{"id":219654,"date":"2025-06-27T21:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219654\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:50:13","slug":"tv-host-holly-willoughby-is-latest-celebrity-to-take-helicopter-to-green-glastonbury-as-locals-complain-its-antisocial-and-against-the-spirit-of-the-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219654\/","title":{"rendered":"TV host Holly Willoughby is latest celebrity to take helicopter to ‘green’ Glastonbury as locals complain it’s ‘antisocial’ and ‘against the spirit’ of the festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

She has been dubbed the Queen of Glastonbury<\/a> Festival, having partied there every summer for a decade.<\/p>\n

And in true royal fashion, Holly Willoughby<\/a> touched down on the Worthy Farm site by helicopter yesterday to join more than 200,000 music fans.<\/p>\n

But residents of neighbouring Pilton in Somerset are furious at the number of choppers ferrying A-listers over their farms, as one told the Mail: ‘We’ve never seen this many coming into the festival \u2013 it’s insane.<\/p>\n

‘On Thursday there was a cluster of five, one after the other.<\/p>\n

‘It’s getting ridiculous now and quite frankly the organisers need to get a handle on it \u2013 it’s so anti-social and not in the spirit of Glasto.’<\/p>\n

Setting off from London’s Battersea heliport yesterday, the 44-year-old flew for 50 minutes and was at the festival by 1.30pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Helicopter firm Air Charter \u2013 which sells return tickets for \u00a313,950 \u2013 reckons it saves its celebrity customers up to eight hours per journey compared with driving.<\/p>\n

Beaming in the festival’s VIP section, the former This Morning host sported a \u00a3365 pair of tan Grenson boots from her own line and a \u00a3158 blouse from Free People over a white dress and belt, with a Stetson hat.<\/p>\n

\"Holly <\/p>\n

Holly Willoughby touched down on the Worthy Farm site by helicopter yesterday to join more than 200,000 music fans<\/p>\n

\"Residents <\/p>\n

Residents of neighbouring Pilton in Somerset are furious at the number of choppers ferrying A-listers over their farms<\/p>\n

\"Helicopter <\/p>\n

Helicopter firm Air Charter \u2013 which sells return tickets for \u00a313,950 \u2013 reckons it saves its celebrity customers up to eight hours per journey compared with driving<\/p>\n

Ms Willoughby has previously stayed at the five-star Babington House hotel while attending the event, which is a half-hour drive from the site, and gets a taxi in each day.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, nearby luxury campsite Camp Kerala, which costs \u00a38,000 for five days, shared a picture on social media showing a line of helicopters and Rolls-Royces awaiting VIPs.<\/p>\n

With ticket prices at a minimum of \u00a3385, the 45-year-old festival has faced growing criticism that it has abandoned its hedonistic roots, and this year was dubbed ‘Butlin’s for the British middle class’.<\/p>\n

The Mail approached festival bosses for a comment.<\/p>\n

Other celebs spotted at the event so far include Barbie star Margot Robbie, 34, with her producer husband Tom Ackerley, eight months after giving birth to their first child.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, moustachioed Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, 48, read out letters from around the world in the Greenpeace area in a feature called ‘Letters Live’.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, thousands of unsuspecting fans were treated to surprise performances from Lewis Capaldi and Lorde yesterday.<\/p>\n

\"Moustachioed <\/p>\n

Moustachioed Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, 48, read out letters from around the world in the Greenpeace area in a feature called ‘Letters Live’<\/p>\n

\"Capaldi <\/p>\n

Capaldi choked back tears as he declared ‘I’m back baby’ during an emotional return to Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage<\/p>\n

Capaldi choked back tears as he declared ‘I’m back baby’ during an emotional return to Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage.<\/p>\n

The Scottish singer, 28, was greeted by cheers, two years after his Tourette’s condition left him unable to finish his set and led to a career hiatus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He told the crowd: ‘Two years ago I wasn’t sure if I’d ever do this again, but I’m back baby!’\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Lorde, also 28, sent fans into a frenzy with a surprise slot on the Woodsies stage, which saw her whip off her top in temperatures of 27C (81F).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She has been dubbed the Queen of Glastonbury Festival, having partied there every summer for a decade. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,92,77,22541,257,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-219654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-holly-willoughby","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-tvshowbiz","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114757542364091172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}