Holly Willoughby, 38, and Phillip Schofield, 57, began the show today by congratulating His Royal Highness Price Harry and Meghan The Duchess of Sussex on the arrival of their newborn son yesterday.
The news broke of the royal brith yesterday afternoon, only an hour after it was revealed to the media the Duchess had gone into labour.
Later reports emerged the Duchess had given birth at 5.26am with Prince Harry giving an update on the mother and child to the press live from the grounds of Windsor Castle shortly after the news broke.
Discussing the lack of detail around the circumstances of the labour and the delayed news on the birth of the royal baby, Holly and Phillip sat down with LBC radio presenter Nick Ferrari, 60, and This Morning regular Vanessa Feltz, 57, on why there was uproar over the news amongst members of the media.
Speaking of the media reaction to the delayed announcement, Ferrari said: “There was an arrangement they would announce labour then they would open the long walk and all the TV crews could all get there and then they’d be in position.
“It’s all gone badly wrong and of course we’re left celebrating, it’s fanatic news, but the media are thinking, as you said, probably not true, well was it for the US?
“Perhaps it’s not, but it’s just a really unfortunate slight savoury turn to something so joyous. That’s my concern,” the journalist continued.
After Nick offered perspective on what details had been missed from the announcement such as where the Duchess gave birth and how she was un-noticed in her journey to a private hospital, Holly exclaimed: “Do we need to know?”
Referring to himself and Vanessa as journalist, Nick explained: “Some of our fraternity have actually been turning against Meghan a little bit, which I think is
