King Charles cuts ties with TV host over affair revelations
King Charles has cut all ties with UK television host Phillip Schofield, after he lied about having an affair.
Schofield has been dumped from his hosting gig at This Morning, which he has been the face of for 21 years, after he admitted he had an affair with a much younger man who worked at the ITV network.
The 61-year-old resigned from the network after lying about the “consensual on-off relationship", admitting in a statement that the affair was "unwise" but stressed it was "not illegal".
He added that he was "deeply sorry" for having lied to his wife and to ITV about his relationship with the man reportedly 30 years his junior and who he first met as a teenager.
“Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than just a friendship,” he said in his recent statement.
In light of the affair, Schofield has been dropped by The Prince's Trust, after being an ambassador for several years.
A spokesperson from the King's charity told The Telegraph UK that it was mutually agreed it was "no longer appropriate to work together".
"In light of Phillip's recent admissions, we have agreed with him that it is no longer appropriate to work together," a Prince's Trust spokesperson said.
All references to Schofield have been removed from the charity's website and also his own page.
It previously read, "Outside of work, Phillip is an ambassador for the charity The Prince's Trust, dedicating time to further the work of supporting vulnerable young people in the UK".
The Prince's Trust was created in 1976 by then-Prince Charles to help young disadvantaged people in the UK, with the hugely successful charity helping more than one million young people by providing them with business grants, education and training.
Following the bombshell revelation of Schofield's affair, ITV said it had investigated the allegations of his affair "several times" from early 2020, but said it didn't find any evidence.
It's been a trying time for the ex-presenter with his brother Timothy recently being jailed for 12 years over child sex offences.
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