Great British Bake Off star Briony Williams has his out at her old Colston Girls' School - claiming students weren't taught about its links to slavery.

Briony attended the school in Bristol, named after slave trader Edward Colston - whose statue is now at the bottom of the local harbour.

She took to social media yesterday (Tuesday) to give her opinion on the situation - stating she was "not sorry" the statue had been toppled.

Colston donated much of his wealth - acquired in part through the slave trade - to Bristol, including the founding of schools.

But Briony claimed pupils weren't informed of this when she attended - being "told about all the good things" instead.

Posting on Instagram, Briony said: "I went to Colston's Girls' School, I was Head Girl and I am not sorry to see that statue end up in the docks.

"Every year we would wear a bronze chrysanthemum to commemoration because that was Edward Colston's favourite flower.

"We were told about all the good things he did for the city, founding our school being one of them.

"We were not educated about the fact that he brought 100,000 slaves over from West Africa, 20,000 of them lost their lives on the journey. They left that bit out.

"I'm educating myself and it makes me sad to my soul that we celebrated this man.

"What makes me even sadder is the thought of my Black classmates having to sit through it and be told to be grateful.

"People may argue that this was not the way to get the statue removed but after years of petitions, protests and nothing happened.

"I urge you to listen to Vanessa Kisuule's poem about the statue coming down, I've put it in my stories and will add it to the BLM highlight, her eloquence far exceeds mine on the matter.

"To quote Vanessa, 'Rust in Shame, Eddie'."

Briony, who still lives in Bristol, appeared on 'The Great British Bake Off' in 2018. She switched on Thornbury's Christmas lights the same year.

Colston's Girls' School has been approached for comment.