Holly Willoughby talked to her children so she could "understand" the death of Queen Elizabeth.
Holly Willougby talked to her children so she could understand the death of Queen Elizabeth (C) Holly Willoughby/Instagram
The 41-year-old presenter - who has children Harry, 13, Belle, 11, and seven-year-old Chester with husband Dan Baldwin - took her brood to lay flowers at the former residence of Queen Elizabeth, following her death at the age of 96 last Thursday (08.09.22) and explained upon returning to the 'This Morning' on Monday and found it "helpful" to talk to her children.
She said: "She was just consistently there for us. For so many of us, we never knew any different so suddenly for her not to be there...On Saturday, I wanted to take the children down [to Buckingham Palace] and I think when trying to explain to young people you're almost trying to understand it yourself. And I felt it quite helpful talking to them, it was helping it sink in for myself."
"They wrote letters and I think that's quite a nice way to get out your feelings and your grief. Trying to explain that to [them ] - a lot of people have been talking about duty and that life of service and what that is like - and I was trying to explain to him that whatever her passions and love were, from being a little girl, this was where she was destined to go and what she was destined to do. All of her own passions had to be put on the back burner for her country. Chester loves football but that wouldn't be something he to go to and it was kind of giving him that level of understanding."
'This Morning' was cancelled on the Friday immediately following Her Majesty's passing but Holly returned to screens alongside co-host Phillip Schofield on Monday for a special edition of the ITV Daytime show and explained that it was "difficult" to visit the palace because she had last been there as part of the Queen's Jubilee back in June to celebrate her 70 years on the throne.
Speaking on 'This Morning', she added: "It was extraordinary to be there because the last time I was there was in June for the Jubilee, for the pageant and it was the last time we saw the Queen walk out on the balcony. But then three months later to be there placing flowers in her memory, it was difficult. It felt very, very emotional."
Holly previously posted a picture from the outing on Instagram and captioned the post: "Time to reflect and pay our respects… the children wrote the most beautiful words…[black heart emoji]" (sic)
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