Holly Willoughby has had to cut her seven-week holiday short, due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The 39-year-old TV presenter and her family flew to the luxury resort of Quinta do Lago in Portugal in July for a summer holiday but, due to quarantining regulations, Holly has had to reduce the holiday to five weeks so that she can isolate for two weeks before returning to work on ‘This Morning’.
A source told MailOnline: "Holly accepts that she has to go into quarantine and will follow the rules but she isn’t happy losing two weeks from her holiday.
"The summer break is her chance to re-charge after a hectic period and to spend time with her family.
"After all the stresses of the pandemic she had been looking forward to relaxing as long as possible.
"Instead of seven weeks away she has had to make it five – but it’s what she’s had to do to keep the ‘This Morning’ team safe and to ensure she returns to the show on time."
Holly and her co-host Phillip Schofield continued to host ‘This Morning’ throughout the Covid-19 lockdown and she penned an emotional thank you note to viewers before her holiday.
She wrote on Instagram: "Thank you …. thank you for staying with us over the last 109 days… When we began this new way of broadcasting, we had no idea how long we would be able to come in, or whether it would be our last time broadcasting from the studio during lockdown. The team have adapted and had plan a, b, c and d in place just in case…Some days we didn’t know If we’d have the content to fill the show, but somehow we always managed it and even had a few laughs along the way. You see us, but we feel that you are there with us, every single show… @thismorning holds a mirror up to life and reflects the mood of what we are all feeling. I can’t thank our team enough! @martinfrizell1 , Emma, all the production who came in. The production team who worked from home, crew, the TM family and fellow presenters who are consistently brilliant, but mostly to @schofe for metaphorically holding my hand and reliably being socially distanced shoulder to shoulder with me… What a strange time… Feeling incredibly grateful … Huge love, thank you again… See you in September (sic)."