Alan Titchmarsh believes Britain’s Royal Family is the subject of too much criticism.
The TV presenter is a big advocate of the royals and has defended them in the face of criticism, saying the likes of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are treated unfairly.
Speaking at Cheltenham Literature Festival, the 65-year-old told the Radio Times: "I do think the Royal Family take more flak than they deserve.
"What they do is entirely for the good of the country. They’ve got no need to socially climb, they’re not in it for the money. So, what are they doing it for?"
The former ‘Ground Force’ host questioned what right the public has to be critical of a family based purely on their birthright.
He said: "They’re born into it, they have no choice but to be born into and they take an awful lot of criticism.
"To criticise somebody for being born in a council house, we would be quite rightly vilified and ridiculed for doing that. In the same way, if you’re born into the monarchy, which is an established institution, if you make the best possible fist of it that you can – which I certainly think the Queen and the Prince of Wales do – then you’re doing your best."
Alan Titchmarsh hails Britain’s Royal Family
