aul Gascoigne has mentioned he “couldn’t resist” giving the Prince of Wales a kiss as he visited a Pret A Manger in Bournemouth.

William was visiting the sandwich store on the Dorset coast on Thursday as a part of his ongoing charity work tackling homelessness.

Gascoigne mentioned he was having a espresso along with his supervisor when he noticed tons of of individuals collect forward of the prince’s arrival.

Speaking to Dan Wootton on GB News, the 56-year-old mentioned: “I was just having a coffee with my manager, Katie.

“So as we were walking up, there were hundreds of people and dozens of cameras and I thought, ‘Well, that’s nice of them to turn up for me.’

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“But Prince William was there, so I said to Katie I’d met him at a couple of England games before, and I thought I’m going to say hello to him.

“So obviously I went in and I just started talking to him and, I don’t know why, I just said, ‘Prince, it’s Gazza.’

“And he said, ‘Is that you?’ And I went, ‘Yeah,’ and then he said he’d been watching out for us (sic).

“What a great guy he is, and I tell you what, he’s good-looking and all.”

William was visiting Pret to debate its plans to broaden The Pret Foundation’s programme to assist 500 individuals experiencing homelessness get jobs at its outlets across the nation.

The chain made the dedication as a part of its work with William’s Homewards initiative – the prince’s bold five-year challenge to finish homelessness in six areas, which launched in June.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole kind one of many flagship areas the place the Homewards programme is going down, alongside Aberdeen, Sheffield, Newport, Lambeth and Northern Ireland.

After assembly the footballer, William mentioned it had been a “very interesting morning”.

“We even met Gazza, he popped into (Pret),” he mentioned.

I simply thought I could not resist, I've acquired to offer him a kiss

Sharing extra particulars about his dialog with William and the kiss, Gascoigne later mentioned: “He just said he’d been looking out for us and making sure I was okay.

“So it was nice of him to go out of his way, not just to speak to us but to put his arm around us and all that, you know.

“So, in fairness, I kept it in the family and I gave him a kiss.

“I felt like I could’ve talked to him for ages and it was really nice for him to actually be in Bournemouth.

“And there were so many people there with the opportunity to meet the guy – and he is just a really nice guy, a really nice guy.

“I just thought I couldn’t resist, I’ve got to give him a kiss.”