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Jessica Sansome

Holly Willoughby explains why she'll never share photos of her children on social media as she defends Meghan Markle's unseen Oprah clip

Holly Willoughby has explained why she'll never share photos of her children on social media.

The This Morning host is proud mum to three children with husband Dan Baldwin - Harry, 11, Belle, nine and six-year-old Chester.

Holly has always kept very tight lipped on her private family life and any photos she shares with her followers on Instagram of her children never features their faces.

The 40-year-old has now explained why and said she "understands where Meghan Markle is coming from" as they discussed an unseen clip from her explosive Oprah interview on the ITV show.

In the clip, Meghan spoke about being entitled to a "basic right to privacy" - in particular over pictures of son Archie.

The Duchess of Sussex told Oprah: "If you're at work and you have a photograph of your child on your desk, and your coworker says, 'Oh, my gosh, your kid's so cute. That's fantastic! Can I see your phone so I can see all the pictures of your child?'

"You go, 'No. This is the picture I'm comfortable sharing with you.'"

Discussing the clip in This Morning View with co-host Phillip Schofield, writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth and Telegraph's Royal editor Camilla Tominey, Holly said: "She's right, isn’t she?

They were discussing the clip from Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview (ITV)

"I choose not to put my children’s faces on Instagram, because I know once they’re out there, they’re for public consumption."

Meghan also said in the un-aired clip: "There's no one who's on Instagram or social media that would say, 'Because I shared this one picture, that entitles you to have my entire camera roll. Go ahead and look through it.'

"No one would want that. So it's about boundaries. And it's about respect."

Holly chooses not to show her three children's faces on social media (Holly Willoughby Instagram)

This week Holly shared a rare picture with daughter Belle to celebrate International Women's Day.

Belle, nine, had her arms flung around her mum as she wore a floral dress with a pastel pink headband taming her blonde locks.

Holly, 40, beamed at the camera and wrote alongside the snap: "There is a magic in her... there is a magic in all women.... a wild and strong magic... can you feel it..."

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