William meets David Beckham as he steps out in London – live

Mr Parker Bowles, 49, wrote in Cooking and the Crown that the rumours around his mother’s love of certain vices are simply “inaccurate”.

He explained: “If anyone ever meets my mother, they always… I mean, a son would say this, but she’s someone I love going to have dinner with.

“And I go for a walk with her in Scotland. You’re always going to have your rows, differences of opinion.

“It would be very odd if we agreed [on] everything. Creepy. I certainly would annoy her sometimes.

“Oh, you know she has that reputation of drinking gin and smoking? Never drunk a glass of gin in her life. Doesn’t smoke.”

He went on to explain that he has never even seen his mother “so much as tipsy”.

The prince opened up when Noah Nicholson, six, threw one of his cuddly toys at him – a giraffe named Raffy.

He said: “Is this the same one? No way! Every parent has a spare. I’ve got at least six spares.

“My daughter Lili has these Lovies.”

Harry, 40, was attending in his capacity as patron for the charity which supports seriously ill young people and their carers.

While delivering a speech, he said: “So, keep being you. You’ve got this and we’ve got you.”

An audience member proceeded to shout: “We’ve got you too!”

In a post shared by the official Kensington Palace Twitter/X account, the charity wrote: “Thank you to everyone who visited & supported Homelessness: Reframed at @Saatchi_gallery.

“Over 47,000 visitors came to see the exhibition that aimed to improve understanding & inspire optimism that homelessness can be ended, this is just the start of our work.”

Homewards was set up with the aim of eradicating homelessness in the UK.

“Her doctors were worried that at any time she could enter a sharp decline,” Johnson wrote in Unleashed.

“She seemed pale and more stooped, and she had dark bruising on her hands and wrists, probably from drips or injections.”

The former prime minister added: “As Edward Young explained to me later, she had known all summer that she was going, but was determined to hang on and do her last duty: to oversee the peaceful and orderly transition from one government to the next.”

The Independent has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.

The daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, 36, and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will be welcoming their new arrival next spring.

They already share a daughter, Sienna, three, and Mr Mapelli Mozzi has a son from a previous relationship, Wolfie, eight.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together in early spring; a sibling for Wolfie, aged eight, and Sienna, aged three.

“His Majesty The King has been informed and both families are delighted with the news.”

The child will be 11th in line to the throne.

Speaking to ITV’s Tabloids on Trial, he said that he will not risk bringing her to the UK as he fears a “knife or acid attack” inspired by negative tabloid stories.

Meghan, 43, last stepped out in public in the UK for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September 2022.

A series of images of the pair posing with the vehicles and their crew was shared to the official Kensington Palace Twitter/X account.

The Prince of Wales, 42, is set to view the helicopters themselves and meet with their crew following a successful fundraising effort to introduce two new vehicles.

Praising the success of the Up Against Time appeal on Twitter/X, William, a former air ambulance pilot himself, wrote: “Fantastic News! This is going to have a life-saving impact.

“A huge thank you to everyone who donated W.”

Harry, 40, has been a patron of the charity which supports and celebrates seriously ill young people and their carers since 2007.

Harry said: “Thank you for your courage, your perseverance, your kindness and of course your humour. And thank you for being you and uplifting all those around you.

“The WellChild Awards is an event that never fails to inspire me.

“The stories of young people who battle against the odds, living lives filled with medical procedures, hospital stays and endless appointments, remind us all of the strength of the human spirit.

“For many of us, it is a daily life we can hardly imagine, and yet somehow, the young people I meet are always smiling and every room they walk into seemingly lights up with warmth and positivity.”