Phillip Schofield breaks his social media silence following queuegate

Phillip Schofield has broken his social media silence for the first time since his queuegate controversy with This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby. No comments: He also took to his grid and shared a photo of sunflowers, however he appeared to be anticipating some backlash as he has disabled comments on the post Controversy: Phillip and Holly were the subject of online abuse in the wake of the claims they skipped the queue to see the Queen lying in state Holly and Phil have not commented on the matter since issuing a statement on This Morning in which they insisted they 'did not skip the queue'. Congratulations: Holly returned to social media last week to congratulate This Morning fashion presenter Lisa Snowdon for winning Celebrity MasterChef In the first episode of the show since the row unfolded, Holly and Phil, 60, strongly denied viewers' claims they were 'too posh to queue' and said they had been in Westminster Hall on Friday 'strictly for the purpose of reporting on the event.' Not enough: A statement was issued by ITV on Saturday and later broadcast on Tuesday's This Morning which was voiced over by Holly, 41, but both stopped short of using the word 'sorry' Birdseye view: This graphic of Westminster Abbey shows the areas permitted for the public and media, and the spot where the presenters were seen On This Morning's first since 'queue-gate' began, Holly and Phil issued a lengthy denial that they had jumped the queue. The pair say none of the broadcasters and journalists at the Queen's lying-in-state took anyone's place in the queue On the move: Holly and Phil were seen in a video posted on TikTok leaving Westminster Hall after they carried out filming and were accused of jumping the queue A source revealed: 'Philip and Holly are dumbstruck at the level of anger they've received in the past few days.