Denise Welch would rather pledge allegiance to Harry and Meghan than King Charles-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Denise Welch has declared she won’t be pledging allegiance to King Charles III during the monarch’s coronation this week.

The public has been invited to ‘cry out and swear allegiance’ to the King on Saturday, May 6, but the Loose Women presenter insisted she’d rather be backing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

During Monday’s episode of the daytime show, Denise was asked if she’d be joining in and replied: ‘What do you think? Listen, I’ve got nothing against the Royal Family.

‘However, of late, I am pledging allegiance, if any, to Harry and Meghan. Because of that, I won’t be pledging my allegiance. I don’t even know what you’re pledging for.

‘I am loyal and would pledge my allegiance to my family, and that’s all. I think it’s very outdated. I’m just not a fan of what’s going on at the moment… I wish them all the best in their king and queen-ness.’

Presenter Ruth Langsford took a quick poll of the studio audience with just one person putting their hand up to say they’ll be pledging allegiance.

Denise Welch won’t be joining in (Picture: ITV)

The Loose Women panel discussed the plans for the coronation (Picture: Provider: ITV

Gloria Hunniford pointed out that the public is ‘not being made to do anything’, instead being invited to take part, and she noted that it’s not too dissimilar to singing the National Anthem.

‘So you’re singing out the allegiance in any fact,’ she said, adding that it will likely mainly be ‘older people’ who choose to do so this weekend.

Denise would rather pledge allegiance to Harry and Meghan (Picture: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)

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‘Personally, I will be watching the coronation, I’m really looking forward to it,’ she said. ‘I won’t necessarily make a pledge, but I can see lots of people [doing so].’

During the ceremony, Archbishop Justin Welby will call upon ‘all persons of goodwill in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of the other Realms and the Territories to make their homage, in heart and voice, to their undoubted King, defender of all’.

The order of service on May 6 will read: ‘All who so desire, in the Abbey, and elsewhere, say together: All: I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God.’

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12:30pm on ITV.

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