Smiling Harry, 26, who has an on-off romance with Chelsy Davy, 25, replied: “Not for a long time.” He then asked William Titchmarsh, 85: “Who put you up to that?”

Speaking after the meeting, William said: “They’ll shoot me in the morning.” The prince visited the veterans at Royal Hospital Chelsea in West London. Harry and Chelsy’s romance was rekindled at Wills and Kate’s wedding but has since gone cold.