Claims of animal cruelty have been levelled at ITV by viewers of the the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration, with some describing it as "awful". Thousands of performers from across the world, including famous faces all come together to pay tribute to The Queen’s remarkable 70 years of service in a special theatrical event.
The Celebration event took place in front of a live audience of 4,000 on Sunday night, May 15, which was broadcast live on ITV, reports Yorkshire Live. Phillip Schofield and Julie Etchingham were in full swing as they delivered the event to the nation from an on-site studio hub outside the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Just before the Queen's arrival, they chatted to a number of celebrities, including A-lister Tom cruise, which didn’t go down well with some viewers. But once the celebration started the Queen was seen sitting in the royal box with a huge smile on her face while wearing a glitzy grey cardigan and embellished blue dress.
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Throughout the show there were a number of singers who took to the stage as well as drummers and dancers but it was the performances with the horses that sparked concern from viewers watching at home. As well as controversy that the show was in fact pre recorded instead of broadcast live. @crowther_sue Tweeted: “Cruel to the horses. I’m switching over. #QueensJubilee.” @loggy01 said: “Not keen on seeing horses be made to lie down like that. #queensjubilee.”
@wendywooto wrote: “Why couldn’t ITV show this live on the actual nights it happened? Instead of the shoddy edited version on one night. #queensjubilee.” @BeddoesJill commented: “Had been looking forward to this but what a disappointment. It's messy and boring quite frankly #queensjubilee.”
@Matts_Tweeting said: “So this performance isn't live and is possibly mashed together from the whole week's performances.” @langtoftlad revealed: “#queensjubilee I saw the show on Friday... this ITV broadcast isn't it. It's out of sequence, missing segments Making no sense And certainly isn’t "live" What a disappointment.”
@Pinkmango72 asked: “I’m confused, is this live or not? The section with Philip in had ‘live’ on the screen but now that’s gone and the clip of Princess Anne seemed to be from yesterday?” While @michellevarney added: “#queensjubilee itv should hang their heads in shame for producing this complete rubbish.”
