On Thursday, Kate and co-host Richard Madeley were joined by Diana Defries, who at just 16 was forced to give up her baby for adoption and is now demanding a formal apology from the Government.
Keen to understand what such an apology would signify for her, Kate asked Diana, who explained: "What would it mean for me, and for all the people affected by this.
When Richard probed about how this event impacted her relationship with her mother, Diana disclosed that she never received an apology from her mother and has never forgiven her.
ITV highlighted that Diana is among the 200,000 unmarried mothers who were coerced into giving up their babies for adoption in Britain from the 1950s to the 1970s, and now they are demanding an official apology from the Government.
Diana expressed to the ITV presenters that if an apology was given, the burden of shame carried by these women for so long would be transferred onto the state, who she believes is accountable for the events.
