EMILY PRESCOTT: James Blunt says Queue jumpers missed the point as he waited unlike Holly and Phil
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EMILY PRESCOTT: James Blunt’s verdict on the queue jumpers as he waited nine hours while Holly and Phil skipped it: you missed the whole point!
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After serving in Her Majesty’s armed forces — even guarding the Queen Mother’s coffin for her 2002 funeral — the soldier-turned-pop star James Blunt has never doubted his loyalty to the monarchy.
Now, after queuing for nine hours with members of the public to see the Queen in state in Westminster Hall, the You’re Beautiful singer has made a dig at those who jumped ‘the Queue’, emphasizing that the whole point was to dedicate a day on your feet to pay someone’s respect.
“The queue itself was very moving, and the act of respect was in the queue,” the 48-year-old told me.
“The queue itself was very moving, and the act of respect lined up,” said James Blunt (pictured), 48,
Meanwhile, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby continue to be embroiled in a very public backlash after accusations that they were ‘queuing up’ at Westminster Hall
James, who was joined at the marathon vigil by his wife Sofia Wellesley, granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington, also said it was a close-knit experience, talking to other families in the winding row.
“I really made a lot of friends, and actually it became really hard to leave that small group of people you had met because it felt like we were really on a journey,” James added as I caught up with him at the 21st birthday party of trendy Notting Hill restaurant e&o last week.
James wasn’t the only celebrity queuing up for the crowd, of course – former footballer David Beckham turned down a VIP pass and waited 12 hours to pay his respects, saying this is what his grandfather would have done.
Holly’s friend James Corden (along with wife Julia Carey) recently persuaded London’s famed toy store Hamley’s to open an hour early so that he, his three children and his father could have the whole store to themselves.
Meanwhile, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby remain embroiled in a very public backlash after accusations that they were ‘queuing up’ at Westminster Hall.
A petition demanding the couple lose their jobs when presenting ITV’s This Morning about the furore has garnered more than 65,000 signatures.
Mind you, Schofield and Willoughby wouldn’t be the first celebs to think that queuing is just for the hoi polloi.
I heard that Holly’s friend James Corden recently persuaded the famous London toy store Hamley’s to open an hour early so that he, his three children and his father could have the whole store to themselves.