeral.
The presenters received an onslaught of criticism when they were accused of skipping the queue to see the Queen lying in state, with a petition calling for their sacking garnered 80,000 signatures.
However, Holly and Phillip said at the time they were there in a journalistic capacity to report on the event for This Morning and did not skip the queue.
Their former This Morning colleague Eamonn has now called this into question, asking why no footage of them reporting from the funeral has ever appeared.
Speaking on Dan Wootton Tonight on GB News, he said: 'Let's get on to the Queen's funeral – they were there to make a film on the Queen's funeral.
Claims: Eamonn Holmes has accused Phillip Schofied and Holly Willoughby of 'lying' about not skipping the queue at the Queen's funeral
Controversy: The presenters received an onslaught of criticism when they were accused of skipping the queue to see the Queen lying in state, with a petition calling for their sacking garnered 80,000 signatures
'Have you seen the film?' he asked host Dan Wootton who replied: 'There was no film.'
Eamonn said: '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.'
MailOnline has contacted representatives for ITV and Holly Willoughby for comment.
Phillip and Holly previously addressed claims they skipped the queue during an episode of This Morning.
Holly said: 'Like hundreds of accredited journalists we were given permission to access the hall.
'The rules were that we would be quickly escorted through an entrance and not file passed the coffin.
Skeptical: Eamonn asked why no footage of them reporting from the funeral has ever appeared and accused ITV of 'lying'
Statement: Holly and Phil said at the time they were there in a journalistic capacity to report on the event for This Morning and did not skip the queue
'None of the broadcasters and journalists took anyone's places in the queue.
'We of course respected their views. Please know that we would never jump a queue.'
Phillip has now departed the show amid a furore over his fling with a much younger male colleague, but commentators point to the public anger over 'queue-gate' in September as the start of his downfall.
On Friday Phillip admitted that he had lied about the relationship, plunging ITV into meltdown and losing millions of pounds of sponsorship deals in the aftermath.
Eamonn also told how his wife Ruth Langsford was still in touch with Phil's ex-lover, whom he described as a 'lovely fella', but added that 'life is tough' for him.
Speaking of the scandal engulfing ITV, Eamonn said: 'It's a total cover-up. Those in authority had to know.
'They had to know what was going on and they thought they would dodge the bullet, which they did and they do constantly.
'All I'm here to do is to speak for people who hadn't got a voice... I'm speaking on behalf of them.'
MailOnline has approached ITV for comment.
Eamonn said: 'Phillip Schofield admits he lies, ITV lie, the place is a den of inequity' (pictured with Ruth Langsford, Holly and Phillip)
Sources close to Phillip said of the interview: ‘Phillip is not in a great place right now. If Eamonn Holmes wants to be that cruel to someone in Phillip’s position then that I think says more about Eamonn than Phillip.’
Kevin Lygo, ITV's managing director of media and
