Kate Garraway halted proceedings during Friday's airing of Good Morning Britain to share some startling "breaking news" with viewers.
01.04.2024 - 09:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins had a moment of awkward silence as they teamed up for the latest Good Morning Britain broadcast. The pair fronted the show on Monday (April 1) amid changes to the presenting line-up over the Easter holiday.
It may not have passed some by that Easter Monday this year also marks April Fools Day - but it seemed to momentarily slip Richard and Charlotte's minds when they were pranked live on air.
Charlotte was seen trying on a pearl necklace that were said to have been owned by late Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. During the segment, guest Jane, who was in charge of the seemingly historic piece of jewellery, said: "I need to ask you not to touch the pearls."
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Charlotte laughed and went: "Ooh yes okay," as Jane continued: "That was once around Marilyn Monroe's chops." Richard then joked: "It would be awful if they unthreaded."
But suddenly, the necklace snapped and the pearls went flying everywhere, with Charlotte clearly panicked: "Richard! You made that happen!" she shot at her co-star was left visibly surprised as his mouth hung open.
Charlotte then said: "Can I just confirm you've got that on camera - I was not touching it at the time!" Richard then said: "I don't believe that happened..." He didn't seem convinced it was real and thought Charlotte was playing an April Fools prank on him, but she was adamant she wasn't involved.
As she requested a pause while she gathered up the loose pearls, Richard went to head to a break before he halted the show and said: "Oh, we have some
Kate Garraway halted proceedings during Friday's airing of Good Morning Britain to share some startling "breaking news" with viewers.
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Good Morning Britain viewers have been left divided by the show's April Fool's Day prank.The segment started with a pearl necklace being brought into the studio, which was said to have been a honeymoon gift to Marilyn Monroe from her second husband Joe DiMaggio. It was then announced that the new owner of the necklace had given presenter Charlotte Hawkins permission to try on the priceless artefact.
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been undergoing chemotherapy treatment after doctors discovered cancer during her planned abdominal surgery in January.It’s understood that the royal decided to share the news with the world that particular day as it was before her and William’s three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, left school for Easter break.And with Louis being significantly younger than his siblings, the pair no doubt approached the situation in a less straight-forward manner.“I’m sure it was a very difficult and very different conversation between children,” Grant Harrold, who worked for Charles for seven years when he was the Prince of Wales, exclusively told The Post. “For instance, for Louis I’m sure the conversation was more sugarcoated than it was with George and Charlotte.”“The older children can understand more, so I’d imagine it was a little more frank but undoubtedly staying positive, which is so important,” he explained.“That’s why when you now look at the picture of Kate with her three children, it brings a tear to your eye.