TV presenter and author Fern Britton has slammed Prince Charles over the segregation of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over the Jubilee celebrations.
The 64-year-old was left less than impressed when she witnessed The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sitting apart from Prince Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Thanksgiving service.
Fern shared her issues with the "segregation" of Harry and Meghan as she called the situation "troubling".
On Friday, The Sussex's arrived at St Paul's Cathedral for the Service of Thanksgiving and were joined by other working members of the Royal Family.
The celebration marked the first time that Harry and Meghan had returned back to the UK with their two children Archie and Lilibet since they stepped down from their royal duties two years ago.
After they had entered the cathedral, Harry and Meghan placed themselves in the second row whilst Prince Charles and William sat on the other side.
Noticing the clear separation, Fern took to Twitter to voice her feelings before taking aim at Prince Charles for allowing it to happen.
She wrote: "I understand all the protocols and ‘soft diplomacy’ employed by the Royal Family, but for the Prince of Wales to allow Harry and Meghan to be so obviously segregated is troubling.
"A father should have the balls to sit as a family with his two children."
It wasn't long before people quickly commented on her post which seemed to divide her 113,000 Twitter followers.
One person disagreed with Fern as they claimed the decision was "totally right".
They said: "I thought it was totally right for them to be sat with Eugenie and Beatrice and their partners. Secondary Royals."
Another agreed with them sitting apart from Prince Charles and William writing: "They don't want to be working royals any more so they were seated with the rest of the non-working royals. They don't want the responsibilities, they are not entitled to the perks."
A third added: "It was not a family occasion, it was a State Occasion and as such H&M were seated accordingly (lucky to get a seat at all in many opinions). You’ll be sorry next that Andrew & Fergie had to miss out!"
However, it seemed that there were some users who agreed with Fern as one called the divide "very sad".
They said: "I didn’t realise it until I saw the photos in the paper this morning Fern. I found it very sad, and the look in Harry’s eyes…"
Another agreed, saying: "I did think it would have been nice for the whole family to walk into St Paul's yesterday, at the end of the day they're still family. Unless the Sussexes didn't want to."
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