Spice Girl Geri Horner has given the King a hug, a kiss and an encouraging pep talk during a Prince’s Trust event, telling him “you’re a very modern king”.
In a throwback to her days with the girl group - a quarter of a century after she kissed him at a charity gala for the Prince's Trust - Horner planted a kiss on Charles’s cheek and whispered into his ear at a Buckingham Palace reception celebrating trust award winners. This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby left the show early to attend the palace event by herself, as reports continued of a rift with co-host and fellow Prince’s Trust ambassador Phillip Schofield.
Willoughby was all smiles as she joined other celebrity trust ambassadors in presenting the young award winners to Charles. At one point the King was left amazed when he took part in a magic trick performed by magician Dynamo, whose big break came after he was awarded a Prince’s Trust grant. When Horner met the King she kissed him on both cheeks, hugged him and later told him “I’m so proud of you” and “you’re a very modern king”, and also whispered something into his ear.
