Holly Willoughby has fiercely defended Kate Middleton against claims about her by Meghan Markle in her and husband Prince Harry's new Netflix documentary.
As soon as the six part series was announced by the streaming service last week, it quickly dominated headlines, with its trailer ruffling plenty of feathers across the globe, as people speculated what the couple would say about the Royal Family, following the explosive allegations made in their Oprah Winfrey interview last year.
The first three episodes of Harry & Meghan were released onto Netflix on Thursday and, after she and co-host Phillip Schofield binge watched them after Thursday's show, Holly gave her opinions on it during a discussion on Friday's This Morning, as she and Phillip were joined by Gyles Brandreth and Carol Vorderman.
In the second part of her and Harry's Netflix doc, Meghan recalls her first meeting with Kate, saying: "When Will and Kate came over, and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner, I remember I was in ripped jeans and I was barefoot. I was a hugger. I've always been a hugger, I didn't realise that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits."
The former Suits star added: "I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside.”
Holly took exception to those accusations against Kate and leapt to her and Prince William's defence, saying: "When you see how they are with their children; you've seen those moments with Catherine when she's with Louis and how she handled that situation (at the Platinum Jubilee). She's very hands on, very warm, very touchy, that kind of thing and that just proves...I have to say that was the only bit in the documentary where I went 'oh, don't do that.'"
She added: "By suggesting somebody is a bit cold, it's a really horrible thing to brush off. I mean, we don't know her, but from what we see of her. I always judge the way somebody is with their own children, I think you get a very good idea and she seems to be very hands on."
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