Frankie Boyle to host new show critical of Royal Family

Frankie Boyle has been confirmed to host a new show for Channel 4 that will "question" the purpose of the British Royal Family.

The Scottish comedian has previously been critical of the UK's monarchy and has made several jokes about the Queen in his stand-up sets.

Entitled Frankie Boyle: Monarchy, the show will question the relevance of the Royal Family in today's world.

Read more: Frankie Boyle's Boris Johnson Terminator joke cleared by Ofcom over lack of complaints

According to the Daily Mail, in the show, Boyle will turn "his wry eye to the state of the British monarchy and its future".

The BBC once cut one of Boyle's jokes from broadcast for wishing the Queen dead after she was admitted to hospital. The incident occured at a 2013 Comic Relief gig at Wembley Arena.

Boyle has also been criticised for making "offensive" jokes about the Queen, who recently celebrated her Platinum Jubilee.

On a 2008 episode of Mock the Week, Boyle joked about things you would not hear the Queen say during her Christmas broadcast and he said: "I'm now so old that my p**** is haunted."

Despite receiving complaints from viewers, the BBC defended Boyle, saying the joke was in keeping with the tone of the show.

The BBC Trust later said: "The committee did feel this joke was in bad taste – it had both sexist and ageist overtones."

Boyle has also been criticised for making rape jokes about This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby and former Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton.

FiLA, a feminist campaign group, recently commented on Boyle's material: "We are horrified that some men in the entertainment industry continue to consider the abuse of women to be comedy material. Seeking cheap applause at the expense of traumatising women speaks of low-quality material."

They added: "There is nothing funny about male violence. Women and girls around the country are not laughing. Instead, women are angry and scared for their safety."

Watch below: Frankie Boyle says lots of performers at Edinburgh Fringe are 'parasites'.