Phillip Schofield issued an awkward dig at NBC'S Hoda Kotb on This Morning today over her interview with Prince Harry.
Joined by co-host Holly Willoughby and guests Tom Swarbrick and Camillia Tominey, they discussed the Duke of Sussex's surprising remarks about the Queen.
Phil criticised the interviewer's lack of follow-up question after Prince Harry said that he needed to make sure the Queen had the right people around her.
Prince Harry had a surprise meeting with the monarch last week before flying to The Hague for the Invictus Games.
Speaking to the Today show, Prince Harry said of his visit: "Being with her it was great, it was just so nice to see her, she’s on great form.
"She’s always got a great sense of humour with me and I’m just making sure that she’s protected and got the right people around her.
"Both Meghan and I had tea with her, so it was really nice to catch up with her."
Holly began by saying: "So he says there that 'I hope she's protected and got the right people around her', suggesting that the people she has around her at the moment aren't protecting her? What does that mean?"
Camilla began by saying that it was a "weird one" as she said: "Who is he meaning? Does he mean her closest aide who is Angela Kelly, who we know the couple had a row with in the run-up to the royal wedding because there was a disagreement over whether a tiara could be produced at the right moment for Meghan's hairdresser?
"Does he mean Prince Charles and Prince William and the rest of his family and that he's suggesting she hasn't got the right people around her?"
Phil remarked: "The thing is - I don't know this lady who did the interview, but she didn't ask the question that we're all asking! She immediately laughed it off and went into the next thing about 'you make her laugh'. What she didn't ask was, 'What do you mean by this?' If you analyse it, for the first time, has that ever happened before that someone has potentially criticised the people around the Queen?"
Camilla said that he had done that in the Oprah interview by "blaming staff for blocking his path to see the Queen".
She went on to explain who interviewer Hoda Kotb was, saying: "She's from the Today show in America, I used to do quite a lot of work for NBC. She's like the equivalent of Holly and with her partner in crime-"
Phil interjected: "Holly would have asked the follow-up question!"
Holly made a face as she quipped: "I hope!"
Camilla added that she believed his comment about the Queen was the main bombshell in the interview.
While Tom added: "I just think, once again, unfortunately for him perhaps, in can come across as a little bit patronising that he is seeking to protect her, apparently from the very institution he left to protect himself."
*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
